Most Baseball Parks Still Empty On A Nightly Basis

Mackballs · 06-01-17, 07:06 AM

Need to make some modern changes to the game. Losing interest fast. Too slow of a product.

jjgold · 06-01-17, 07:08 AM

I watched 1 inning the other night and it took 27 minutes

Mackballs · 06-01-17, 07:10 AM

Insane. What other sport can take 5+ hours to play a meaningless game in April??? Tie game after 10 innings just bring out the screen and the pitching coach and have a home run Derby swing off and get the fukk outta there.

shadymcgrady · 06-01-17, 07:41 AM

Been a dying sport for nearly a decade, nothing new. First lost ground to the nfl, then nba now NHL will be next

triplecrown333 · 06-01-17, 07:44 AM

too old school for people with modern day attention spans

Bigbill365 · 06-01-17, 07:52 AM

Baseball is great to turn on for summer day but to sit there for that long at a game is really boring unless ur drunk and the drinks there are to much so u need to drink befor but that wears off quick.so best option is lower drink prices.

jjgold · 06-01-17, 07:55 AM

I will listen to on radio here and there

Easier and can do other tasks

Bostongambler · 06-01-17, 08:05 AM

Originally posted by jjgold

I will listen to on radio here and there

Easier and can do other tasks

Tasks = Gayporn

big joe 1212 · 06-01-17, 08:22 AM

Too many teams out of contention already. They need to adopt a new system to keep it more entertaining.

An example....when I played travel baseball back in the day we had 2 divisions, 8 teams in each division. The season was broken down into two halves. The winner of the division in the first half would play the winner of the division in the second half. The winner of that series advances the the championship series. If the same team won both halves, they skip right into the championship series. So the standings reset after the first half of the season. This is great for a team that got off to a slow start or had a lot of injuries early. It also provided an incentive for the team that won the first half to keep playing hard in the second half so they can skip the divisional series.

Bostongambler · 06-01-17, 08:27 AM

Good idea Joe. I'm going to email Rob Manfred and see if he will go for it.

bradthebloke · 06-01-17, 09:18 AM

4+ hour long games over a 162 game season asks too much of the fans to stay fans.

funnyb25 · 06-01-17, 09:24 AM

Maybe 2% of forum would watch without action?

Even with action, I still don't watch...

Shute · 06-01-17, 03:23 PM

All seats sold to corporations in package. They don't care if seats get wasted

Shute · 06-01-17, 03:58 PM

JJ, where are your corporate seats?

shadymcgrady · 06-01-17, 03:59 PM

Originally posted by Shute

JJ, where are your corporate seats?

They're wicker chairs worth 3k

SteelRain · 06-01-17, 04:13 PM

Most of those empty seats are actually bought by companies like Shute said.

Shute · 06-01-17, 05:11 PM

JJ, why don't you buy a half-year package and write it off as a business expense and invite your uncle and family to the yard

Shute · 06-01-17, 05:13 PM

JJ, you could invite the retirees from the community center, all a write off

Shute · 06-01-17, 05:16 PM

JJ, you are corporate aren't you?

SharpAngles · 06-01-17, 05:27 PM

Coach was the founder of a profitable corporation but he lost it all when he emptied the 401k fund to bet the Falcons in the Super Bowl

shadymcgrady · 06-01-17, 05:27 PM

Coach is kershaw on the mound tonight?

Shute · 06-01-17, 05:36 PM

Originally posted by SharpAngles

Coach was the founder of a profitable corporation but he lost it all when he emptied the 401k fund to bet the Falcons in the Super Bowl

Ouch, difficult to recover from that

jeffchitown · 06-01-17, 05:39 PM

Only some teams can fill it daily... I've been on the cubs season ticket waiting list forever. Watching the twins game is worse then white sox. I have no idea how twins make real money. Their stadiun is completely empty even though for month of may that stadium had more home run action then any other stadium. You think people would want to come out for a pretty good twins team this year.

Shute · 06-01-17, 05:45 PM

Corporations buy rows of seats and write it off as a business expense. They don't give a shit if the tickets aren't used for a game, when they want to impress or entertain then they'll give them away to customers or friends. No loss if they get wasted.

Meanwhile, Joe blow will spend his weekly paycheck for family of four at the yard in the bad seats. Don't be Joe blow; hustle your way into some corporate giveaways

Sam Odom · 06-01-17, 05:48 PM

STOP making fun of America's Pastime

Shute · 06-01-17, 05:56 PM

Not making fun, just the facts sir.⚾️🇺🇸🌭

lakerboy · 06-01-17, 05:58 PM

Only playoffs. Don't fool yourselves no one watches NBA until playoffs either.

Snowball · 06-01-17, 06:00 PM

it's actually not different than it used to be

they just build the parks too damn big now.

Shute · 06-01-17, 06:04 PM

Minor league parks are a great value and more entertaining than the bigs; action junkies just have to suffer for a night.

19th Hole · 06-01-17, 06:04 PM

I love baseball!!

ADD sufferers may have a problem with the speed.
Length of the game bothers me not at all.

Don't like the NFL overtime going to 10 minutes either.
They claim it will reduce injuries.

jjgold · 06-01-17, 06:27 PM

Very few stars in baseball anymore

Kids cannot even name players on their local teams

reigle9 · 06-01-17, 06:30 PM

Originally posted by Shute

Minor league parks are a great value and more entertaining than the bigs; action junkies just have to suffer for a night.

Have a minor league team 2 miles away. They start in a couple weeks. Plan to go over once or twice a week and have some beers on a nice evening.

RockBottom · 06-01-17, 06:46 PM

Originally posted by big joe 1212

Too many teams out of contention already. They need to adopt a new system to keep it more entertaining.

An example....when I played travel baseball back in the day we had 2 divisions, 8 teams in each division. The season was broken down into two halves. The winner of the division in the first half would play the winner of the division in the second half. The winner of that series advances the the championship series. If the same team won both halves, they skip right into the championship series. So the standings reset after the first half of the season. This is great for a team that got off to a slow start or had a lot of injuries early. It also provided an incentive for the team that won the first half to keep playing hard in the second half so they can skip the divisional series.

Worked great in the split season of 1981 when Cincinnati had the best overall record, yet didn't go to the playoffs.

Why are the stadiums half full? Kids are still in school.