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cboy4 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-03-09 09:32 AM
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Major League Baseball attendance notes

Good thing the Washington Expos moved from Montreal to improve attendance figures

:sarcasm:

But, you can't place the entire blame on the Washington fans. They don't have a new stadium and .. ohhhhh wait...





Nationals Monday Drew 12,473 Fans At
Nationals Park For Game Against Braves

NATS ALSO SEE DOWNTURN AT GATE: In DC, Tim Lemke noted the Nationals drew a paid attendance of 12,473 for Monday night’s game against the Braves at Nationals Park. That figure includes “all season tickets and advance sales, and it’s an awfully low number even if you assume that not one single person walked up and bought a ticket at the box office.”

Lemke: “Let’s assume that all of the paid attendance came from season ticket holders alone.

That would mean that the Nationals season ticket base is 12,473, or about 6,000 less than last year, a 33% drop.” Lemke writes, “Yes, the luster of the new ballpark has worn off. Yes, the team is not winning a ton of games. Yes, the economy has hurt a lot of people. But a drop of that is pretty striking, especially when you consider that the team lowered prices almost across the board prior to this season”

(WASHINGTONTIMES.com, 4/21). :wow:
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Auggie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-03-09 09:58 AM
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1. What's with the pattern in the grass?
Edited on Wed Jun-03-09 10:14 AM by Auggie
I get dizzy looking at it
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cboy4 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-03-09 10:01 AM
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2. Oh yea, I just noticed that. I was more focused on all of the very many number
of empty seats.
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Auggie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-03-09 10:14 AM
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3. When I lived in Cleveland it was not uncommon to draw a few thousand
towards the end of the season to see the Indians. This was in cavernous Municipal Stadium, way back in the late 60s/early 70s.

On the plus side -- it was easy to get good tickets.
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cboy4 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-03-09 10:24 AM
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4. Yea...that place held what, something like 80,000? So a crowd of a few
thousand looked more like a crowd of a few hundred.

Every once in awhile during the Giants games, I'm amused when Duane Kuiper starts painting a picture of the place.

I'm glad I got to at least walk around and peek inside before it was torn down.

Definitely the Candlestick Park of the midwest.
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Onceuponalife Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-04-09 01:02 AM
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5. There he goes on the attendance kick again
what's the matter? Nothing happened in the Barry Bonds legal matters today?
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Forkboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-04-09 10:18 AM
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6. That's a beautiful stadium you have there in San Fran.
Fuck it, apparently I don't know where any of the other stadiums are, might as well stay consistent. :silly:
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cboy4 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-04-09 10:55 AM
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7. That would be fascinating if they started constructing buildings in the
middle of the Bay!
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Forkboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-04-09 11:17 AM
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8. Hey, it can be done.
Kansai International Airport in Japan is a man made island made specifically for the airport. Cool stuff! I so want to visit Japan.





http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3CSc2bBfYaM
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cboy4 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-04-09 11:51 AM
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9. Yea..you've seen what the luxury area they're building in Dubai, right?
I realize luxury and Dubai are redundant, but I've been following this every since I saw it one TV. Don't know if you saw it, but it's an amazing accomplishment keeping the waves/water flow from eroding the islands. I can't wait until my place is finished being built!!!


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palm_Islands
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cboy4 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-04-09 11:55 AM
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10. They've already built this hotel!
Edited on Thu Jun-04-09 11:57 AM by cboy4
I think they throw the homos from the roof.

:wow:
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Forkboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-05-09 11:11 AM
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24. I know, that's amazing.
What's going in Dubai is insane. I love this pic to put it all in perspective.
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Capt. America Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-05-09 07:19 AM
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11. Do you think the attendence would really be better if they were still in Montreal ?
Particularly if the MLB still "owned" the team like they did for the last few years of L'Espos.
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cboy4 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-05-09 07:34 AM
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12. Hopefully you're not a lawyer. --- The point is everyone was screaming that
the Expos needed to move because nobody gave a shiite about showing up at Olympic Stadium, and thus they should move somewhere in the United States of America where the citizens were absolutely craving MLB.

Everyone raved about Washington DC, how they would have a new stadium, how the government workers would have something to do after work -- to wine and fine their clients -- and on and on!

Of course, I was opposed from the start, since I'm consistent about my opposition of teams relocating.

And it looks like I'm correct again.


Olympic Stadium
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TZ Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-05-09 07:46 AM
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13. You know what?
I think the neighborhoods on the waterfront of DC that were slums and had no redeeming value and are now thriving might disagree with your point of view.
Despite your idiotic beliefs, the Nats HAVE made some really nice improvements in a part of the city that desperately needed it.
But of course, that doesn't matter does it? :sarcasm:.
Nor I think the amount of jobs that were brought in to a struggling neighborhood. Who cares about people's lives actually improving...
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madinmaryland Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-05-09 07:58 AM
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14. cboy only thinks about cboy. well maybe upton too.
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cboy4 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-05-09 08:15 AM
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16. Perhaps you can forget about the disaster, which is none other than the
Pittsburgh Pirates season for a split second...

Wait....that would take FEMA's assistance to accomplish that miracle.....

So, as you were.
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cboy4 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-05-09 08:04 AM
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15. Okay, lets just say I'm incorrect in my assessment...
Edited on Fri Jun-05-09 08:06 AM by cboy4
I think even you can't deny the Giants accomplished absolutely thrilling accomplishments against the Washington Nationals!!!

MOST CAREER HOMERS (BARRY BONDS) .......accomplished against the washington nationals!!!

30O CAREER WINS BY A PITCHER :wow: .........accomplished against the washington nationals!!!


I'll let you take as much time calming down before you issue your congratulations!






on edit--------> HORRIBLE, HORRIBLE TYPING!
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TZ Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-05-09 08:37 AM
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19. He got the majority of the wins elsewhere
I'm thinking he's going into the HOF as a Diamondback.
As for that other guy, he's going into the steroid section of the HOF. Yawn.
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cboy4 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-05-09 08:49 AM
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21. Denial, denial.
Edited on Fri Jun-05-09 08:51 AM by cboy4
The bottom line is Randy Johnson registered #300 win against the Washington Nationals.

The absolute most amazing accomplishmehment came against, albeit, the Tampa Rays of thei National LEAGUE.

But hey, we'll take it!!!

on edit: I am so fricken sleepy
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TZ Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-05-09 09:21 AM
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22. Well its like that sack Michael Strahan got agaisnt Brett Favre
A win agaisnt the worst team in the league. lolz. Not exactly one he should brag about.
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Upton Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-05-09 08:20 AM
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17. Hardly anybody saw Johnson's 300th win
as part of a double header a grand total of 16,787 showed up...didn't look like there were that many.
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TZ Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-05-09 08:36 AM
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18. Yeah, well flood watches for heavy rains
with the uncertainty of the game going forward tends to do that.
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Upton Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-05-09 08:40 AM
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20. Flood watches?
Is that why the Nationals are 27th in the league in attendance?....You must get an awful lot of heavy rain there.

What's much more likely is the poor attendance figures are a result of the economy plus a general apathy brought on by Washington sporting the worst team in MLB.
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TZ Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-05-09 09:22 AM
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23. Yes. And wretched weather this spring.
Weather around here IS a factor. Cold and rainy=people not wanting to go out to a ballgame
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