People are snapping up Diamondbacks tickets:

When the official word got out late last season that the Diamondbacks would be parting ways with popular left fielder Luis Gonzalez - and shortstop Craig Counsell, too - the organization was hit with a steady stream of negative feedback in the form of phone calls, e-mails and handwritten letters.

The fans had spoken, and many of them threatened to not renew their season tickets.

Some of them didn't, but Diamondbacks President Derrick Hall revealed Monday that ticket sales are soaring, and the club's season-ticket renewal rate has been at a solid 87 percent.

Sales of individual tickets are doing much better as well. Should we factor this in to prediction systems for a team's winning percentage? In general, fans like to see winners. If advance sales are way up, does that mean Diamondbacks fans think this is going to be a pretty good team? It's would make an interesting study to compare changes in advance ticket sales to actual season outcomes.

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