From MLBTradeRumors:
Teams That Could Take On Payroll This Summer
•Reds - The Reds have financial flexibility and a willingness to get creative, according to one of Ken Rosenthal's sources.
http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2010/0...is-summer.html
From MLBTradeRumors:
Teams That Could Take On Payroll This Summer
•Reds - The Reds have financial flexibility and a willingness to get creative, according to one of Ken Rosenthal's sources.
http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2010/0...is-summer.html
How's the Reds attendance so far compared to past years?
That could play a part in whether they're willing to take on some money.
From John Fay's blog:
http://cincinnati.com/blogs/reds/201...k-up-expected/If Bob Castellini is disappointed in the attendance, he’s smart enough not to say so. When I asked him about it, he said:
“We’re expecting on the biggest walk-up crowds of the year this weekend,” he said.
The Reds have drawn 554,310 through 27 dates. That’s down 624,071 from the same point last year. That’s a bit skewered. The 27th date last year came June 6 – in the middle of a Cubs series that drew 105,917.
OBM quoted Fay
The Reds have drawn 554,310 through 27 dates. That’s down 624,071 from the same point last year. That’s a bit skewered. The 27th date last year came June 6 – in the middle of a Cubs series that drew 105,917.
So we're a week away from that date, still basically drawing school time crowds, so maybe it will pick up. I think the 4 for $40 promo will help. They've sold out today's and I think tomorrow's, so that adds to the numbers. Then we're out of town until the 7th.
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indeed, those numbers look 'skewered'
Baseball is like church. Many attend, few understand
It's going to take them making the playoffs to start to turn the tide in attendance numbers. Castellini's just going to have to accept that fact; consider whatever expenditures on players at the deadline to be downpayments on next year's attendance.
Promotions are good and smart. They'll need those, but most Cincy fans have read this script of playing well up till June before.
“And when finally they sense that some position cannot be sustained, they do not re-examine their ideas. Instead, they simply change the subject.” Jamie Galbraith
"....the two players I liked watching the most were Barry Larkin and Eric Davis. I was suitably entertained by their effortless skill that I didn't need them crashing into walls like a squirrel on a coke binge." - dsmith421
30+ K vs the LAstros is impressive.
Baseball is like church. Many attend, few understand
Yes indeed. Almost 31,000 against the last place Astros in late May is pretty good. Other than the fireworks, there wasn't a big promotion to draw fans to the park. With tomorrow night being Joey Votto bobblehead night (though the bobbleheads are arriving late), I wouldn't be surprised if they draw 30-35,000 again tomorrow night. Hopefully they continue winning and drawing more fans to the ballpark. It's a lot more fun watching the Reds play in front of big crowds.
I love seeing GABP filled up. Jamie Ramsey snapped this great photo from tonight's game:
http://ramsey.mlblogs.com/
The attendance tonight indeed was very impressive.
What's interesting about this team is it's lack of glaring weaknesses. If the Reds would just use some of their young SP talent in the pen, we'd be set. I'd love to know what Rosenthal's source meant by "creative". Is that just about compensation or the type of talent we'd potentially bring in?
Games are won on run differential -- scoring more than your opponent. Runs are runs, scored or prevented they all count the same. Worry about scoring more and allowing fewer, not which positions contribute to which side of the equation or how "consistent" you are at your current level of performance.
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