goalieboy82 Posted January 25, 2022 Share Posted January 25, 2022 21 hours ago, Wings2 said: Trout or flounder?......sorry I need 5 more minutes to decide. 1 Quote so long and thanks for all the fish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tp49 Posted January 26, 2022 Share Posted January 26, 2022 No love for the Grouper? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DustDevil61 Posted April 13, 2022 Share Posted April 13, 2022 (edited) There are reports out there saying that Nevada Governor Steve Sisolak will block an A’s move to Las Vegas if public funds are being used on a stadium, though his office has denied that. Between this and the lawsuits in Oakland slowing down the Howard Terminal project, the Athletics appear to be between a rock and a hard place. I think they’re more or less Vegas-bound, if MLB is OK letting the casinos/Las Vegas businessfolk fund a ballpark on their own dime. Edited April 13, 2022 by DustDevil61 Added links Quote Insert Signature Here? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrySmalls Posted April 20, 2022 Share Posted April 20, 2022 Oakland drew a crowd of 3,748 for last night's game against the Orioles. It was the smallest crowd in nearly 42 years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian in Boston Posted April 20, 2022 Share Posted April 20, 2022 5 hours ago, BrySmalls said: Oakland drew a crowd of 3,748 for last night's game against the Orioles. It was the smallest crowd in nearly 42 years. Those 3,748 fans through the turnstiles in Oakland made for a smaller crowd than 13 affiliated Minor League Baseball teams were able to draw yesterday. Dayton Dragons - 6,871 Las Vegas Aviators - 5,607 Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp - 5,153 Hartford Yard Goats - 4,765 Nashville Sounds - 4,506 Vancouver Canadians - 4,403 Lehigh Valley Iron Pigs - 4,354 Amarillo Sod Poodles - 4,317 Augusta Green Jackets - 4,156 Clearwater Threshers - 4,039 Springfield Cardinals - 3,879 Greenville Drive - 3,838 Louisville Bats - 3,751 That’s five Triple A teams, three Double A clubs, a trio of High A franchises, and a pair of Single A squads that pulled in more spectators than Oakland’s “Major” league outfit managed to attract yesterday. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sky1324 Posted April 20, 2022 Share Posted April 20, 2022 7 minutes ago, Brian in Boston said: Those 3,748 fans through the turnstiles in Oakland made for a smaller crowd than 13 affiliated Minor League Baseball teams were able to draw yesterday. Dayton Dragons - 6,871 We should move the A's to Dayton. 1 3 Quote the user formerly known as cdclt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferdinand Cesarano Posted April 20, 2022 Share Posted April 20, 2022 6 hours ago, BrySmalls said: Oakland drew a crowd of 3,748 for last night's game against the Orioles. It was the smallest crowd in nearly 42 years. I am currently reading* Billy Ball by Dale Tafoya. I have just finished the chapters on the 1981 A's, who in only 56 home dates nearly matched the existing franchise attendance record that had been set in the first year after the move from Philadelphia to Kansas City, more than quadrupling their attendance from two years earlier. And it only cost the careers of four or five starting pitchers. What a bargain! (I am now getting to the part where Billy inevitably implodes. Sigh.) *OK, so it's more "listening to" than "reading". It still counts. Shut up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McCall Posted April 20, 2022 Share Posted April 20, 2022 6 hours ago, Brian in Boston said: Springfield Cardinals - 3,879 To be fair, that's on a Tuesday night. I haven't worked there in almost 13 years, but I know Tuesday's weren't exactly the biggest draw... so, Oakland seems even worse. Quote https://dribbble.com/MakaioCall Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoctorWhom Posted April 21, 2022 Share Posted April 21, 2022 I have a soft spot for the A's because of Billy Beane. But my god is it obvious that they are sandbagging their way out of Oakland. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FiddySicks Posted April 21, 2022 Share Posted April 21, 2022 Hey, um, so, remember that really small crowd from last night? Well, it looks like they drew more than a thousand people LESS today. :censored:ing how? Manfred, come get the A’s, they’re WASTED. Quote On 11/19/2012 at 7:23 PM, oldschoolvikings said: She’s still half convinced “Chris Creamer” is a porn site.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
who do you think Posted April 21, 2022 Share Posted April 21, 2022 Meanwhile the Rays are clocking in at a below-average-even-for-them 12,000 per game after 7 home dates. Granted that's against AAAA teams, and I'm sure the influx of visiting M:censored:s and New Yorkers will help bring it back up to the more standard 15,000 average when all is said and done, so no need to worry. I bet all the loose change in my gym bag that both teams get whacked by 2030. Anyone who thinks Montreal or Vegas is the answer for either of these franchises is nuttier than genderx dot com. They are not viable where they are and have nowhere to go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McCall Posted April 21, 2022 Share Posted April 21, 2022 7 hours ago, who do you think said: Meanwhile the Rays are clocking in at a below-average-even-for-them 12,000 per game after 7 home dates. Granted that's against AAAA teams, and I'm sure the influx of visiting M:censored:s and New Yorkers will help bring it back up to the more standard 15,000 average when all is said and done, so no need to worry. I bet all the loose change in my gym bag that both teams get whacked by 2030. Anyone who thinks Montreal or Vegas is the answer for either of these franchises is nuttier than genderx dot com. They are not viable where they are and have nowhere to go. Ok, say "I don't watch baseball" without saying "I don't watch baseball". The Rays have been one of the most successful on-field teams over the last 14 years. This is a reflection on the market and/or the stadium, not the team. You put them in a market with a legitimate fanbase, and they'll be fine. The A's have such a history of outperforming expectations, so the same could be said for them. Granted, they tend to dismantle rather quickly, but somehow always seem to be in the playoff hunt. Again, put them in a better market and they'll be fine as well. 1 Quote https://dribbble.com/MakaioCall Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gosioux76 Posted April 21, 2022 Share Posted April 21, 2022 Meanwhile, the marketing hucksters behind the MLB-to-PDX charade say they've renewed their invite to the A's to come kick the tires on Portland and claim the have four viable stadium sites, two each in the city and the suburbs. Of course, they don't say where specifically, and they admit they don't have any sort of development rights in the suburbs. So at this point, it still feels like a vacant marketing tactic to make the case that they're not just a campaign to sell baseball caps with a "P" on them. Anyway, the resident sports columnist bit on this without asking any tough questions: https://www.johncanzano.com/p/canzano-mlb-to-pdx-effort-invites?s=r For the longest time I had questions about who would own a Portland team and who's backing this Portland Diamond Project endeavor. But It's starting to become clear that this is just a business recruitment effort. They trot out Russell Wilson and Ciara as "investors" but it seems as if they're just trying to get the current owners to decamp for Portland. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leopard88 Posted April 21, 2022 Share Posted April 21, 2022 9 hours ago, FiddySicks said: Hey, um, so, remember that really small crowd from last night? Well, it looks like they drew more than a thousand people LESS today. :censored:ing how? Manfred, come get the A’s, they’re WASTED. To be fair, the game time yesterday was moved up 3.5 hours to avoid impending nasty weather (the first ever reverse rain delay?). That doesn't mean they would have drawn 30,000 at the regular time, but there were at least extenuating circumstances yesterday. 3 Quote Most Liked Content of the Day -- February 15, 2017, August 21, 2017, August 22, 2017 ///// Proud Winner of the CCSLC Post of the Day Award -- April 8, 2008 Originator of the Upside Down Sarcasm Smilie -- November 1, 2005 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian in Boston Posted April 21, 2022 Share Posted April 21, 2022 10 hours ago, FiddySicks said: Hey, um, so, remember that really small crowd from last night? Well, it looks like they drew more than a thousand people LESS today. :censored:ing how? Manfred, come get the A’s, they’re WASTED. So, which MiLB teams outpaced the Oakland A’s at the turnstiles last night? Dayton Dragons - 7,343 Louisville Bats - 6,615 Round Rock Express - 5,826 Carolina Mudcats - 5,652 Hartford Yard Goats - 5,274 Mississippi Braves - 5,205 Las Vegas Aviators - 5,174 Lehigh Valley Iron Pigs - 4,798 Nashville Sounds - 4,270 Amarillo Sod Poodles - 4,251 Wichita Wind Surge - 4,175 Sacramento River Cats - 4,025 Buffalo Bison - 4,009 Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp - 3,939 Bowling Green Hot Rods - 3,902 Portland Sea Dogs - 3,419 Springfield Cardinals - 3,395 Memphis Redbirds - 3,373 Augusta Green Jackets - 3,301 Greenville Drive - 3,259 Greensboro Grasshoppers - 3,026 Pensacola Blue Wahoos - 2,909 I can’t shake the image of a clueless Rob Manfred sitting in his office, a cocksure grin on his face, smugly musing, “And they said my restructuring would destroy the minors.” 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrayJ12 Posted April 21, 2022 Share Posted April 21, 2022 My high school gym could fit more than 3 times the amount of people that went to the A's game last night. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sport Posted April 21, 2022 Share Posted April 21, 2022 I'm morbidly curious to see the Reds attendance this week. They've only played one home game since Phil Castellini went out of his way to antagonize the fans (twice!) on Opening Day and that was the day game after Opening Day that's usually sparsely attended anyways. Since then the team's been out west for mostly late night games people haven't seen and lost 9 straight to go to 2-11. Phil hasn't yet had to grapple with the true consequences of his actions. If they don't win a couple of the games against St. Louis this weekend the Padres series in the middle of the week is going to look like COVID rules are back. If you're a Cardinals fan in/around Cincinnati this weekend and planning to go to the games can you do us a favor and not? I want the stadium empty. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McCall Posted April 21, 2022 Share Posted April 21, 2022 19 minutes ago, Sport said: I'm morbidly curious to see the Reds attendance this week. They've only played one home game since Phil Castellini went out of his way to antagonize the fans (twice!) on Opening Day and that was the day game after Opening Day that's usually sparsely attended anyways. Since then the team's been out west for mostly late night games people haven't seen and lost 9 straight to go to 2-11. Phil hasn't yet had to grapple with the true consequences of his actions. If they don't win a couple of the games against St. Louis this weekend the Padres series in the middle of the week is going to look like COVID rules are back. If you're a Cardinals fan in/around Cincinnati this weekend and planning to go to the games can you do us a favor and not? I want the stadium empty. I was about to ask what you wanted Cardinal fans to do. I don't like the Reds, as a rival fan, but I feel for their players and fans with what the ownership has become. They deserve a lot better. I'd rather hate them because our respective teams are battling it out. Give me having us argue and bicker immaturely over Yadi-Phillips or Yadi-Castellanos any day over this crap. 2 Quote https://dribbble.com/MakaioCall Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
who do you think Posted April 21, 2022 Share Posted April 21, 2022 3 hours ago, McCall said: Ok, say "I don't watch baseball" without saying "I don't watch baseball". The Rays have been one of the most successful on-field teams over the last 14 years. This is a reflection on the market and/or the stadium, not the team. You put them in a market with a legitimate fanbase, and they'll be fine. The A's have such a history of outperforming expectations, so the same could be said for them. Granted, they tend to dismantle rather quickly, but somehow always seem to be in the playoff hunt. Again, put them in a better market and they'll be fine as well. The hell is this? On-field performance means nothing when business performance is crap. I agree that it's really heckin wholesome how these broke meme operations keep on finding good enough players to win their annual 86 games or so, but the most important thing is that neither franchise is viable in its current market. And since there are no viable North American markets available for them to relocate to, well... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sport Posted April 21, 2022 Share Posted April 21, 2022 45 minutes ago, McCall said: I was about to ask what you wanted Cardinal fans to do. I don't like the Reds, as a rival fan, but I feel for their players and fans with what the ownership has become. They deserve a lot better. I'd rather hate them because our respective teams are battling it out. Give me having us argue and bicker immaturely over Yadi-Phillips or Yadi-Castellanos any day over this crap. A friend of mine is a Cardinals fan and he wanted to make a bet before the season and I was like "why would I do that when the team is openly not trying?" and we both agreed half the league having no interest in actually winning has sucked all the fun out of the sport. Something needs to change. To be fair, the Reds have a major league leading 13 guys on IL, which includes what would be a lot of regulars and two starting pitchers. They'd probably be like 4-9 or a 5-8 with those guys healthy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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