October 1, 200223 yr I'm sure a large reason for the decline was the fact that players and owners were fighting, leaving fans worried that their would be a strike. Since their wasn't a strike this time around it should give baseball another 4-5 years to work on its image and gain more fan support. Of course they got to make sure they don't lose it the next time they renegotiate the labor deal.
October 2, 200223 yr the strike or threat of one may have played a big part of it but look at who lost in attendance....the tribe.... hell they gave away half their good players who wants to see a bunch of no names day in and day out.... seattle.. they went down the drain pretty fast as opposed to their high last season...... pittsburgh... well they should have had a raise in attendance since they pryed wells away from us huh??/ guess they dont like that deer in the headlights look on someone out there either huh??? lol.....i think that most of the things that occured in mlb this past season have had a lot to do with the decline... hell bud even f***ed up the all star game... tell me how many people were pissed off about that too......a new head hauncho would probably bring some fans back.. looks like no one(the fans) not only the players trust bud the pud......
October 2, 200223 yr Also one huge thing has to be the Expos. Their attendance mixed with the Marlins and Drays probably single-handedly brought attendance down 6%. Someone should come up with something and remove those teams and then see what the change is.
October 2, 200223 yr and move them to oregon i would take that team in oregon both teams have some good players expos have colon, vlad, vidro, ohka tamba bay have winn florida has johnason ( down year but still a great fielding catcher ) Castillo Burnett Beckett now that is not all there good players or not really there best although most are now for a sp rotation 1.)colon 2.)ohka 3.)Beckett im sure they have 2 other decent 4-5 startes somewhere on the 3 teams and fielding would leave 1b= 2b=Castillo ss= 3b=derek lee center=Winn catcher=johnson left= right=Guerrero and im sure i over looked some of those spots and maybe sign a free angent maybe a ss or an out fielder and u have a decent ball club with a good young pitching staff and good young hitters thats a great foundation layed all we have to do is combine the 3 teams and i bet they would draw a good crowd
October 2, 200223 yr Your forgetting the best player on all of their teams and thats AJ Burnett and Javier Vazquez is also great.
October 2, 200223 yr Originally posted by soxfan420and move them to oregon i would take that team in oregon both teams have some good players expos have colon, vlad, vidro, ohka tamba bay have winn florida has johnason ( down year but still a great fielding catcher ) Castillo Burnett Beckett now that is not all there good players or not really there best although most are now for a sp rotation 1.)colon 2.)ohka 3.)Beckett im sure they have 2 other decent 4-5 startes somewhere on the 3 teams and fielding would leave 1b= 2b=Castillo ss= 3b=derek lee center=Winn catcher=johnson left= right=Guerrero and im sure i over looked some of those spots and maybe sign a free angent maybe a ss or an out fielder and u have a decent ball club with a good young pitching staff and good young hitters thats a great foundation layed all we have to do is combine the 3 teams and i bet they would draw a good crowd Oregon? If two of the teams can't survive in Florida how will a ML franchise survive in Oregon? BTW, I heard that St. Louis is interested in obtaining one of those three teams if the Cardinals build a new stadium in Illinois and they will call them the Browns. Don't think it will happen, but FYI
October 5, 200223 yr portlands is often compared to seattle and look how many people seattle gets at there games
October 5, 200223 yr I'll say this and thats that Portland can't possibly be worse then Montreal and Tampa Bay or even Florida. I think their basketball team draws real well as do their football teams, especially the Ducks so they have some great fans. Why not give them a shot.
October 5, 200223 yr Guys n gals, Are we in good shape as far as attendance? Is Reinsdork pondering moving our boys or are we safe for many years to come? I know we didn't have very good attendance, did we? We averaged about 20,000? or was it 22,000?
October 5, 200223 yr We didn't even draw 2 million and I think the Sox need to draw over that, imo. As far as Jerry moving, I don't think it will ever happen because I don't think the other owners would let him move, plus if they were to move, I'm sure someone would make an offer to keep them in the Windy City. Attendance definately blew this season.
October 5, 200223 yr as long as theres a daley in office for the city of chicago... the sox wont be going anywhere.....lol.. they will make sure of it......
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