Exciting Kernels enjoy 40.5% boost in fans
There's a new love affair blooming on the southwest side of town between the Cedar Rapids Kernels and their growing legions of adoring fans.
The total attendance this season is running 40.5 percent ahead of last year, thanks to the Kernels' new affiliation with the Minnesota Twins, an exciting club and a string of dramatic victories.
Cedar Rapids raised its league-leading record to 29-13 Sunday with an 8-7 victory in the bottom of the ninth over the Kane County Cougars before 2,379 fans who stayed to the very end and cheered every pitch until Dalton Hicks lofted his sacrifice fly to left field to win the game.