The Oreoles are out of it, so no crowd.
Weeknight game. Tomorrow is a work day.
There are signs and indicators that the entire professional sports industry is beginning to suffer noticeably from the decades long series of self inflicted wounds the prima donas have committed.
Sad really. Never was a sports fan of any kind, but at least I respected the sports.
Thanks to the Football/Basketball Felon societies, and supported in their idiocies by the way left of the Bell Curve ESPN idiots, those two sports are beneath thinking about.
Baseball appears to have escaped thus far. But for how long?
I live in Maryland. Camden Yards is always empty unless the Red Sox or Yankees are playing there.
That said, once school starts Red Sox and Yankee fans don’t travel to Baltimore to watch the games if they are weeknights.
Been here since 1995 (sadly) and can attest to the accuracy of my observations.
Interesting hubby was watching a Yankee/Twins game earlier...The stands empty at that one too.
Fenway Park is nearly always filled to capacity.
Of course, it is a small park, but still...
Baltimore has a beautiful ballpark in the worst part of town.
I wouldn’t go either.
When Camden yards first opened, they got big crowds regardless of where the Orioles were in the standings. I recall there was excitement because of it being the first of the retro style ballparks.
I didn’t know they had different size baseballs.
I always thought all baseballs were the same size.
Now I found out there are large baseballs and small baseballs and that some people are the fans of these different size baseballs.
I now know your not a large baseball fan.
They got Spotted Cow there?
Yes, Baltimore would rule it out for me, and a workday tomorrow.
And availability of social media. Send us a selfie! Ah never mind, we seen ya, SamAdams76.
So. How is the beer?
In the mid 60's,when I was just a pup,my Dad took me with him on a business trip to Chicago.He got me a ticket to a Cubs-Giants game while he was working.
April....cold...drizzling...dreary.No more than a couple of thousand in the stands.
This Day in Baseball
1919 Babe Ruth in Boston - the last time he will wear a Red Sox uniform in Fenway Park.
This Day in Baseball
1919 Babe Ruth in Boston - the last time he will wear a Red Sox uniform in Fenway Park.
I have been following the Texas Rangers for several years and have noticed (via TV) similar at both home and away games — stadiums with thousands of empty seats. That has included weekday and weekend and night games.
I surmise that they get their income from the networks who broadcast the games.
Of course, when teams are playing well and having a winning season, they do have greater attendance for home games.
The lower fan attendance could also be due to massive overload. They play 160+ games per season which is basically 6 games per week.
Ownership already have sold many of these empty seats to Corp entities...
Basically a paid for empty seat..
Football tomorrow.