I’m not going to give away the details of Tuesday morning’s 8am announcement, re: the O’s and WNST. You’ll just have to tune in, I suppose.
What I will say, though, is it’s very obvious if you look at the attendance figures at OPACY that *something* needs to be done.
This baseball franchise continues to languish at the turnstiles, unless you take away the 20 or so cash cows out of their 81 home game schedule — namely, anytime the Yankees and Red Sox show up with their legion of supporters and, naturally, opening day, where 48,000 people suddenly get orange fever…only to lose it by mid-April.
The Texas Rangers strolled into town this weekend and an announced total of roughly 54,000 (for all three games, that is) crammed their way into Baltimore’s ballpark.
Meanwhile, in Tampa Bay — you know, the city that doesn’t care about their team — 82,000 saw the Rays and Tigers play three games, including a sell-out on Saturday.
Even Pittsburgh — yes, Pittsburgh, where NO ONE cares about baseball anymore — outdrew the O’s this weekend, as they supposedly had 61,000 in PNC Park for three home games against the Cardinals.
Two disinterested baseball cities outdrew Baltimore this weekend.
I agree…it’s time to send another message to the Warehouse.
Tune in Tuesday.
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September 7th, 2009 at 3:53 pm
“What I will say, though, is it’s very obvious if you look at the attendance figures at OPACY that *something* needs to be done.”
Yeah, I know. People need to buy more tickets! I went to two out of three this weekend, I did my part! Come on fellows, enjoy The Orioles as well!
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September 7th, 2009 at 9:52 pm
[...] Drew Forrester blogged about it yesterday: This baseball franchise continues to languish at the turnstiles, unless you take away the 20 or so cash cows out of their 81 home game schedule — namely, anytime the Yankees and Red Sox show up with their legion of supporters and, naturally, opening day, where 48,000 people suddenly get orange fever…only to lose it by mid-April. [...]
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September 8th, 2009 at 8:14 pm
I AGREE… I MEAN, **** I HAVE TICKETS FOR ALL THREE DAYS WHEN THE RAYS ARE IN TOWN…. THE DAY I SIT WITH THE WNST POSSEY WILL BE MY 27TH!! …GAME THIS YEAR. I AVERAGE 20 - 30 GAMES A YEAR INCLUDING OPENING AND CLOSING DAY…THATS RIGHT CLOSING DAY!
YOU WANNA TALK BOUT UNEVEN NUMBERS, YOU SHOULD SEE MEAGER CROWD ON THE LAST DAY….IF YOU TALK NOT SHOUT..3 SECTIONS AWAY PEOPLE CAN HEAR YOU! ITS REALLY BAD