Agreed. Even this weekend was unseasonably cool. Hope the fans come out in huge numbers over the summer. We have one of the best owners in all of sports. He's trying his level best to keep us at the top.Originally Posted by TeamBoone
Agreed. Even this weekend was unseasonably cool. Hope the fans come out in huge numbers over the summer. We have one of the best owners in all of sports. He's trying his level best to keep us at the top.
As God as my witness, I thought turkeys could fly.
Through 22 home games, Reds are up 1,235 per game now over last season. This home stand helped a lot. They rank 9th in MLB in difference between 2012 and 2013.
Marlins are down 10k per game. Yikes.
Phillies are down 7.6k per game.
Last edited by RadfordVA; 05-13-2013 at 07:48 AM.
The Phillies and Red Sox are no longer selling out every game as they have for many years.
The Reds will be playing to minor league size crowds this week in Miami.
Just to pull forward the list from earlier:
Reds Attendance Through 22 Games:
2013 - 27,384
2012 - 25,002
2011 - 20,903
2010 - 20,152
2009 - 18,698
2008 - 21,375
2007 - 23,007
That is per ESPN's site: http://espn.go.com/mlb/attendance
I realize the math doesn't work with what you originally posted earlier today versus the average shown on ESPN's site. That shows us over 2300 ahead of last season. Am I misunderstanding what you were saying?
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No kidding. Not like I'm flying down to Miami today, but I looked at Stubhub prices for the heck of it. You can get a pretty awesome seat for about $14. You could probably spend even less and move to wherever you want.
If you read the Grantland article NebraskaRed linked to, if you're paying more than $5 for Marlins' tickets, you're getting ripped off.
Ouch. Didn't know that. I guess they should be paying fans to attend instead.
According to Thom Brennaman, they've already had to rope off the upper deck of the stadium. Just over one season in the books. Baseball in Miami may not have been such a great idea.
As God as my witness, I thought turkeys could fly.
You did it wrong. The ESPN site only lists the numbers from the end of the year. Below is the correct list.
Reds Attendance Through 22 Home Games:
2013 - 27,162
2012 - 26,150
2011 - 23,863
2010 - 21,535
2009 - 22,715
2008 - 22,117
2007 - 22,029
You're just figuring that out now?
The Reds have the ability to draw fans from a wide geographical radius. The Reds have fans in Columbus, Louisville, Indianapolis, and plenty of other places around the area. Miami has ocean on three sides of their city so there are far fewer fans that could go to the games.
Tampa Bay doesn't do well either.
In fairness to Miami, the strange ideas and workings of ownership and the front office may have something to do with it.
Where we gonna go?
I'm taking a bunch of friends friends down on Wednesday to Marlin's Park.
$18 for seats behind home plate, so I bought the whole row!
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It will look strange with one row filled and empty seats surrounding it.
"Rounding 3rd and heading for home, good night everybody"
People showed up in droves for their playoff runs. People show up for Dolphins games when they field a good team. Good organizations will draw people, even in the desert, or in Canada.
Look at the Nats. This is what, fourth go around in D.C., mitigated disasters the prior two times, and they struggled in their first few years. Then they become a well run org., and voile, their shiny new ballpark is filled up. The Reds recent history is a similar story.
The key is well run organization. Market size is making an excuse for the inexcusable.
"Rounding 3rd and heading for home, good night everybody"
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