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there's also cultural factors at play here - baseball is huge in Boston and always has been, whereas it just isn't that big in say, Atlanta.

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I agree with that to a certain extent, baseball is huge here however, it is somewhat mythology that Fenway Park has always been packed. growing up, only the biggest games would sell out - getting tickets was pretty easy (am 31). the Red Sox are MUCH bigger now than they have ever been. that said, people used to tell stories about how you could go the beach in the summer, walk up and down, and not miss a pitch, b/c so many people were listening to the game on the radio. again, that's partly true, but mostly mythology I think.

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Not to mention that is the whole Red Sox Nation being counted? Seems to me they've got from Hartford east as part of their fan base.

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yeah, Nate was pretty careful about how he counted. CT was split, etc.