And the fans are telling MLB they want winners, not necessarily dingers...

Entering the All-Star Break, there have been, according to Baseball Reference, 1,345 Major League Baseball games this season.

Taking that against the first 1,345 games of last season shows that Major League attendance is down about 482 fans a game -- about 1.75%.

And here, once again, are your lowest drops:

Toronto, down about 8,000 a game, is the biggest YOY drop.

San Francisco has finally seen the bandwagoners go away from one of the consistently worst teams in baseball the last two or so calendar years -- attendance down 5,800.

Seattle down about 5,600.

Washington down about 3,800.

Baltimore about 2,920.

But then New York, the Yankees -- one of the winningest teams of the first half, also down about 2,920.  That one is just how bad the New Yankee Stadium is an overpriced Hell for anyone but a businessman.

Then Cleveland, Detroit, Kansas City -- that AL Central Hell.

But then Houston.  You're talking the two main favorites in the American League right now, and they're in the bottom 10 of average change in attendance year-over-year.

Basically, here's your current playoff situation.

AL East:  Yankees (-2,923, #24) lead by 6.5.  Best record in the American League by one game over the Central leader and a game and a half over the West Leader.

AL Central:  Minnesota (+2,468, #5), lead by 5.5.

AL West:  Houston (-1,750, #21) lead by 7.

Wildcards:  Tampa Bay is #1 at 52-39 (6.5 GB NYY, +795, #11)
Cleveland #2 at 50-38 (5.5 GB MIN, -2,436 #24 -- even with any benefits season tickets might've given you last night and tonight)
Oakland is #3 and out at 51-41 (1 GB CLE, 1 1/2 GB TB, 7 GB HOU, +2,532 #4)
Boston 49-41 (another game back from Oakland, +1,086 #9)

Somehow, the Chicago White Sox lead the American League with an average attendance increase of 3,950 -- then Oakland, Minnesota, and Boston for the American League.

NL East:  Atlanta (-445, #17) lead by 6.  Bryce Harper has led Philadelphia to over 8,000 fans a game over last year and #1 on the list -- and they're four games over .500 and 6.5 out.

NL Central Cubs (-1,121, #20) half-game up on the Brewers (+10, #13), two up over the .500 Cardinals (+846, #10)

NL West:  Still best record in baseball at the break, two up in that regard over Atlanta and 2 1/2 over the Yankees -- the Dodgers (+1,656, #7).  13 1/2 game lead in the division.  Manny Machado has led to a similar boon in San Diego to that Harper has given Philly (+2,697, #3)

Wildcards:  Washington is 1/2 game in the lead for #1 at only 5 over .500.  (#27, -3,830 because of Harper).  Then the aforementioned Philly.

Milwaukee is 1/2 game out.

Arizona is 1 1/2 games out.  (-458, #18)

And, at .500, both St. Louis and San Diego are 2 out.