Dominican Power
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Owner and team president fucked over the tax payers of Miami, fuck them.
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MLB - Official 2012 Season Thread: Where Curt Schilling & Marlins will never find us.
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Owner and team president fucked over the tax payers of Miami, fuck them.
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Closing the roof at Safeco doesn't qualify as indoors. Do you think that walking outside with an umbrella on a rainy day means you're still indoors?
But yeah, attendance is down. Shit sucks.
Dmncnby2k9
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How bad has it been? Maury Brown from biz of baseball said they were drawing about 78 percent capacity after opening day, which isnt bad but isnt good either. I think he said new stadiums draw 90 % higher.
yankeehater
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I hadnt heard an exat number, just yesterday I heard that the attendance was well below expectations. People have been saying for years that fans dont come out because the stadium sucked and the owner never spends money on players. Both of those things were fixed so I thought they would be drawing really well.
I've never had an umbrella that eliminated all precipitation, completely enclosed me indoors and significantly raised the temperature before. You need to patent and sell your amazing umbrella technology.
You're retarded aren't you? Ever been to Seattle when the roof is closed.
See all that open space? Yeah its still just as fucking cold "under" the roof .... as evidenced by being able to see Felix's breath after he stuck out 2 in the 8th last night.
You're retarded aren't you? Ever been to Seattle when the roof is closed.
See all that open space? Yeah its still just as fucking cold "under" the roof .... as evidenced by being able to see Felix's breath after he stuck out 2 in the 8th last night.
Careful, harmless jabs are now bannable.
Field temperature was 62 according to the start time info. You said it was 45 outside?
Dmncnby2k9
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Agreed.
Where are you getting that?
Looking at gameday ...
Weather : 55 degrees, roof closed.
Wind : 0 mph.
Regardless ... I'd rather sit inside and watch a game on TV while waiting for warmer weather than sit in 50-60 degree temperatures.
Seattle fans come out when the team is good, sadly that is few and far between. They've shown in the past that if the field product is good, the city will support it .... too bad the on-field product is shit.
I made it up, but I knew it would be significantly warmer!
Why not build the sliding panels to cover that space?
I dunno, ask the architects. Some genius thought it'd be awesome to still have open air coming in from left field .... guess they forgot that Seattle is f'ing cold and shitty during April & May and again in October (not that games are played often during that timeframe).
Fans are disgusted with the front office and on-field product. I believe the attendance numbers are showing this. I can't wait until the Mariners are sold to someone else soon.
They won 116 games about a decade ago.
Yeah, the solution to that is sliding panels. It makes the stadium fully convertible from outdoor to indoor.
Sadness.
Maybe they won't suck someday .... the three headed behemoth in AA needs to get brought up to bring some excitement to Seattle.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=paxton001jam
http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=walker001tai
http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=hultze001dan
That is probably too big of a modification to do I would imagine. The logistics of how the roof rolls closed and how it would interact with these sliding panels seems tough to manage.
That is more due to the location of the stadium and quality of the stadium I would imagine though.
You can win the division in Tampa, doesn't mean people will show up for the postseason games.
Was there last night in the 300 sections (as a Cleveland fan) and it wasn't too bad. Inside the stadium is a bit warmer, but it is definitely almost freezing when you're out in the concessions and such. Been to 3 games now this season (the opening day shit show, second game, and last night), and the latter two have been pretty awful from a support standpoint. I guess maybe Noesi isn't quite the "celebrity" Felix is, but with 2 outs in the 8th inning and a 2 strike count in a shutout to that point against Oakland I felt like the only one standing and clapping. It was silent from where I was sitting. It's just depressing. I'm going to Saturday and Sunday vs. Chicago this weekend. I hope it's a better atmosphere, especially with the much better weather forecast.
Something needs to start happening.
Team needs to stop being shit! That is the something.
Solidsnakejej
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Houston series was 30, 31.5, and 34, that was a weekend series, Cubs series during the week was quite low 24.5, 25.7 and 23.2, They started doing a new $10 ticket plan recently which I think is because of the attendance. Averaging 29k in 7 games. The stadium can hold 37k.
Even then all these numbers are well above what they were in Sun Life, and they have 3 times as many season ticket holders at around 15k which is close to the average amount of fans in Sun Life.
The Marlins still have to lure fans back to the park and stumbling in the first several games did not help.
Meohsix
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Aww, I got tickets for tonight's Tampa Yankees Vs Daytona Cubs game because Andy Pettitte was going to be pitching, but i just read in the Daytona Beach News Journal that they scratched his start due to the weather. i'm probably not even going to bother going now =/
http://www.news-journalonline.com/s...tte-start-against-daytona-cubs-scratched.html
http://www.news-journalonline.com/s...tte-start-against-daytona-cubs-scratched.html
lazybones18
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Time for the festivities to begin in Fenway
Then it will be time for the Yanks to stomp the Sox
Then it will be time for the Yanks to stomp the Sox
Dmncnby2k9
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Hell yea Pedro!
lazybones18
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I think you guys meant Joe Morgan
According to MLBN 
GitarooMan
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Lol, Canseco. This is pretty cool so far.
friskykillface
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lol Jose Canseco flexing
dat skip Terry B^)
dat skip Terry B^)
captmcblack
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No more wretched hive of scum and villainy than Fenway.
However, respect to the Sox OGs strutting around out there.
Especially Nomar, whose dedication to warming the bench on 7/1/2004 settled the silly Jeter v Nomar debates for all eternity.
However, respect to the Sox OGs strutting around out there.
Especially Nomar, whose dedication to warming the bench on 7/1/2004 settled the silly Jeter v Nomar debates for all eternity.
friskykillface
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resign Lowe there too
wheres cornrolls Arroyo
wheres cornrolls Arroyo
Dmncnby2k9
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Millah!!
ActStriker
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I wish the Sox's feed had crowd noise
vas_a_morir
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Maybe Reds don't suck as much as they were just playing great teams playing hot.
friskykillface
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i didn't see Pedro :'(
captmcblack
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Jim Rice broke the HOF.
Look at Johnny Pesky. God, baseball's reverence for its past is awesome.
Look at Johnny Pesky. God, baseball's reverence for its past is awesome.
The Cubs would be a bad minor league team.
Dominican Power
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Pedro.
captmcblack
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Pedro returns from underneath his mango tree.
Karim Garcia troll almost 10 years later.
Fucking Red Sox.
Karim Garcia troll almost 10 years later.
Fucking Red Sox.
Dmncnby2k9
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Karim Garcia who? Lol hey yea.
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