Last year they ranked last over the decade numbers too. Yes, I understand that a winning team pulls fans in. But you can't compare 2011 to 2001 when the team won 116 games. You couldn't buy a ticket to the games that year. Of course you'll have the largest attendance drop over that time. And 2002 was still riding the high of 2001. In 10 years the Mariners could possibly be at the top of the list for largest increase of attendance over the decade.

Really? WHAT A DUMB A55 comment. what the heck does your rambling mean anyway? This team has been dog doo for a real long time, 31 out of 35 yrs. This teams attendence sucked before 2001. You fail to bring that into the equasion. The 2001 season was a anomoly. THE DIDNT WIN JACK. BIG FREAKING DEAL they won 116 games BIG DEAL! they didnt even make the series. WHY? BECAUSE DUMB AND DUMBER DIDNT WANT TO SPEND THE LITTLE EXTRA TO PICK UP THE BAT LOU NEEDED. They peed all over themselves.

Now DUMB AND DUMBER has something to brag about. Since the are the most worthless two Front office people to EVER EXIST. EVER!

There is a concrete reason this team is and has been failing miserably over the last decade - it's upper management combined with ownership . Round pegs in square holes . The owner doesn't seem to care or have any passion about this endeavor , it's a commodity that either makes money or losses money . Look at the other prospering teams and you'll find an owner who is passionate and cares about his team , someone who will do what needs to be done when it needs to be done rather than delegate it to a group of bozos and beancounters who haven't a clue what to do . Armstrong and Lincoln have never been the right people for this job , but as long as ownership stays the same they'll stay put . All we'll have to look forward to will be another decade of "the bliss of futility".

born and raised here, I've seen it all. What I do now is wait for a friend to ask... "I have these M's tickets to give away... don't want to see them go to waste..." Happens 4-5 times a year. I say "yes, thank you". Then I move down to the empty seats... you know the ones... 13th row right between home and 1st... haha suckers!!!

didnt need satistics to tell us that,, we here in Seattle have to live with it,every season.Its not free agents,the farm system,the zguy,the manager or any other excuses the idiots up stairs tell us,,its the idiots,,they will not see another dime from me until they either leave or give COMPLETE control to real baseball people,,,a toy maker and a plane maker?? get serious

Well, you know. The term "fair weather fan" in Seattle has always a bit of an oxymoron, but there it is. At least Safeco hasn't resurrected the nickname "King County Morgue" that the Dome had in the salad days of Mariner baseball. Maybe they could sell tickets for "movie nights" on the big tron now!

"Ticket sales are no longer the primary source of revenue." And that is why Miami can gut their player roster.

Besides the obvious that this stat shows....

Maybe the Mariner's should reduce, not enlarge their stadium. Since TV and radio ratings are so high, why do we need such a big field?

Move the fences in. WAYYYY in. And follow them with the size of the building.

Think of the savings on future builds.

Sandlot for the stars.

Mariners rule, management bites......

Like many other fans, I read ESPN, SI, and other sports info and I'm very concerned about the negative press regarding the Mariners. Even our own media, and rightly so. We repeatedly read about Jack seeking to bolster our offense and we read about the various names, but we see nothing concrete. The Mariners have made these types of statements before with nothing tangible to show for it. The GM meetings are coming up and again there is "conversation" about Jack doing this, considering that, etc. I am an avid Mariner, and baseball, fan. While I think out young players, at least some of them, will blossom into quality MLB players, to bring people back into Safeco we need something done....NOW!! This year!! I realize this is easy for me to say as the other teams have a say in whatever Jack tries to do, but it seems we have the chips and the money to make a blockbuster signing or signings, and/or trades.