Winning games can sell more tickets. Selling more tickets can help a team increase payroll. Increasing payroll can lead to more wins. A virtuous cycle that I would like to see the Royals pull off for years to come, so I wanted to take a look at the early season attendance and whether the fans are showing up now that the team has been competitive for all of last season and the beginning of this one.
Looking at attendance is difficult on a game by game basis since lots of factors affect how many people show up. The opponent, day of the week, weather, if school is out, who is pitching, and several other things bump the number of tickets sold up and down creating a fairly volatile statistic.