Phil Castellini surprised that Opening Day tickets still unsold

[westofyou]

I’m watching

As always though I’m doing it based on MY schedule

Isn’t that anything they interests you?

Nonetheless I’m interested in a lot of stuff Reds wise and baseball wise.

Otherwise why would I bother telling a bunch of strangers about it

[Patrick Bateman]

Is this really true? I’m not trying to tell you what to do, but actually? No interest in Hunter Greene throwing meteors, or Joey Votto being one of the only single-team hall of famers of the 21st century? Its obviously bad, but the idea that there’s absolutely nothing to see here feels unearned.

For sure, I will tune it from time to time depending who is pitching.

But the lineup and guys on the field aren’t doing a lot for me.

This is just coming from someone with young child, hectic work schedule… it’s hard to justify tuning in regularly at the moment… I’m not going to another team or anything crazy… I read, watch the scores everyday. I just don’t find the product engaging enough, or believe in the plan of ownership to really feel hooked into watching. Like if Phil and Krall really believes the stuff they say, it’s a tough sell for me to buy into a greater future


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[Griffey012]

Gosh I hope there are 5,000 fans for their next home game.

[fondfoat]

It will be interesting to see if the average drops below 15,000 per game for the first time since 1983.

[Falls City Beer]

Somehow I am fully aligned with ya here, pal. I care too much to be ok with what they are doing and how they are doing it.

I would have respected them more to do a full rebuild, get some interesting talent to watch grow up on the field, rather than watching marginal platoon players that can achieve 1.5 WAR if everything goes right.

Its uninteresting, and I see no hook to watch.

I haven’t watched a single game first to last pitch yet this season. And outside of the Atlanta series, I haven’t watched a single inning.

[TheBigLebowski]

[OesterPoster]

We have a new Collective Bargaining Agreement
The team with the worst W-L record is No Longer awarded the first pick in the draft.

Beginning in 2023, the first six choices will be determined by lottery rather than by the reverse order of the previous year's standings.

Thanks, I didn't know that. Maybe that's better though, because the Reds usually have difficulty tanking badly enough to get the #1 pick. And I look forward to hitting the Tankathon.com draft lottery simulator like I do with the Blue Jackets almost every year.

[OesterPoster]

Gosh I hope there are 5,000 fans for their next home game.

The April or May weeknight games are always a good indicator of where the season ticket base number is sitting. They'll announce attendance of 12,000-15,000, and then you'll know. Even if the stands look 90% empty.

[REDREAD]

The April or May weeknight games are always a good indicator of where the season ticket base number is sitting. They'll announce attendance of 12,000-15,000, and then you'll know. Even if the stands look 90% empty.

That's a great point. If ownership doesn't win back fans before the end of the season, season tickets (at least the non-corporate ones) will probably take a hit this winter.

[LeatherPants]

That's a great point. If ownership doesn't win back fans before the end of the season, season tickets (at least the non-corporate ones) will probably take a hit this winter.

Yet they’ll still make huge profits.

[westofyou]

I haven’t watched a single game first to last pitch yet this season. And outside of the Atlanta series, I haven’t watched a single inning.

And this is exactly why I'll take everything that you say about players performance with a huge grain of salt

See ya when you actually follow the team

[gagliano]

Truth

[NebraskaRed]

"I don't really care about the Reds. I don't watch them or follow them. And I'll keep saying this again and again, every day on a Reds message board for everyone to read."

[Tom Servo]

And this is exactly why I'll take everything that you say about players performance with a huge grain of salt

See ya when you actually follow the team

It does explain why FCB so readily hopped on the "Pham is washed up" idea if he wasn't watching any ABs.

I can't blame anyone for not sticking with these games until the end because I largely haven't been but not even an inning? Jeez.

[RedTeamGo!]

It does explain why FCB so readily hopped on the "Pham is washed up" idea if he wasn't watching any ABs.

I can't blame anyone for not sticking with these games until the end because I largely haven't been but not even an inning? Jeez.

You can tell by what he posts he doesn’t watch any of it.