While Saving Baseball From Near Death, New York Yankees Fans Make Villain Billionaire Hal Steinbrenner Richer

The 2023 season isn’t one that the New York Yankees will want to remember for a long time. Closing on a 0.500 record and sinking nearly to the bottom of the AL East on the back of some disappointing performances, the Yankees have a few rare positives to look back on. But despite their dismal performances, the Yankees are still close to being leaders in this shocking statistic.

The Yankees’ lineup and mound rotation seem to be operating in alternating patterns of brilliance this season. While the first half saw a misfiring offense, the second half saw the bullpen exposed by other teams’ lineups. Even though the Aaron Boone-led team has been putting in disappointing performances game after game, their loyal fans still seem to be delivering.

New York Yankees Fans Do Not Fail to Disappoint

With the Bronx Bombers operating as the ‘winningest‘ team in Major League Baseball with 27 pennants to their name, there can be few detractors about the star-studded team.

Even while their 2023 season has not been their greatest, their performances don’t seem to be changing too much about the attendance in Yankee Stadium. The fans appear to be saving the sport with their large turnout.

Journalist Bryan Hoch tweeted a shocking statistic that the team was actually leading the American League in average home attendance. With almost 41,581 fans turning up to Yankee Stadium every home game, no other team in the American League was enjoying more support from its fans. In fact, even in the MLB at large, only the Dodgers were registering a higher home attendance.

As a consequence, the owner of the New York franchise, Hal Steinbrenner, appears to be filling his coffers at a rate he might not have expected despite performances on the diamond not quite matching up.

New York Yankees 2023 Season – Is the Post Season Still Alive?

The New York Yankees are currently teetering on the edge of survival for the postseason. With a losing record in the games played so far, the postseason looks like a far cry, but you never know what tomorrow can bring.

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With a losing record of 60 wins to 64 losses at this point in the season, the Yankees are operating from behind the eight ball. They are 9 games behind the AL Wild Card Spot contention and sit dead last in the AL East. But with the fan support they are enjoying, they could be primed for a turnaround.

With star slugger Aaron Judge making it back to the lineup after a two-month stint on the IL, Yankees fans will be hoping that they are able to turn around their fortunes in the league. And with the league’s leading support and Yankees fans at their backs, the new statistic may even boost them to performances that we haven’t seen from the Pinstripes before.

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