Morrissey Posted August 30, 2010 Share Posted August 30, 2010 I just turned the Rays/Red Sox game, and the attendance is a pretty damning indictment of baseball in Florida. Two division rivals in a rubber game of a late-season series with playoff implications and the place looks half-empty. I guess all the Sox bandwagoners who usually take those seats have hopped off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jbro22 Posted August 30, 2010 Share Posted August 30, 2010 Florida itself in the summer is dead. I can't think of anything that would help attendance in Tampa. Maybe relocating to Downtown Tampa from St. Pete? But I don't think that would change much. Its college football or bust down there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PFSIKH Posted August 30, 2010 Share Posted August 30, 2010 I just turned the Rays/Red Sox game, and the attendance is a pretty damning indictment of baseball in Florida. Two division rivals in a rubber game of a late-season series with playoff implications and the place looks half-empty. I guess all the Sox bandwagoners who usually take those seats have hopped off. You forgot on eelement of the attendance. All the Skank Nation that goes to Sox games to boo the Sox were probably home watching reruns of Jersey Shore and the Housewives of New Jersey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morrissey Posted August 31, 2010 Author Share Posted August 31, 2010 Just over 11,000 at the Rays game tonight, pathetic. That team should move to Oregon or North Carolina. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor99 Posted August 31, 2010 Share Posted August 31, 2010 Florida itself in the summer is dead. I can't think of anything that would help attendance in Tampa. Maybe relocating to Downtown Tampa from St. Pete? But I don't think that would change much. Its college football or bust down there. There is talk about moving it downtown, which would be great for the city, but horrible for the team. IMO, they should build a stadium near the Casino and Amphitheatre. Orlando is less than an hour away, and you have main highways leading there from the north and south as well. Part of the problem with St. Pete is that half of a 50 mile circumference is water. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morrissey Posted August 31, 2010 Author Share Posted August 31, 2010 http://bleacherreport.com/articles/446847-new-york-yankees-message-to-tampa-bay-rays-me-casa-su-casa New York Yankees Message To Tampa Bay Rays: Me Casa, Su Casa By Kate Conroy (Correspondent) on August 31, 2010 ST. PETERSBURG, FL - Fact is, the New York Yankees love returning to the Bronx. Why wouldn’t they love coming home, with a packed stadium full of fans? The Yanks are tied for the first place, and they also share the best record in baseball and Yankee fans will cheer the team till the end. The other team leading the pack is the Tampa Bay Rays, a 12-year-old franchise with loads of potential and hands-down has the best young talent in all of MLB. The Rays reside in the AL East and remain the Yankees' biggest threats, so where is the love down in St. Petersburg, FL? No one knows because Rays fans seem to be extinct, which is just unbelievable. Forget that Tropicana Field is a dump, the Rays are head-to-head with the Yankees and this could be their year to win it all. It’s a shame if the Rays lose motivation and stop even giving a s*it because the only time the Trop filled up was when the Yanks or Red Sox were visiting. In sports history, no dominating MLB, NFL, NHL, or NBA team in first place, right before the playoffs, has had no one cheering in the stands. Don’t even try and blame it on the Trop as a venue. Up until this season, the Minnesota Twins played in the Metrodome, which was one of the worst pro sports facilities ever and Twins fans packed in that cave game after game. The Rays had better attendance in 2009, not by much, but when you are barely filling up half your house it comes down to numbers. Why, as a Yankees fan, should I want to broach this subject? It happened watching Baseball Tonight on ESPN, following the Yankees' demolishing of the Oakland A’s 11-4 when the Rays highlights came on. The Rays, also at home, beat the tough Toronto Blue Jays 2-1, and this is after taking two of three from the Red Sox over the weekend. It also keeps the Rays neck and neck with the Yankees. So, when Rays Carl Crawford came on to say, "It was a big letdown. We came out all fired up and you see that, it's really depressing." The "THAT" is referring to empty seats all around a team who doesn’t get why. Honestly, being ready for a well deserved self-patting on the a$$ comment, to instead hear a bummed out all-star, was depressing. Odd right, because I am a Yankees fan? Well, I am also a baseball fan and the Rays are playing superb baseball, winning 17 of 28 games in August. It is hard to imagine only have 11,968 tickets were bought for Monday night’s game; God knows how many showed up. One thing is for sure, coming into New York the Rays will meet a packed Yankees Stadium and can’t imagine how that affects players mentally. If Crawford’s cry was not enough for the city of Tampa Bay to come out and support the Rays, then they can’t blame players for wanting to leave. In order to get the Trop replaced, the Rays need to win. Check. It's normal to presume that would entice fans to buy tickets and come cheer. Not in Tampa Bay, and certainly not now. Pretty pathetic and sad day for the Rays, and for baseball fans that respect what the Rays are doing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vicious89x Posted August 31, 2010 Share Posted August 31, 2010 http://bleacherrepor...me-casa-su-casa When I was watching SC last night I turned to my wife and said how TB doesn't deserve a team as good as the Rays. Damn shame, a really exciting team that has a realistic shot at making a run at the WS/Pennant and they can't even fill those seats. Pittsburgh fans would die to have the success the Rays are having. Oh and Jbro, if they came to Oregon I'm not sure if baseball would take hold here. Portland is not a sports town, they support the Blazers cause it's the only team in town. As far as their intelligence, well they're borderline vegetables. The media here tells them the Blazers are great and they eat it up. it's the main reason I haven't become a Blazer fan, cause their fans are just stupid. It's a college sports town. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jbro22 Posted August 31, 2010 Share Posted August 31, 2010 When I was watching SC last night I turned to my wife and said how TB doesn't deserve a team as good as the Rays. Damn shame, a really exciting team that has a realistic shot at making a run at the WS/Pennant and they can't even fill those seats. Pittsburgh fans would die to have the success the Rays are having. Oh and Jbro, if they came to Oregon I'm not sure if baseball would take hold here. Portland is not a sports town, they support the Blazers cause it's the only team in town. As far as their intelligence, well they're borderline vegetables. The media here tells them the Blazers are great and they eat it up. it's the main reason I haven't become a Blazer fan, cause their fans are just stupid. It's a college sports town. I didn't say Oregon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vicious89x Posted August 31, 2010 Share Posted August 31, 2010 Just over 11,000 at the Rays game tonight, pathetic. That team should move to Oregon or North Carolina. I didn't say Oregon. My bad, I meant TD, WHOOPS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor99 Posted August 31, 2010 Share Posted August 31, 2010 Tampa is a sports town, St. Pete is not. Pretty simple, actually. Move to the other side of the bay, where they should have been in the first place, and attendance will go up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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