20 games over and an 8 game lead over NY.
Game 124: 8/19 O's @ White Sox
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Posted 19 August 2014 - 09:54 PM
Twenty over, y'all. Twenty.
Remember when we were, not happy, but relieved to not be 20 games UNDER .500?
Yeah, me neither.
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Posted 19 August 2014 - 09:55 PM
Flaherty just pulled a Roger Dorn.
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Posted 19 August 2014 - 09:56 PM
The highest issue with a new NYC team is getting loyal fans to switch allegiances. I don't see that being all that likely for the vast majority if the population. At least in the short-term.
It wouldn't be a short-term plan, though.
People will go to games there because it is closer, and because it would be (most likely) less expensive than going to Yankee Stadium or Citi Field. Even if they don't switch right away, they will become invested in the team. Kids who grow up going to that park will grow up as fans. New residents moving to the region will choose the new team over the Yankees or Mets. All of that combines into a real fanbase. Maybe not five years out, but ten or fifteen.
Eh, I'm not sure that many people are going to the games other than to see the Yanks/Mets play there as well as tourists seeing their teams play there. I don't think that many people watch or attend games where they or whoever they're with don't have a strong rooting interest. TV ratings would be poor too IMO.
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Posted 19 August 2014 - 09:58 PM
Can the Os go on "America's Got Talent?"
There is baseball, and occasionally there are other things of note
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Posted 19 August 2014 - 10:00 PM
Eh, I'm not sure that many people are going to the games other than to see the Yanks/Mets play there as well as tourists seeing their teams play there. I don't think that many people watch or attend games where they or whoever they're with don't have a strong rooting interest. TV ratings would be poor too IMO.
Good teams draw fans. And I think you're underestimating fans wanting to see good baseball, and being willing to go elsewhere where the commitment in time and money is less. I mean, a large part of the reason Oriole Park was taken over by, and still receives large numbers of, Yankee and Red Sox fans is that it's easier and, if not cheaper, then not much more expensive to take a weekend trip down to see baseball.
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Posted 19 August 2014 - 10:04 PM
Yes, I'm clearly not discounting the possibility of opposing fans taking over. In fact, I'm saying that's likely to occur frequently.
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Posted 19 August 2014 - 10:06 PM
I just think there's a lot of loyalty up there, especially with the Yanks, and I don't see many of those fans switching just because there's a new team on their side of the river or in their burrough.
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Posted 19 August 2014 - 10:12 PM
#holyshitthisishappening
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Posted 19 August 2014 - 10:26 PM
I just think there's a lot of loyalty up there, especially with the Yanks, and I don't see many of those fans switching just because there's a new team on their side of the river or in their burrough.
You're ignoring the other two-thirds of the possible fanbase that I mentioned.
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Posted 19 August 2014 - 10:27 PM
I just think there's a lot of loyalty up there, especially with the Yanks, and I don't see many of those fans switching just because there's a new team on their side of the river or in their burrough.
You're ignoring the other two-thirds of the possible fanbase that I mentioned.
I don't think I am.
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Posted 19 August 2014 - 10:52 PM
I don't think I am.
Now I'm charging you for your tour.
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Posted 19 August 2014 - 10:59 PM
I don't think I am.
Now I'm charging you for your tour.
Ok, ok, you're right man!
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Posted 20 August 2014 - 06:40 AM
We're on pace to win 94 games. I know we've played much better than that recently. I'd love to get to 100 but I really just want to win the division and go deep in the postseason. Keep it up, boys! I'm having the time of my life!
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Posted 20 August 2014 - 06:42 AM
We're on pace to win 94 games. I know we've played much better than that recently. I'd love to get to 100 but I really just want to win the division and go deep in the postseason. Keep it up, boys! I'm having the time of my life!
Yeah but what does our pythag say? That's the only thing that matters.
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