Quick Math

So Bob Klapisch is all over the Wilpons for letting Reyes walk without any sort of fight or attempt to sign him:

http://www.northjersey.com/sports/Klapisch_Mets_are_too_broke_to_even_compete.html?page=all

I'm not surprised about that "stuff," but what about the tidbit about the Mets drawing 4 million fans in 2008? Didn't they play in that now-departed Shea Stadium? Yes, yes they did. So 4,000,000 (attending fans) divided by 81 (home games) leaves us with 49,000+. The new stadium (Citi Field) doesn't come close to a capacity of 49,000 (it caps at 41,800 or 45,000 depending on how you count). Wasn't Citi Field supposed to be for the fans AND for making the team more profitable? Tsk tsk.

-StanO