THE New York Yankees have been clowned after announcing a huge attendance at an MLB game— only to have evidence that 50-plus fans were actually there.
The Yankees played their last home game for the 2023 MLB season against the Arizona Diamondbacks on Monday afternoon.
Rain has hit the northeast as the MLB pushed Saturday’s contest between Arizona and New York to Monday afternoon.
Entering Monday, New York was mathematically eliminated from playoff contention after their loss to Arizona on Sunday.
When the Yankees began their game against the Diamondbacks on Monday, pictures surfaced of the Yankee Stadium crowd on social media — and it was almost empty.
The Yankee Stadium’s capacity is 46,537.
Yankees reporter Max Goodman of NJ.com shared a snap of the inside of the ballpark on X, formerly Twitter, and captioned the post: “Might be the smallest crowd we’ve seen here since 2020.”
Two hours after the post, Goodman updated fans that the Yankees “announced a paid attendance of 41,096.”
And fans joked about New York’s announcement of Monday’s paid attendance.
One said: “41,000 disguised as empty seats.”
Another wrote: “Where’s everybody?”
And a third added: “Should be an easy day for the vendors.”
The Monday contest was also slightly cold and rainy.
Still, the game would finish as the Yankees beat the Diamondbacks 6-4.
New York has a 78-76 record but won’t make the playoffs for the first time since 2016.
The Diamondbacks, meanwhile, are in a wild-card playoff race.
They have an 82-74 record and are tied with the Chicago Cubs for the second wild-card spot.