Oh don't get me wrong, there were definitely real fans and still are. And CBP sparked interest and generated higher attendance numbers, but CBP is more of a "destination" than it is for people actually who want to go and watch a baseball game, at least in my experience. Attendance numbers don't mean anything with regard to whether fans are bandwagon fans or not. I love the Phillies but I go to maybe one or two games a year (mainly because I live 1.5 hours away). Even if the stadium is sold out the entire year, the average person that is going isn't going to be a guy or gal you can actually talk baseball with. They are going because it is something fun to do. Nothing at all wrong with that either, go have fun and do you. It is just hard for me to argue with someone who says there are a lot of Phillies bandwagon people because growing up and going to games at empty stadiums, then the team gets good and all the sudden everyone is wearing Phillies gear and going to games but not really knowing anything about the team other than just basic surface information, then disappearing when the team sucks, kind of fits the bill of "bandwagon" fans. My younger brother is a prime example. Never watched a sporting event his entire life, all the sudden the Phillies are good and he's going to games and talking about the Phillies and now he can't name a single player on the roster outside of Aaron Nola and Maikel Franco (offseason acquisitions notwithstanding). Flyers? Not a bandwagon team. Eagles? No way. Sixers and Phillies? Yeah.