Comments on: Rethinking major league baseball

By: a.

a. — Wed, 07 May 2008 00:42:42 +0000

That Devil Rays - Jays game was not played in Tropicana Field, but at Disney World’s stadium which seats 8,000. So far this year the Devil Rays are averaging almost 19k per game. I liked this article, although I liked it more the first time i read it on buffalobaseballblog.

By: E.DuVall

E.DuVall — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 22:59:26 +0000

I’d love it, but my guess is most people here would be disappointed. Given the huge number of AL teams in proximity to the WNY metro area, MLB wouldn’t ever give us what fans really want here. And that would be a team that could take a run at the Yankees and Red Sox.

Though I’m a big proponent of NL ball in general, you can’t deny a team that doesn’t bring in the regional big hitters would have an attendance problem. Flip side argument, I can’t imagine Buffalo drawing much more than 8,000 for games against the Pirates, Rockies, Giants, etc. on most nights.

Of course, I’d be one of the 8,000, so what do I care?

By: Tim Schmitt

Tim Schmitt — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 21:54:35 +0000

Maybe you planted the seed!

By: Scott Leffler

Scott Leffler — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 21:50:37 +0000

Didn’t I ask you about this a couple weeks ago and you said, “no. no. no.” Or am I thinking of someone else?

We get two “kids packs” for the year, which gives us tickets for the kids for eight (non-Friday) games this year. So we just have to buy tickets for ourselves.