Baseball drew 63,168,689 fans in 97. 70,601,147 in 98. But there were two more teams in 98 Arizona drew 3,610,290. TB had 2,506,293. That's 6,116,583. If you take those two away he total in 98 was 64,484,564. Very little difference in 97 and he great homerun chase year of 98. The attendance in 99 was a little lower than 98. The attendance has been going up over the last 7-8 years. I don't think it's because of McGwire and Sosa or Cal Ripken as a lot of people liked to say back then.