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MLB • 2009 The Die Hard Index determines the quality of a sports team's fans, or more specifically. the degree to which fans will continue to buy tickets, even when the economy is poor, ticket prices are sky high, and they have a losing team. After a long night of looking at the numbers the 2009 MLB Season, I arrived at the formula to the right, and the map below. I hope you find the results relatively DIE HARD Index = (FAN COST Index / PER CAPITA Income) х Greatest UNADJUSTED HIGH COST INDEX Avg SEASONAL ATTENDANCE Home LOSSES congruent with your own home team experiences. STADIUM CAPACITY Home GAMES the DIE HARD West Central East INDEX MARINERS 09 A high per capita incame and lile mare than half-sold gameskeat the Withthe nost afterdable FClanda tecert recerd enthe tid Teronte tana disgrasa theirbal tlab by showing soef e poorest turat MARINERS lansntat tolast on this year's list, tiedby BRAVES tans Having been hit especially hard by the recession, with ahigh parcentaga al hane ganes last, Der rait has snrang fans witha 75%capacity rating in sen the toughest ties raposda in the jeaea TWINS J9 .BLUE JAYS RED SUX 28 .07 DHI KEY BREWERS TIGERS INDIANS 21 • PIRATES YANKEES 22 METS PHILLIES 30 ORIOLES 15 NATIONALS . 22 .28 NATIONAL LEAGUE .40 .33 WHITE SOX 21 At #1, with ane af the weakest per tapita incone levels and the highest Fan Cast in the M. compunded by Iasing mare than half of their hame ganes, CUBS fansenminurd to pack Wrigley Field na over 9eN capacity. AMERICAN LEAGUE ATHLETICS GIANTS 13 .12 Region .12 „ROCKIES „REDS v. .10 Barh the Yankees and the Mets opened this seasen in new stadiums with higher ticket .10 ROYALS pricesand less capacity, connributing preatly to an averall decline in ticket sales ter the 2009 MUB on. Without the new 13 .28 07 LOWEST stadium, theymay have fared a birherter in the DHI. 19 METS fans beat aut the YANKEE fans by .01 this ear. 40 HIGHEST DODGERS ANGELS 18 AVERAGE .20 „BRAVES 09 .14 DIAMONDBACKS .10 * PADRES 12 Tiedwith the MARINERS for neat to last place in MLR, BRAVES fans cninved a relatiuely high per capita „RANGERS inceme, cheag games, and still left .10 nearly halt the stadun empty Winh the highest DHI in both the NL &AL West, the D0DGERS come in just ahove the league averag of.I8 Revtaling the generall poar tan showing in the western divisians. ASTROS 24 RAYS 2 .13 AMERICAN LEAGUE NATIONAL LEAGUE HIGHEST HIGHEST TEAM CITY DHI AVERAGE TICKET FCI PER CAP INCOME HIGH COST INDEX HOME GAME LOSS ATTENDANCE TEAM CITY DHI AVERAGE TICKET FCI PER CAP INCOME HIGH COST INDEX HOME GAME LOS ATTENDANCE TIGERS Detreit 0.28 $27.30 $205.02 SI5,908.00 48.0IN 75.85% CUBS 0.40 $47.75 $23.246.00 51.23% 98.23% INDIANS Cleveland 0.21 $22.12 SI80.49 59.88N S1.69% CARDINALS St. Louis 0.28 $29.43 $214.72 SI8,108.00 0.74 43.83% BB.0BN WHITE SOX Chicaga 0.21 $32.28 $224 $21.240.00 51.23N 69.43% ASTROS Houston 0.24 $28.73 $200.93 $22.36L.00 0.58% 54.32% 76.00% Minnesats 0.19 $21.20 SI09.01 0.54% BREWERS Milwaukee 0.22 SI0.021.00 0.40% 50.62% 09.50% ROYALS Kanses City 0.13 SI9.38 $27,429.00 0.37% 59.8BN 57.62% PIRATES Pittsburgh SI6.39 S136.00 $21,081.00 о.звх BI.73% 50.6ON YANKEES 0.32 $72.97 $410.00 $25.484.00 LOON 88.7ON REDS Cieciensti $19.19 $144.70 $23,677.00 0.38% 51. RED SOX Bosten 0.28 $0.24 $326,45 S28.248.00 0.72% 41.36N 94.7ON METS New York 0.33 $36.99 S208.07 $25.484.00 0.63% 56.79% 93.16N ORIOLES Baltimore $23.42 SI63.38 $20,268.00 0.50% 60.49% 48.17% PHILLIES Philedelahia 0.30 $31.10 $219.00 $10,70.00 0.69% 42.60% 101.88N RAYS Tampa Bay S10.35 $105.40 $25.070.00 48.15% 02.61% MARLINS Flerida $19.00 S170.24 $17.780.00 0.59% 46.30% BLUE JAYS Taranta 0.07 $18.10 SI66.30 $35,900.00 0.29% 53.70 46.76% NATIONALS Washington D.c. 0.13 $30.63 $215.62 $36,216.00 0.37% 63.58% 54.23% ANGELS Les Angeles $20.05 $141.18 $21.013.00 BRAVES 0.09 $30,841.00 Allanta S157.09 0.32% 58.50% ATHLETICS Oaklant 0.12 $24. SI07.23 Sus.64 $25.041.00 53.70% 49.60% DOOGERS Los Angeles 0.20 $29.60 $221.64 $23.033.00 0.00% 4.30% 82.90% RANGERS Š19.41 $24.207.00 GIANTS San Francisce $23.28 $39,329.00 Танаs 48.30N 56.18N 0.30N 82.14 MARINERS Sesttle 0.09 $25.53 $184.82 $34,202.00 0.34% 47.53% 57.55% PADRES San Diega $20.01 $172.04 $28,846.00 0.37% 53.70% 55.92% ROCKIES Calorada 0.10 SI9.0 SIGL00 $29,181.00 0.34% 65.21% DIAMONDRACKS 0.10 $14.31 SI14.24 $22.541.00 0.31% 56.79% 53.60% Arizona