I was there and it was pretty enjoyable. Was a bit cold when the winds would pick up. Got bored around the 6th and left to head to Ministry of Beer while it was still 0-0 and watched them win it from there.
I think they have an important issue with Trey Mancini. Seems to me he is the most beloved Oriole since Ripken. He likely won't be on their WS championship team in 2025, but should they trade him now, or just keep the team chemistry and keep him to teach the young guys. He is still productive, but you can't have him blocking a future cornerstone.
I wonder what the latest in the season, every team in a division has been over 500? If the O's keep it going for a couple more games, it will happen.
In my opinion Trey is the team's soul. The O's. also, cannot afford to trade away fan favorites.
Fans will forget if the team ends up good in a couple of years.
The team isn't drawing, or at least it wasn't, until this weekend. The team owners are squabbling over who should run the team. There are two brothers involved. There are rumors a new owner may want to move the team. The fans here are more connected to Cal Ripken than any Oriole in the past decade.
Just had 30k plus
It would have been nice if you read the post.
I did. "Drawing" is an undefined term. It could mean 20K. I added to your incomplete post.
This weekend they were also giving away hats and the shirts. Also, they cut prices in the right field bleachers to $10 and it looked like the bleachers sold out. A baseball team's inventory is its seats. That inventory depreciates 100% every game whether the seat is sold or not. I'd rather have 100% of $10 than 0% of a $100.
i don‘t disagree. I also think if the orioles demonstrated some success they would get more fans and at that point they can join 70% of the major leagues with 60-70% filled stadiums.
My partial seasons are 1st row in the 300s down the 3rd baseline. Was out of the country this weekend and was 1st time of 2 or 3 weekends where I made a nice little profit. Our pair of $20 seats sold for $33 each.
In the middle of June they were 11 games over .500. Now they are one game over. They've taken, roughly, a half point off their ERA. All these unknown starters are giving them one great start after another. The pen has been absolute shutdown all season. If the hitting caught up they'd be world beaters.
The O's haven't been hitting that well at all. What's triggered this move was a big improvement among their starters who have kept them in games early. The bullpen has been lights out. Meantime, the O's lost another starter.
I've been waiting for the bottom to fall out and a long losing streak that ends the ride. Hoping to wait a bit longer.
