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The 2001 team won a major-league record 116 games in a still-new Safeco Field. In 2010, the Mariners lost 101 games for the second time in three seasons.
As a point of comparison, the Orioles’ attendance dropped 44 percent over the same period despite the team winning three more games in 2010 than it did in 2001. The Indians saw attendance fall 56.08 percent despite three winning seasons and one American League Championship Series appearance in the 2000s.
The declines in Baltimore and Cleveland aren’t totally about the quality of the team on the field.
But in the case of the Mariners, it appears attendance trends have followed the fortunes of the team. Since 2001, when the Mariners drew a major league-high 3,507,326, attendance at Safeco Field has fallen every year except 2007, when the team won a surprising 88 games and finished second in the AL West.
In 2010, the Mariners drew 2,085,630 – good enough for eighth out of 14 AL teams despite losing 101 games.
Not bad. Just not as good as 2001.
If the Mariners win 95 games next season and attendance declines again, then it’s time to worry about running out of fans.
Bill calls to cancel exemptions on donations to NGOs that 'act against Israel abroad.' 'A political bill targeting human-rights groups,' Israel Democracy Institute says.
Israeli ministers on Monday approved a bill that would cancel tax benefits given to those who donate to non-governmental groups associated with the left.
No respite is in sight for business and consumer confidence indices, which continue to weaken despite improving economic prospects and the reluctance of international credit rating agencies to downgrade SA.
S&P Global Ratings is the latest agency to keep SA’s debt rating unchanged, citing in its report on Friday the government’s pursuit of “economic reform that should help boost the economy from 2019 onward”, despite chronic skills shortages and high unemployment.
President Cyril Ramaphosa announced an economic recovery and stimulus package in September, yet business confidence is expected to have continued to weaken into the fourth quarter of 2018 due to ongoing policy uncertainty, economists say. Continued global trade tension and the diverting of investment flows to the dolla...
The RMB business confidence index for the fourth quarter will be published on Tuesday.
Jeffrey Schultz, a senior economist at BNP Paribas, said subdued economic activity, poor labour market performance and weak corporate profitability are other factors to blame.
The FNB consumer confidence index to be released on Wednesday is forecast to normalise from elevated levels in the first half of the year following Ramaphosa’s appointment as president. That optimism has not yet translated into increased consumption in the economy.
Schultz said moderation in consumer confidence will “reflect higher inflation and a more uncertain economic outlook”.
On Thursday the release of factory and farmgate inflation for October, as measured by the annual change in the producer price index, is expected to mirror the rise of consumer inflation due to elevated fuel prices due to a higher international crude oil price. Oil prices have eased to below $65 per barrel in November.
Investec economist Kamilla Kaplan forecasts producer inflation of 6.3% year on year for October, from 6.2% in September.
Also on Thursday private sector credit extension for October will reflect some growth, but Kaplan expects a slowdown for the fourth quarter overall as corporate credit demand and private investment is forecast to decline somewhat. Households may also demand less credit as they are highly indebted and there is no dent i...
Matikinca said household credit appetite has gained at a very gradual pace based on a mild rise of vehicles sales in October.
Economists are divided about SA’s trade balance for October, which will be revealed on Friday.
BNP Paribas expects a surplus of R2.5bn following September’s R3bn deficit as demand for imports remained muted and the rand weakened, which boosted exports. FNB and Investec forecast a deficit as imports rise ahead of the festive season. Historically, October’s trade balance has registered a deficit for six out of the...
Kaplan said import growth may be restricted by a moderation of global prices and restrained rates of domestic consumption and investment.
The week is expected to conclude with the Central Energy Fund confirming on Friday a large petrol price cut of at least R1.50 and 92c for diesel, effective on December 5.
If Leslie Watts could have seen her own face when she found out, it may have made an interesting portrait.
Watts is an accomplished painter and one of 55 chosen from around the world to participate in a prestigious portrait show at the National Portrait Gallery in London, England. There were close to 2,000 entries and the Stratford artist is the lone Canadian showing in the BP Portrait Award 2013.
“I’ve visited the gallery many times. Portrait making has a long history and it’s exciting to think I’m going to have a tiny, tiny slice of that,” she said.
The subject of the portrait is Pamela Newel Sellers. She’s in her mid-80s and had a stroke a few years ago. One side of her face is paralyzed which makes her face even more compelling, Watts said.
“She is thrilled, she’s so excited. She’s excited the portrait will be hanging in the National Portrait Gallery. She’s probably as excited as I am about it,” Watts said.
Sellers has four children, including Watts’ partner Peter, who all plan to go overseas to see the painting.
To ship the painting to England would have cost at least $600. For that kind of money Watts and her partner decided they would hand deliver it and make a bit of a holiday out of it. Watts will be heading back there next month. She’s looking forward to meeting the other artists in the show.
“I’m just going to have a great time, I’m going to enjoy it,” she said.
When Watts checked her email in late March to see if the painting had been selected she thought she was reading a rejection notice.
It started with “thank you for entering” but eventually got to the good news.
“I burst into tears,” she said.
She couldn’t tell anyone until April 22 when the gallery sent out a press release. It was tough sitting on the news especially when people kept asking if she’d heard yet.
The show opens June 20 and runs through Sept. 15. The painting moves on to a show in Aberdeen, Scotland after that and won’t be back in Canada until June 2014.
However, Watts’ work — including portraits and still lifes — is on exhibit at Village Studios until May 10. The show has been very successful, over two days she sold more than 20 paintings.
Watts has had a rush of good news lately. She was also awarded an Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grant — her third, which puts her in very select company.
And she just celebrated her 52nd birthday.
Batteries—Fisher, Varney (4), Eagon (4) and Eagon, Fisher (4); Popa and Straight. W—Popa. L—Fisher. Save—None. HR—Mogadore: Markusic, Christy.
Notes: Mogadore: Markusic single, double, home run, 3 runs, 5 RBI; Johnston 2 singles, double, 2 runs, 3 RBI; Straight single, double, 2 runs, 2 RBI; Christy single, home run, 3 runs, 3 RBI; Popa single, triple, run, 2 RBI.
Batteries—Kubilus, Lallathin (5), Petit (6) and N/A; Stease, Ganim (5), Labas (5) and N/A. W—Stease. L—Kubilus. Save—Labas. HR—None.
Notes: Wadsworth: Jelenic 2 doubles, run. Brecksville: Hartland double, run.
Batteries—Horvath and Procop; Wiley, McClure (5), Samuel (6), Whitman (7) and Pasci. W—Wiley, 2-0. L—Horvath. Save—Whitman (3). HR—None.
Records: Twinsburg 8-1, 5-1; Hudson 10-0, 5-0.
Notes: Twinsburg: Jackson 2 singles; Brazie single, run. Hudson: Hartline single, double, RBI, run; O'Connell single, double, RBI.
Batteries—B. Meikle, N. Meikle (4), Chemm (6) and Lipchek; Bangtson and Eyre. W—Bangtson, 3-0. L—B. Meikle, 0-1. Save—None. HR—None.
Records: Highland 1-5, 1-3; Tallmadge 7-1, 4-0.
Notes: Tallmadge: Seeker single, triple, RBI, 3 stolen bases; Bangston single, RBI, 6 strikeouts; Eyre single, RBI.
Batteries—Feckner, Fecko (5) and McNamara; N/A and N/A. W—N/A. L—Fecko. Save—None. HR—None.
Batteries—King, Nagel (7) and Roberts; Bystricky, Poston (6) and Cesnak. W—Nagel, 1-2. L—Poston, 1-2. Save—None. HR—None.
Records: Cuyahoga Falls 2-8, 2-4; Stow 3-7-1, 2-4.
Notes: Cuyahoga Falls: Roberts 2 singles, RBI; Stiffler single, run; Jellison single, run, stolen base.
Batteries—Covington, Naymik (6) and Knuebel; Crawford, Cline (7) and Aiken. W—Crawford, 1-0. L—Covington. Save—None. HR—None.
Notes: Streetsboro: Maymik 2 singles, run. Norton: Crawford 3 singles, RBI, run, 10 strikeouts; Cruz 2 singles, run; Borrelli 2 singles, RBI, run.
Batteries—Neitebach and N/A; Cottrell, Tierney (7) and Romanotto. W—Neitebach. L—Cottrell, 1-2. Save—None. HR—None.
Notes: Woodridge: Mottice single, 2 doubles.
Archbishop Hoban at Hudson, 7 p.m.
Chardon NDCL at Tallmadge, 5 p.m.
Cuyahoga Falls at Walsh Jesuit, 5 p.m.
Mogadore at Kenmore-Garfield, 4:30 p.m.
Norton at Northwest, 4:30 p.m.
St. Vincent-St. Mary at Copley 4:30 p.m.
Barberton at GlenOak, 1 p.m.
Copley at Parma Padua, 11 a.m.
Medina at Wadsworth, 1 p.m.
Shaker Heights at Nordonia, 2 p.m.
St. Vincent-St. Mary at North Canton Hoover, 2 p.m.
Singles: Liu (S) d. Miller 6-4, 1-6, 10-7; Cors (WJ) d. Lebowitz 6-3, 6-1; Huang (S) d. Delaney 6-2, 6-4.
Doubles: Feng-Kernan (S) d. Shah-Lahovich 6-3, 6-2; Lee-Catalano (S) d. McHale-Arnold 6-1, 6-4.
Records: Solon 4-0; Walsh Jesuit 6-2.
Singles: Compton (CCC) d. Anderson 6-0, 6-1; Milavickas (CCC) d. Swym 6-1, 7-5; Kropp (N) d. Mauro 6-3, 7-5.
Doubles: Thomas-Brunty (N) d. Savastano-Stengl 6-3, 2-6, 6-2; Morber-Russ (CCC) d. Horvath-Campbell 1-6, 7-5, 6-2.
Records: Norton 7-5; Canton Central Catholic 9-3.
Singles: Donnelly (C) d. Rotunda 6-4, 6-0; Gillespie (C) d. Suber 6-0, 6-0; English (C) d. Archer 6-0, 6-1.
Doubles: Andrea-Williamson (T) d. Porcello-Lauren 7-5, 6-4; Ramp-Cowley (T) d. Gregoire-Ewart 2-6, 7-5, 7-6 (5).
Singles: Farren (CVCA) d. Lambert 6-2, 6-4; Stout (CVCA) d. Yang 7-6 (8), 6-1; Schmid (Cop.) d. Coyle 6-1, 6-1.
Doubles: Kolb-Rios (CVCA) d. Shin-Evans 7-6 (5), 3-6, 6-4; Sun-DiRocco (Cop.) d. Foltz-Watson 7-5, 6-1.
Singles: Smith (M) d. Reese 6-3, 7-5; Levine (M) d. Rodgers 6-2, 6-1; Scharnweber (M) d. O'Dell 6-0, 6-1.
Doubles: O'Connor-Volk (STVM) d. Ott-Kovacik 6-3, 7-6(4); Dexheimer-Bunn (M) d. Brickman-Vesco 6-1, 6-3.
Records: Medina 3-4; St. Vincent-St. Mary 4-3.
Singles: Nesic (T) d. Erba 6-3 6-1; Gillin (H) d. McIlroy 6-4 7-5; Alcini (H) d. Georgevich 4-6 7-5 7-5.
Doubles: Spittle-Cooper (H) d. Sterling-Nesic 6-0 6-3; Bard-Deshpande (T) d. Gsellmann-Noonan 3-6 6-3 7-5.
Singles: Langovsky (Gre.) d. Domer 6-0, 6-1; Garza (Gre.) d. Stamaton 6-4, 7-6; Westmeyer (Gre.) d. Johnson 6-0, 6-0.
Doubles: Ragunanthan-Castner (Gre.) d. Brinkman-Popa 3-6, 6-0, 10-5; DeLuca-Lightner (Gre.) d. Rohrman-Wellman 6-1, 6-0.
Singles: Nesic (T) d. Shull 6-0, 6-0; McIlroy (T) d. Boehm 6-0, 6-1; Georgevich (T) d. Pockl 6-0, 6-3.
Doubles: Nesic-Sterling (T) d. Ramsey-Harper 6-0, 6-0; Deshpande-Bard (T) d. Allio-Rosckowski 6-1, 6-0.
Batteries—Cingle and N/A; Bell and N/A. W—Cingle, 6-1. L—Bell, 0-2. Save—None. HR—Wadsworth: Spoerke.
Records: Wadsworth 7-3, 3-1; Stow 3-5, 2-4.
Notes: Wadsworth: Spoerke single, double, home run, 3 runs, 5 RBI; Whitaker single, double, run, RBI; McDougal double, 2 RBI. Stow: Hosey double.
Batteries—Mullett and Rorar; Stefanoni and Carrillo. W—Stefanoni, 4-0. L—Mullett. Save—None. HR—None.
Records: Tallmadge 3-9, 3-1; Hudson 7-0, 3-0.
Notes: Tallmadge: Brown 2 singles, RBI. Hudson: Roukey single, double, 2 runs, RBI; Peck 2 singles, RBI; Butino double, run.
Batteries—Hammer, Grissom (3), Collinsworth (4) and Schaefer; Cholley and N/A. W—Cholley. L—Grissom. Save—None. HR—Green: Daugherty (3).
Batteries—Raid and Collura; S. Goode and N. Goode. W—S. Goode, 9-4. L—Raid, 3-4. Save—None. HR—None.
Records: Woodridge 3-7, 2-4; Cloverleaf 9-4, 3-3.
Notes: Woodridge: Raid 2 singles, 12 strikeouts; Randell 2 singles, RBI; Dennison single, double, 2 runs. Cloverleaf: Eckelberry 3 singles, triple, 2 RBI, 2 runs; Shetterly single, double, 2 RBI, 2 runs.
Batteries—Eddy and Riddle, Campbell (5); Hurd and Snyder. W—Hurd, 8-1. L—Eddy. Save—None. HR—Field: Hurd.
Notes: Field: Hurd single, double, home run.