To say the mood at Progressive Field in Cleveland was electric the last two nights is the understatement of the baseball season.The first two games of the World Series brought sellout crowds, mostly made up of Indians fans, totaling more than 38,000 both nights. Everywhere you turned, there were happy Clevelanders sporting Indians jerseys, jackets, hats and t-shirts.The Cleveland Indians are hot stuff.Which is why it's confusing to check the year's attendance figures. Cleveland ranked 28 out of 30 teams during the regular season. Progressive seats a little over 35,000. The average attendance this season?19,650.The Indians had a great season and won the American League's Central division by a comfortable eight games. But that apparently didn't move people until the playoffs.So what gives? Are gritty, rust-belt Clevelanders, known for their loyalty and other bedrock Midwestern values, actually flighty, fair-weather baseball fans?A CHAMPIONSHIP HANGOVERAt Progressive Field before Game 2,
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