4,000 Seats Left for First Arizona Home Game

Diamondbacks haven't sold all NLCS tickets for game two, either
By Zach Samalin,  Newser Staff
Posted Oct 11, 2007 4:06 PM CDT
4,000 Seats Left for First Arizona Home Game
Arizona Diamondbacks manager Bob Melvin, left, talks with Tony Clark during practice Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2007, in Phoenix. The Diamondbacks will play the Colorado Rockies in Game 1 of the National League Championship Series baseball game Thursday. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)   (Associated Press)

As of last night, 4000 tickets remained to the Arizona Diamondbacks first home game tonight against the Rockies; 2800 remained for tomorrow's game two, the Arizona Republic reports. "I expect Friday to be sold out," Diamondbacks President Derrick Hall said. "Tonight will be close." Either way would be a big improvement over last year, he said, adding: "It was crickets out there."

Hall's spin referred to the D'backs missing the playoffs entirely. Just a few hours earlier, a national sportscaster commented that Arizona fans had a "dry apathy" towards the NL championship. But the team isn't worried about turnout.  "When we won the first two games," starter Doug Davis said, "[Owner Jeff] Moorad came in and said, 'We won our fans back. We got them back.' And I said, 'You're damn right we did.'" (More NL playoffs stories.)

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