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Indians sell almost 200 season tickets 1 day after Encarnacion deal

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Cleveland Indians fans are really excited about Edwin Encarnacion.

One day after signing the big bopper away from the Toronto Blue Jays on a three-year, $60-million deal, the Indians sold nearly 200 season tickets, according to Paul Hoynes of cleveland.com.

Ticket offices were supposed to be closed for the holidays, but after news broke of the signing, the team kept the lines open. A spokesperson said it was, of course, an unusual number of ticket sales for an average day.

While the Indians have posted a winning record in each of the last four seasons - including with two playoff appearances and an American League pennant in 2016 - attendance hasn't reflected that success.

Over that span, the team hasn't finished higher than 27th in the majors in average attendance.

Going into the 2016 season, Cleveland's season-ticket base was approximately 7,500. While a team spokesperson wouldn't disclose how many season-ticket sales were made following the World Series, they're reportedly "trending very well and have far exceeded last year's number."

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