Holmwood was issued with a field court attendance notice for wilful and obscene exposure and later taken to Auburn hospital, where, it was reported, he was sedated.
"I was very... nervous because it was my first presentation, and it was... in English and with experts in the field" in attendance, he recalls.
"Most people would settle for that and an understanding they are making progress off the field with attendances and revenues that go with it.
Despite the relative success of the Yankees on the field this season, attendance at Yankee Stadium is also down slightly, by 4percentt.
Surveying the auction scene at this year's site, a banquet hall at the Grand Sierra Resort and Casino, the Santa Fe dealer Gerald Peters estimated that three-quarters of dealers in the field were in attendance "and maybe one-quarter of the collectors".
Last year, as the salacious details of Mr McCourt's messy divorce dominated the headlines and the team floundered on the field, the Dodgers' attendance plummeted to 36,236 spectators a game far below their average of 45,350 from 2004-09.Moreover, their crosstown rivals, the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, have made a powerful bid to supplant the Dodgers as the area's most beloved baseball team.
This time Sounders FC hosted the final at Qwest Field, drawing an attendance of 31,311 which broke the 81-year-old record for the event.
Teams were invited based on on-field success and attendance.
Hodgson will not be schlepping over to Canada to watch him at the open-air BMO Field, where the attendances fell last season to a new low of just over 18,000.
