Wonder no more.
Great Lakes Loons inaugural season (40 points, unanimous first place)
It didn’t seem to matter where the Great Lakes Loons were in the Midwest League standings, or who they were playing on any given day — the fans came out in droves night after night.
And it all started on a cold, blustery evening in mid-April as the Loons debuted at Dow Diamond in front of 5,454 fans.
Great Lakes lost its first home game, 4-3, to the Lansing Lugnuts but neither that nor the chill in the air could put a damper on the spirits of the thousands of fans who flocked to downtown Midland.
“This is a blast — all the energy, seeing all the smiling faces here,” said Rod Martin, who, like many other fans, enjoyed the pre-game festivities downtown. “Everybody out on the street looks like they’re having a lot of fun.”
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The positive vibe that manifested itself that April evening didn’t diminish much throughout spring, summer, and early fall. By season’s end, the Loons had drawn 324,564 fans to Dow Diamond for an average of 4,773 per game.
That total was fifth out of 14 Midwest League teams, as Great Lakes finished behind only four teams with stadiums considerably larger than Dow Diamond.
“As the momentum started building, we thought maybe we could do 270 or 280 (thousand). ... Then, we started thinking maybe we could hit 300 (thousand), but we kind of crashed right through that,” said Loons’ General Manager Paul Barbeau. “ ... We’re thrilled. That’s a big number.
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