OT: Scooter Gennett Hits 4 Home Runs in 1 Game

[bnorth]

Originally Posted by Leon

I agree. Great performance. MLB has done an awful job of promoting itself....or they have just priced the average person out of going to games.

I think they have priced the average person out of going to games.

This is the first year in many that i have even watched games on tv. I have been enjoying it very much. So I looked into going to a game in Minneapolis because it is only 300 miles away and by far the closest place to see one. I was like WTF when I seen good seats at $118 and decent seats at $89. Nose bleed seats are $41 and this is for the Twins. It would cost more for a family of 4 to go to a game and set in good seats than the average person makes in a week.

[darwinbulldog]

I took a couple of my kids to the game where Mike Trout injured his thumb. Pretty good seats too -- fourth row, right-centerfield. I think it was like $100 total, half of which was cotton candy, parking, and ticket "fees."

[conor912]

Originally Posted by bnorth

I think they have priced the average person out of going to games.

This is the first year in many that i have even watched games on tv. I have been enjoying it very much. So I looked into going to a game in Minneapolis because it is only 300 miles away and by far the closest place to see one. I was like WTF when I seen good seats at $118 and decent seats at $89. Nose bleed seats are $41 and this is for the Twins. It would cost more for a family of 4 to go to a game and set in good seats than the average person makes in a week.

The way I've always seen it is that owning an MLB team is an ego boosting hobby and not about making money. Team owners are beyond rich, with or without their teams, and can afford to take huge losses. So they keep one-upping each other, offering players $20M+/year, raise ticket prices to pay for it, then if they take a loss in ticket sales, they just write it off from the deck of their yacht. As bad a rap as golf gets for being a rich white person sport, baseball has gotten just as bad.

Though I, too, have been following more closely this year (great crop of young, exciting players), I haven't been to a game in years. For the money, I'd much rather go see a show than watch a game that, statistically speaking, isn't going to be that exciting or meaningful to the outcome of the season. Eighty one games is too much supply for the demand at that price, IMO.

[Buythatcard]

Originally Posted by bnorth

I think they have priced the average person out of going to games.

This is the first year in many that i have even watched games on tv. I have been enjoying it very much. So I looked into going to a game in Minneapolis because it is only 300 miles away and by far the closest place to see one. I was like WTF when I seen good seats at $118 and decent seats at $89. Nose bleed seats are $41 and this is for the Twins. It would cost more for a family of 4 to go to a game and set in good seats than the average person makes in a week.

With today's prices, only the rich and big corporations will be able to get decent seats. I can remember paying about $3.50 for box seats at Yankee Stadium back in the early 60's. The best part was that I sat on field level and got to see Maris & Mantle play closeup.

[packs]

I find the games to still be affordable if you're an individual or a couple. They've moved away from family gatherings and more to social ones. If I paid $80 for two seats and spent another $40 at the game on food, $120 is pretty reasonable for a weekend outing for two.

[conor912]

Originally Posted by packs

I find the games to still be affordable if you're an individual or a couple. They've moved away from family gatherings and more to social ones. If I paid $80 for two seats and spent another $40 at the game on food, $120 is pretty reasonable for a weekend outing for two.

...because God forbid we turn a new generation on to the game

[bbcard1]

Although they are the cheap seats, I think I could go to major league games at half the stadium for less than I could see my local minor league team. They sold for a lot of money a few years back and the cheapest seat is $10. I've seen several $5 sales for major league teams this year.

[packs]

I think its naive to think that baseball still has any intentions to market itself to the young. Look at the price of a pack of baseball cards.

[barrysloate]

Last week I attended a game at Marlins Park for the first time. Really cool indoor stadium, but I went to a day game and the crowd was incredibly sparse. Although the box score announced an attendance of 15,000+, an actual head count revealed the real crowd was only...1590. That's woefully bad for a major league game.

Now it's fun to watch a game in an empty stadium, but I can't imagine how much money the team lost that day. Baseball does have some issues to deal with. As stated, tickets in general are much too expensive (although the Miami tickets were only around $30 each which isn't bad, and they were good seats).

[clydepepper]

One of the specialized 'corners' of my collection is players who have achieved one of the following one game feats:

For Pitching: Perfect Game

For Fielding: Unassisted Triple Play

For Hitting: Four Homeruns


I never thought I'd be going after Scooter cards for the Hitting portion

...and before I get my first Bobby Lowe card.

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