Great homestand, great attendance

A 6-3 record in a 9 game homestand is pretty good, and so is an attendance of 275,252 in that span. That's an average of 30,583. There were a lot of reasons to show up at the park on this homestand. The Yankees. The Red Sox. 2 concerts. The next homestand will be more telling. 3 against Toronto. 3 against Baltimore. 3 against Texas. Hopefully we can average 25k during that 9 game stretch.

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It was maybe 50/50 for the Red Sox games

We might have had slightly more, but not by much. So good attendance in terms of revenue, but disappointing in terms of our fanbase.

IMO it appears that the number of Rays fans does not increase significantly based upon Yankee or Red Sox fans. What seems to happen is the normal amount of Rays fans (maybe slightly more) show up, but they are suplimented by a large amount of the other teams fans.

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by matthan on Aug 6, 2009 10:19 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Where you at the games?

because it was nowhere near 50/50

Kap-rilla???

by Sveet on Aug 6, 2009 11:08 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

2 years ago it was 25/75 I'll take 50/50

or as others have mentioned, the more likely 65/35 that was actually present.

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by Sandy Kazmir on Aug 6, 2009 10:28 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

yea it was def not 50/50%, Sox fans are just louder, def closer but not quite to 75/25

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by FreeZorilla on Aug 6, 2009 10:32 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I was there

no way was 1 out of every 2 people there a sox fan. My guess is 25% at the most. 1 out of 4 is still a lot

Kap-rilla???

by Sveet on Aug 6, 2009 11:09 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

ATTENDANCE THREAD, FUCK YEAH!

SOMEONE PROMOTE THIS BAD BOY TO THE FRONT PAGE.

Seriously though, 25k will be pretty hard with Baltimore in here during the weekday games. I’d be dissapointed if nobody showed up for the Rangers series though.

I can't wait until we trade him for a reliever.

by kericr on Aug 6, 2009 10:49 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

We could really use a Jonny Gomes vs. Brian Nobbs Wrestling Night right about now

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by Sandy Kazmir on Aug 6, 2009 11:32 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

OUR FANS SUCK MOVE THE TEAM TO OTTAWA LOLZ

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by RATW on Aug 6, 2009 3:04 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Rays crowds suck. It should finally be admitted.

I talked to some kid for about five minutes who was attending his second game. He and his cadre of fresh from high school friends sat down for maybe ten minutes total over 6 innings. I’m surprised the guy at the end of the isle didn’t face fuck them every time they got up.

Also, guy screaming Boston sucks chant in the third inning, calm the fuck down. It’s not necessary to make fun of the isle attendant.

by Suttree on Aug 6, 2009 11:10 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I was a little disappointed with the attendance

I thought we would be over 30k for 8 out of the 9 games. I think we were only over 30 for 4 or 5 of them

Kap-rilla???

by Sveet on Aug 6, 2009 11:10 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

It's not like the Royals travel well and nearly half the stand was against them

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by Sandy Kazmir on Aug 6, 2009 11:33 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I know but I thought we would have over 30 for both of the concerts

Kap-rilla???

by Sveet on Aug 6, 2009 11:53 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Well if one wasn't Hippity Hop it would have

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by SRQman on Aug 6, 2009 12:06 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Are you saying you don't like the rap music?

I can't wait until we trade him for a reliever.

by kericr on Aug 6, 2009 1:45 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

...I like it..

but Daughtry got louder cheers than Flo Rida did

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by SRQman on Aug 6, 2009 1:52 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

This town hates blacks.

by R.J. Anderson on Aug 6, 2009 2:01 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Daughtry was way over.

I had no clue who he was. Still really dont. I guess he won American Idol or some other show I’ve never seen.

So long, Sweet Lime!

by PlayOnWords on Aug 6, 2009 2:39 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Third place

But he’s had like 3 #1 hits or something.

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by Brickhaus on Aug 6, 2009 3:50 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Really.

I know Longo’s a big fan.

So long, Sweet Lime!

by PlayOnWords on Aug 6, 2009 5:02 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Longo would be a big fan

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by SRQman on Aug 7, 2009 12:02 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I mean Longo went to see Green Day

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by SRQman on Aug 7, 2009 12:02 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

What's wrong with Green Day

Dookie was the shit

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by Sandy Kazmir on Aug 7, 2009 12:33 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Some of their stuff is good.

Just that seems to be Evan’s type of music.

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by SRQman on Aug 7, 2009 12:36 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

You don't know shit about shit

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by Sandy Kazmir on Aug 7, 2009 9:03 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Green Day's terrible, Sandy.

Particularly since half their songs are obvious rip offs of others.

Most egregious was the rape of Dillinger Four’s Doublewhiskeycokenoice and somehow dumbing it down into American Idiot.

by Suttree on Aug 7, 2009 9:30 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Dookie man

I must have been like 12 when that came out, and man, that was perfect for that age. Their newer stuff is fecal matter, but they were awesome back then. Who cares about Dillinger Four they stole their name from Dillinger Escape Plan. I just googled Dillinger Four and it sounds like Blink 182 having sex with Alkaline Trio. Not good.

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by Sandy Kazmir on Aug 7, 2009 10:15 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

There are so many different things I should correct you on here, but I'll start with the two most obvious.

Dillinger Four started in 1994. Dillinger Escape Plan started 1997. DEP is also awful. D4 is not.

Blind 182 and Alkaline Trio wish they were a fucking third as good as Dillinger Four. Better lyrics, better songs, and they actually believe in the power of a heavy bass.

Dillinger Four is simply the best punk band on the planet. If you don’t believe me, go pick up their first cd: Midwestern Songs of the Americas.

by Suttree on Aug 7, 2009 10:31 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I'm sorry but you misspelled Bad Religion

or Propaghandi

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by Sandy Kazmir on Aug 7, 2009 11:17 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

You couldn't be more wrong.

by Suttree on Aug 7, 2009 11:43 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

After listening to 20 seconds of a Dillinger 4 song

I’m pretty sure I know all that I need to know.

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by Sandy Kazmir on Aug 7, 2009 11:48 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yes, because 20 seconds of any punk song will tell you all you need to know.

Which song, vagina-face?

by Suttree on Aug 7, 2009 11:55 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4YtTxV7UAo

by Suttree on Aug 7, 2009 11:55 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Too poppy for my taste

I like ugly things

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by Sandy Kazmir on Aug 7, 2009 12:54 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

You cannot be serious.

You cannot on one hand claim to like Green Day, Bad Religion, and Propaghandi and claim that DIllinger Four is “too poppy”.

by Suttree on Aug 7, 2009 2:15 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

All three of those bands are poppier and less heavy than D4 is.

by Suttree on Aug 7, 2009 2:15 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I didn't say I like Green Day I was only defending Dookie

Bad Religion’s lyrics are a million percent better than D4, and I’m not sure if you’ve ever listened to Propaghandi but there about as far from pop as you can get. They’ll never be on MTV like your little boyband probably is, but I guess that’s the price for not selling out.

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by Sandy Kazmir on Aug 7, 2009 4:44 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Holy shit, you are literally blowing my mind here.

Dillinger Four has never been on MTV, never will be on MTV, is the furthest thing from a pop punk band that would show up on MTV. Dillinger Four is the antithesis of every band that’s ever shown up on MTV.

I’ve been to two Propaghandi shows and have been listening to them for years. Good, sure, but there’s nothing hard core about them, and anybody can writing songs because you read Noam Choamsky doesn’t make you intelligent – it makes you a pretentious dick.

by Suttree on Aug 7, 2009 6:23 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs