J.J. Watt’s charity softball game outdrew 13 Houston Astros home games

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HOUSTON — If there’s J.J. Watt fatigue around the country, it hasn’t hit Houston yet.

More than 30,000 people attended Saturday’s J.J. Watt Charity Softball classic at Minute Maid Park, according to Chellee Siewert, who handles the public relations for Watt’s Event. That’s a Major League Baseball number.

The Houston Astros regularly draw less than that at the same ballpark. A look around baseball delivers the same message: In many markets, major league baseball teams routinely play in front of crowds smaller than the crowd that assembled to watch the Houston Texans offense face the defense in a meaningless, but entertaining and charitable, game of softball.

J.J. Watt celebrates during his charity softball game on Saturday at Minute Maid Park. Aaron M. Sprecher/AP

More people watched Astros legend Roger Clemens pitch neon softballs to Watt in the Home Run Derby than showed up to at least 13 of the Astros 20 home games so far this season.

More people watched Vince Wilfork bat and gyrate in overalls and Brock Osweiler bat in a Cowboy hat than attended five actual MLB games on the same day. Milwaukee, Washington, Cleveland, Tampa Bay and Philadelphia all drew less than 30,000 attendees on Saturday, according to the games’ box scores.

More than twice as …

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