The general trend between payroll and attendance is positive for the years 1994 to 2013. Based on this trend from the figure, as the payroll increases, attendance slightly increases as well. This likely means there are more popular stars on the team, which in turn leads to a larger fan turn out. In terms of the trend between payroll and win rate for the years 1994 to 2013, it is positive. As the payroll increases, win rate tends to increase slightly. This likely means the team is investing in better players, which leads to a better win rate. There are a few outliers that stray away from the trend line for payroll/attendance, the one I will focus on is for the year 2001. In 2001 the payroll was close to the average at 49.2 million (adjusted)