new york yankees has the longest sellout streak in sports.
new york yankees has the longest sellout streak in sports.
who has the longest sellout streak in sports?
new york yankees
the dayton dragons professional baseball team is a class a minor league affiliate for the cincinnati reds. the dayton dragons are the first (and only) team in minor league baseball history to sell out an entire season before it began and was voted as one of the top 10 hottest tickets to get in all of professional sports by sports illustrated. the dayton dragons 815 consecutive sellouts surpassed the nba's portland trail blazers for the longest sellout streak across all professional sports in the u.s.









































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the phillies were 47–58, 15 games behind the first-place nationals, and 10 games behind the second wild card after their series against the nationals on august 2. the phillies started the month by taking 2 of 3 from the arizona diamondbacks. the game 3 victory was huge for ryan howard, who had struggled since coming off his injury. after getting booed by striking out when the game was tied in the 8th inning with the bases loaded, ryan howard came through by hitting an rbi single with the bases loaded in the ninth inning to win the game and the series. the victory also put them out of last place in the nl east for the first time since june 27. the phillies then took 1 of 3 from the braves, a team that they got swept by in the past 2 series. in game 1 of the series, the phillies saw their sellout streak end when the phillies did not have a sell-out crowd. this ended their streak at 257 games, the third-longest sellout streak in mlb history. the phillies then took 2 of 3 from the st. louis cardinals and came back from 3 runs down to win game 3 in extra innings. the phillies then also took 2 of 3 from the miami marlins. the phillies then split the series at 2–2 against the milwaukee brewers and cincinnati reds. after their game 4 win against the reds, the phillies moved up to third place in the division for the first time since april 12. the phillies then pulled off a three-game sweep of the nationals, marking their second three-game sweep of the season. the phillies would however take just 1 of 3 from the new york mets. to finish the month, the phillies would pull off a comeback win against the braves in game 1 on august 31. the phillies ended up taking 2 of 3 from that series. they could have swept the series, but the phillies blew a 7–3 lead in the bottom of the 9th inning in game 3. the phillies finished august by going 17-12, their best month of the season overall so far. however, carlos ruiz, who had been the star of the phillies with his remarkable performance this season, had to sit out for 4–6 weeks because of a fractured knee that took a beating throughout the month. ruiz was replaced by erik kratz due to catcher brian schneider also suffering an injury. this month also saw a huge improvement by kyle kendrick. after charlie manuel got really disappointed in an awful outing by kyle in a 12-6 loss when he allowed 6 runs, he has been the hottest phillies's pitcher since. right away in his next outing, he shut the miami marlins out, allowing no runs. he did the same in his next outing against a normally strong milwaukee brewers offense. although in his next outing kyle allowed a 2-run home run against the washington nationals, kendrick received his 3rd win in a row when the phillies won 4-2. kendrick picked up his fourth win in a row when the phillies won 3-2 against the new york mets.
2012 philadelphia phillies season