How Many People Will Watch the Milwaukee Indians?

One thing that people have ignored from all of the Indians snow out and subsequent move to Milwaukee for a week shenanigans is the huge jackpot that Brewer fans have hit this week. Imagine being a baseball fan in a baseball city, thinking your team was out of town for the week, then suddenly having two of the better teams from the other league just dropped in your lap for a three game series where tickets are only $10 apiece. That is an incredible windfall, especially since neither the Indians nor Angels will be coming to Milwaukee this year in interleague play.

Not surprisingly, interest from Brewer fans has been pretty high. The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel set up a forum to talk about interest in the games, and there's already a couple hundred responses, mostly resembling this:

I will head out to the games. It is a nice novelty to have the game here while the Brewers are away. I don't think $10 is a bad price to pay. It should be a great time. Something to do in April for a change!

- Tackle, Milwaukee

And there's also this final aspect: the best baseball movie of all eternity, Major League (at least according to one blogger's humble opinion), was about the Indians and was shot at County Stadium in Milwaukee. And the special edition DVD is being released... today. Perhaps the lingering presence of Jobu will help wake up Andy Marte's bat.

Previously at the Fanhouse
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