The Rays beat down the Sox...

[FD.]

and we were there.

Not only was it and awesome games, we got to go down on the field after the game and just hung out in the outfield for about a half hour

[Hookemdown.]

6 people at a Rays game, that's a new record.

[senko_77]

ROFLMAO!!!

[burleytog]

6 people at a Rays game, that's a new record.

Yep, that would be a sellout if they were in Miami.

[CRFisher]

I'm a Sox fan, but the Rays are everything you want to see in sports, young, low payroll team rising to the occassion.  

[Gone_Phishin]

Very cool.  8-)  How was the condition of the outfield?

[FD.]

Its called "field turf" and they put it in a couple years ago. The green strands of "grass" appear to be growing out of this mixture of ground rubber and sand. You can dig your fingers into it about 2"s. When you run, it feels like spongy grass. The warning track is the same material only painted a burnt orange color.

There were many more than 6 people there. In fact it was a sell out, 36 plus thousand. Even though we only average 21 thousand per game, we have the highest walk up ticket sales (non season ticket holders) in MLB at over 15 k per game. The overall attendance is up over 30% from last year, and considering that we had 10 consecutive 90 loss seasons and only 6000 season ticket sold this year, I think we are doing ok. The majority of most teams ticket sales are based on Season tickets, bought by corporations and given to employees or clients, give us a few years of winning and we will get budgeted by our local business owners. Name one team not in New York or LA that can put fans in the seats without winning.  For example, in 1995 the NY Yankmees did not play well, were 13th in attendance drawing a mere 5000 more for the YEAR than the Marlins.

[burleytog]

Name one team not in New York or LA that can put fans in the seats without winning.

Chicago Cubs

[FD.]

And how long have they been playing a Wrigley, 80-90 years maybe? And besides, there is nothing else to do in Chicago.

[burleytog]

Baseball in Florida is a joke.  The Marlins have won two World Series in the last 10 years yet they barely average 16K per game.  

The Rays are leading the AL East, playing d**n good ball, yet they can't sell the place out on a regular basis.  They rank 26th out of 30 in attendance.  

Expanding into Florida was a dumb move by MLB.

[FD.]

Do you have any idea how sell outs happen on a regular basis?  It starts with a high number of season tickets sales and season tickets are bought by corporations and the money is budgeted in November for the NEXT year.  When it was time to by tickets for this year all you could see was 10 consecutive 90 loss seasons.

Learn something about economics and stop parroting what the A**holes on ESPN are saying.

[burleytog]

Learn something about economics and stop parroting what the A**holes on ESPN are saying.

:

[Gone_Phishin]

Name one team not in New York or LA that can put fans in the seats without winning.

Chicago Cubs

That may be true, but the "best fans in baseball" start leaving their seats when their team is down in the fifth.  Take a look @ Wrigley when the chubbies are down in the eighth, it's a freakin' ghost town.  :

[snapper G]

I'm a Sox fan, but the Rays are everything you want to see in sports, young, low payroll team rising to the occassion.

I'm a sox fan too but the ray are cool too.

likewise!

[snapper G]

Name one team not in New York or LA that can put fans in the seats without winning.

Chicago Cubs

yup!!