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MLB - Official 2012 Season Thread: Where Curt Schilling & Marlins will never find us.
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Corran Horn
May the Schwartz be with you
Jim Leyland would have let him pitch till the 20th inning.
goldlion054
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Thank God the Tigers don't have Linncecum then
Edit: Holy shit, the Tigers get Yu tomorrow. Miguel and Prince are foaming at the mouth(from what I assume is excitement to bat, not hunger).
The Frankman
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Year of the Umps happened and I have jpeg/gif/video evidence? Thanks guys!
sf2fanatic
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Its time to call up Jerry Sands...Or move Rivera to 1st. Gwynn at Left
Dont know whats funnier. The miss call or the final score on the bottom ticker........
Stay Free Yanks.....Looking for the shutout in the Gaf League....15-1 right now...lol
Its time to call up Jerry Sands...Or move Rivera to 1st. Gwynn at Left
Dont know whats funnier. The miss call or the final score on the bottom ticker........
Stay Free Yanks.....Looking for the shutout in the Gaf League....15-1 right now...lol
All apart of the Yankees plan to help the Twins make the postseason so we can get out of the first round.
Dmncnby2k9
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Some attendance notes so far.
bizofbaseball.com said:While Attendance Up, Early 2012 MLB Season Still Sees Some Lagging
Ticket & Attendance Watch
Written by Maury Brown
Lets start with the glass half-full: attendance in Major League Baseball is much better than at this point last season. As of April 17, the league is averaging 31,965 per game compared to 29,151 in 2011, a difference of 2,814 per game. Early in the season, there has been just one weather related postponement compared to 10 last season. And, while there have been two games that have seen paid attendance under 10,000 (both hosted by the Indians), that pales to last season where there 6 below 10,000, two of which were below 9,000.
So, attendance is up. But, that isnt to say that there arent lagers early on in the season. There have been 13 games with attendance below 15,000.
Heres who hosted those games along with the number of them below 15,000:
Indians 3
Orioles 1
Astros 1
Athletics 3
White Sox 2
Royals 2
Mariners 1
As mentioned, there havent been many rainouts, and that holds true for rain delays for these low attended games. Of those below the 15,000 threshold, only Tues, 4/10 game between Royals and As in Oakland sees a delay (51 min). Three of the games saw sunny or clear skies while two games were played with the roof closed (Mariners and Astros). The rest were cloudy, chilly, or rain threatened. Such is baseball in spring.
But, the biggest reason was matchups and the day of the week.
Unsurprisingly, the low attended games were on Sunday through Weds. Also, the teams that drew poorly havent done well in the standings as of late.
The tough one here is the Royals hosting the Tigers on Monday, 4/16. While cloudy, Verlander was the starting pitcher. That normally counts for something.
yankeehater
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I heard on Mike and Mike today that the Mariners had only 11,000 fans yesterday. Was there some special reason why it would be so low? I also thought that the Mariners drew well.
Dmncnby2k9
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and weather wasnt bad either. guess the early losses some ppl keeping away. being a weekday also hurts a bit. Cleveland has had two games under 10,000. thats crazy.
Blackace
if you see me in a fight with a bear, don't help me fool, help the bear!
because our biggest off season signing was Milwood..
yankeehater
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I get that they didnt have a big offseason, I just thought that was one of the fanbases that come out and support the team no matter what. I was really surprised to hear it had gotten so low, and obviously other people were surprised as well since they did a whole radio segment on it.
Blackace
if you see me in a fight with a bear, don't help me fool, help the bear!
Seattle is that kind of town.. people love the M's but even during the Kingdom years attendance dropped until sweet Lou took them to the playoffs.. Then we were winning..
Safeco is a bit pricey, so with all the money that goes through there I think people expect more out of the front office. I would love to see this young team. I am actually very excited about the future of this team, for the first time in years
I don't think Cleveland will have a franchise in 10-20 years. There will never be a new stadium and Downtown will unlikely have a revitalization to even justify one. Once Dolan sells the team, there will be a great pressure among the new owner to move the team and increase the worth of the franchise. It's pretty much maxed out as it is (already have a cable network) and it's only worth about 30 percent more than when it was sold 12 years ago.
Columbus makes the most sense, since it is the only Ohio city that is growing and you can retain a lot of your old fan base.
Columbus makes the most sense, since it is the only Ohio city that is growing and you can retain a lot of your old fan base.
Blackace
if you see me in a fight with a bear, don't help me fool, help the bear!
yeah, there sure is a lot to do in Milwaukee..
Yeah, all kinds of competing sports options in Seattle right now. Hell, they couldn't even support an NBA team and what does that take, 15,000 people?
Square Triangle
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So excited for tonight's game against the Rangers
If the icanhazcheezburger nite with the Mariners didn't bring in the douches, nothing will.
Blackace
if you see me in a fight with a bear, don't help me fool, help the bear!
Well if Seattle only had sports options then you'd have a point..
But really there is only so much losing people can take.. Not only that but destroying the farm system like they did a few years ago really shat on the hopes of fans..
Dmncnby2k9
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decided on American Football actually.
Since we're discussing sporting events, seems like sports fans would be the relevant target. Maybe they should have a giveaway and the first 20,000 fans get a Mariners colored keffiyeh.
"There is only so much losing a team can take" is a garbage argument when you yourself just said that fans didn't even show up when they were going well.
Blackace
if you see me in a fight with a bear, don't help me fool, help the bear!
Blackace
if you see me in a fight with a bear, don't help me fool, help the bear!
When did I say that? I said attendance was low until we finally got to the playoffs which is when Sweet Lou took us there...
Sorry, I misread you. Congratulations, Seattle is a better baseball town than Atlanta and Cincinnati!
Blackace
if you see me in a fight with a bear, don't help me fool, help the bear!
Seattle is just a better town than Cincinnati period...
Dominican Power
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Trey Griffey is stupid to want to play football. Football players are the most disposable athletes out of the 4 major sports. They don't have a long life span.
That's the kind of low bar that gets you Kevin Milwood.
Blackace
if you see me in a fight with a bear, don't help me fool, help the bear!
Ken Griffey was an icon.. Trey would have been more than a 3rd generation player he would have been the son of a legend. Pat Ewing's son is a good example.. Going to funny to see Michael Jordan's son play hoops..
But yeah he should have played baseball..
andthebeatgoeson
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Blackace
if you see me in a fight with a bear, don't help me fool, help the bear!
There were only two choices and at least Atlanta has some hot women..
Dmncnby2k9
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Just by being a Griffey he would have a guaranteed job.
Blackace
if you see me in a fight with a bear, don't help me fool, help the bear!
Sure, but maybe he didn't want to just be a Griffey..
Maybe he wanted to be a Boone?
Dmncnby2k9
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Blackace
if you see me in a fight with a bear, don't help me fool, help the bear!
I bet this made sense in your head..
Blackace
if you see me in a fight with a bear, don't help me fool, help the bear!
Well truth be told, whatever pro sport he decided on, his name pretty gets him a spot..
You must have missed the point. Those were the two choices because they consistently fail to sell out despite (and sometimes during!) playoff runs.
Blackace
if you see me in a fight with a bear, don't help me fool, help the bear!
I didn't miss the point at all.. Just was said that Seattle is a better city than Cinny period.. Not only baseball city... And then all of sudden expectations were set too low..
Azrizona has that problem as well.. Even when they won it all they werent drawing well
Blackace
if you see me in a fight with a bear, don't help me fool, help the bear!
Much better than that crappy image. This actually shows the tag being made, as the glove reacts to contact.
I have to assume the ump thought he whiffed the tag?
He stuck the glove up his ass almost...
Duane Cunningham
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Man this Royals season sucks so far. This was supposed to be Our Time, goddamnit!
Someone should have shown you your rotation a couple week ago. It could be worse, you're lucky Duffy has been lights out.
How has Tim Collins been so far, btw?
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