The Tigers announced today that they have signed 18 of the players the team drafted this year. The highest picked Tiger draftee to sign is 8th round pick Chris Cody.
The complete list is available below:
Rd Player Position Age School Hometown 8 Chris Cody LHP 22 Manhattan College Brewster, NY 11 Hayden Parrott 2B 18 Desert Mountain HS West Bloomfield, MI 12 Joe Bowen C 18 Vanguard HS Ocala, FL 13 Angel Castro RHP 23 Western Oklahoma St. Dominican Republic 14 Brett Jensen RHP 22 U. of Nebraska Eagle Grove, IA 16 Jeff Gerbe RHP 21 Michigan State U. Detroit, MI 18 Deik Scram CF 20 Oklahoma State U. Arkansas City, KS 19 Duane Below LHP 20 Lake Michigan College Tecumseh, MI 22 Chris Krawczyk RHP 22 Missouri State U. Independence, MO 24 Joe Tucker CF 22 Kent State U. Canton, OH 28 Derek Witt RHP 22 Ohio U. Davenport, IA 29 Christopher Carlson 22 U. of New Mexico Topeka, KS 31 Michael Sullivan 22 Ball State U. Munster, IN 32 Rudy Darrow RHP 22 Nicholls State U. Stillwater, OK 35 Paul Hammond LHP 23 U. of Michigan Shelby, OH 38 Dana Arrowood RHP 23 Old Dominion U. Woodbridge, VA 39 Michael Bertram 3B 22 U. of Kentucky Lexington, KY 47 Alec Shepherd RHP 20 South Mountain CC Wilmar, MN
Living in Florida, I’m bombarded with NASCAR fans. They all say they have the facts, they all say they have the source, they all say that NASCAR is the #1 sport in the USA.
I’m not sure where this all comes from. It’s nice that they have a sport where all 50 or so teams compete at the same event at the same time and have them all on the same channel at once. Sure, I’m willing to admit that you can have more fans at one event, watching one event at the same time. There really is no comparison. Just don’t tell me that NASCAR has more viewers and sells more tickets than any other sporting event in the USA. I’ve done the research, here are the facts.
Attendance for last complete season of each sport:
#1. Major League Baseball – 76 Million
#2. National Basketball League – 21.5 Million
#3. National Hockey League – 21 Million
#4. National Football League – 16.5 Million
#5. NASCAR – 5.5 Million
#6. Major League Soccer – 3 Million
That’s right, NASCAR had less than 6 million in attendance last season, just slightly beating Major League Soccer.
Clearly, Major League Baseball is still our national pasttime, regardless of what anyone else says. Ticket sales speak for themselves. The next time someone mentions NASCAR, I will be prepared, and now you will be prepared too.
Go Tigers!
I don’t watch NASCAR at all and I’m not even sure what prompted your posted, but I don’t think attendance is an accurate measure of the fan base. There’s a limit to how many people you can cram around a field/track. NASCAR has a couple races per year. NFL has around 300 games per year. MLB has over 2500 games per year. There’s no way that gross attendance can be a fair comparison. I think you would also need to consider attendance per event and tv/radio ratings per event in order to make a reasonable judgement on popularity. My guess is that football wins.
I don’t watch NASCAR at all and I’m not even sure what prompted your posted, but I don’t think attendance is an accurate measure of the fan base. There’s a limit to how many people you can cram around a field/track. NASCAR has a few dozen races per year. NFL has around 300 games per year. MLB has over 2500 games per year. There’s no way that gross attendance can be a fair comparison. I think you would also need to consider attendance per event and tv/radio ratings per event in order to make a reasonable judgement on popularity. My guess is that football wins.
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