Before we asked Whit Merrifield about the streak, he first said this: "We’re 2-8. We’re frustrated. We know the fans are frustrated. We’re better than our record. Today was tough. The last eight games were tough. We’re confident…we ask the fans to stay with us."
A downtown stadium will be more of a draw for several reasons. First of all way more people live downtown and can walk to games opposed to the no mans land location now. Second of all it will be much easier to attend games because of the street car.
I get it alot of you want to focus on the game itself but the royals are rebuilding. The attendance comments are important moving forward as baseball is all about economics. I think this next go around the Royals will have a chance at holding onto their core. They will obviously need more revenue to do so. The TV deal is important but so is the stadium. It's much more of a sell with good attendance. [Reply]
If you want to watch a ballgame at the K, you can get there. A 100 loss team isn't going to fill a downtown stadium. The K is gorgeous and unique. Don't get rid rid of it, please. [Reply]
It’s been less than 2 days and I’m already tired of the sophomoric jokes about Lovelady.
Richard looked pretty good last night, though. Good deception with the arm angle, velocity looked pretty good. The slider isn’t a dominant pitch, but it’s effective. Doesn’t have quite enough break for him to lean on it first. [Reply]
Originally Posted by zigbazah:
If you want to watch a ballgame at the K, you can get there. A 100 loss team isn't going to fill a downtown stadium. The K is gorgeous and unique. Don't get rid rid of it, please.
That dump will become more parking for Arrowhead sometime around 2026. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Titty Meat:
A downtown stadium will be more of a draw for several reasons. First of all way more people live downtown and can walk to games opposed to the no mans land location now. Second of all it will be much easier to attend games because of the street car.
That's a great take from the late 90's and the Aughts. But the appeal of downtown ballparks is waning. The K is fine. The ROI for building a downtown ballpark simply is not there. It would be financially dumb at this point. This is a money-grab. Anyone that tries to tell you different within Jackson CO. or KCMO is lying or truly delusional about the effects of such a project. [Reply]
Lease isn't up until 2031 anyway. Hopefully these dumb fuckers knock this stupid shit off before anything becomes reality and they just leave it as is. [Reply]
Before we asked Whit Merrifield about the streak, he first said this: "We’re 2-8. We’re frustrated. We know the fans are frustrated. We’re better than our record. Today was tough. The last eight games were tough. We’re confident…we ask the fans to stay with us."
Originally Posted by KChiefs1:
I missed it...what did he say?
Paraphrasing a lot here:
Q: What did you say to Whit after [the record tying] hit?
A: [blatantly sarcastic] "Great job?" I mean what do you want me to say? We're gonna say the same thing regardless of who gets a hit.
The reporter sheepishly popped off with something about his question being "obvious" then Ned said something to the effect that there's a difference between tying a record and breaking it. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Titty Meat:
It's much more of a sell with good attendance.
Oh yeah. People would just absolutely love paying $20+ parking in the H&R Block / Convention Center / any garage several blocks away from a stadium where the average ticket goes for $50 for a 2-8 ball club. [Reply]
