OMG Nobody at Dodger Stadium! Give back current trophies! /s

[u/semigator]

[u/Mobile-Language8398]

If this was Cincinnati, people would just take off work. Day games are called the businessmen special. Then again, if we ever make it back to the WS….

[u/Olepat → u/Mobile-Language8398]

GAPB would be filled no matter day of the week or start time

[u/KimHaSeongsBurner → u/Olepat]

The shots of sparse attendance looks even worse when you factor in how cheap tickets are, too.

I get the argument of Dodgers fans not showing up for Wildcard (c.f. 2025 playoffs) or the NLDS because of the fact that they’re waiting for the NLCS or WS, or because of the heat or whatever, but these shots combined with the ticket prices dropping isn’t exactly a great look.

[u/therealtoddmcshay → u/Mobile-Language8398]

Yea, but no offense, that would be like if Slovenia took a day off for a soccer game. It wouldn't put much of a dent in the European economy. And I say that as someone from a smaller city. Mine would be Luxembourg minus the high finance...

[u/rayk10k → u/[deleted]]

In fucking LA especially. That sort of traffic would drive a man to insanity.

[u/ForensicPathology → u/rayk10k]

Funny how all the fans are rushing to defend the Dodger traffic when they were mocking the Rays "bridge" just yesterday.

[u/Medical-Tank-960 → u/[deleted]]

Unfortunately a 6 or 7pm pst start is way too late for most of the country.

[u/CapitanRonRico → u/Medical-Tank-960]

Home team should get priority when choosing the time.

[u/Medical-Tank-960 → u/CapitanRonRico]

It’s a business and no network is going to drop the big bucks to have post season games that start when it’s bedtime for the majority of the country.

[u/Lord_Sean_G → u/Medical-Tank-960]

Maybe if this was a Mariners or Dbacks game. I'd wager though that there are more people tuning in from socal than the East Coast. Baseball is becoming kind of niche.

[u/Medical-Tank-960 → u/Lord_Sean_G]

Combined the Eastern and Central time zones hold around 80% of the U.S. population or 250 million people. Trust me they’ve done the math and they don’t want to box these people out by having a late start.

[u/CapitanRonRico → u/Medical-Tank-960]

You sure? A ton of games in the last round started super early. But those games weren't on networks.

[u/Medical-Tank-960 → u/CapitanRonRico]

I mean the earliest start was like what 3 central 4 eastern? That’s right around when the work day is ending. People are also at least up at that time compared to later start times when they’re asleep.

[u/CapitanRonRico → u/Medical-Tank-960]

I need your workday.

Braves/Dodgers played at 1PM in Game 1. I don't think TV is that concerned with games out of prime time.

[u/Medical-Tank-960 → u/CapitanRonRico]

Oh trust me I was still working, I just pulled the Sox game up and kept up with it while I worked lol.

[u/PalaceJoey → u/Medical-Tank-960]

Last year I was in the east coast for work watching till 1am lol. It sucked

[u/semigator → u/Medical-Tank-960]

4 PM pacific time tomorrow. Will be packed

[u/deptofnahmsayns → u/[deleted]]

Very noble of the Angels to refuse to play postseason baseball so their fans aren’t forced to sit in rush hour traffic

[u/semigator → u/[deleted]]

Rays at Cleveland at 1:00 tomorrow. We’ll see how many get out of work

[u/COV3RTSM → u/semigator]

You think people in Cleveland have jobs?

[u/semigator → u/COV3RTSM]

Yeah the factory probably isn’t hiring

[u/YP_Schwartzy]

How fucking embarrassing!

[u/jedstrailerpark]

Rays fans are actually kind of pathetic. You guys have had some of the worst attendance for like decades and try to take potshots at LA? Yikes.

[u/Fredbear_ → u/jedstrailerpark]

I can't believe people are taking this seriously, but then again it is Reddit

[u/Prestigious_Farmer87 → u/jedstrailerpark]

We're not all like this I swear

[u/ManufacturerMental72 → u/jedstrailerpark]

giants fan coming to the defense of dodgers fans

[u/jedstrailerpark → u/ManufacturerMental72]

I mean it’s basically this Anchorman scene lol

[u/ManufacturerMental72 → u/jedstrailerpark]

The feeling is mutual my mission burrito eating friend

[u/dullchristmas → u/ManufacturerMental72]

When it comes to shitting on a small market team, rivals unite

[u/ManufacturerMental72 → u/dullchristmas]

I was defending the rays fans in a thread last night. Just because it’s a smaller fanbase doesn’t mean it’s a bad fanbase.

[u/dullchristmas → u/ManufacturerMental72]

I appreciate that, thanks

[u/Mobile-Language8398 → u/ManufacturerMental72]

lol

[u/xinixxibalba → u/ManufacturerMental72]

only Giants fans can talk shit

[u/Various-Idea5953 → u/jedstrailerpark]

People were saying they never saw bad attendance at the alcs like the rays and this is how dodger stadium looks lol never saw it but it happened the day after

[u/jedstrailerpark → u/Various-Idea5953]

Brother that was an 8pm local time start. Not 5pm local time when everyone’s getting off work. It is obviously a very different situation.

[u/MediocreHomework7092 → u/jedstrailerpark]

Especially when this game is on a weekday starting at 5pm. LA traffic to get to a game is insane. Rays have always used the excuse of their highway setup for empty games. Once they are actually in Tampa they have no excuse for low attendance

[u/ul49 → u/MediocreHomework7092]

6:30 now and they just showed a couple entire sections that look nearly empty

https://i.imgur.com/betZVza.jpeg

[u/eb12se4nt-z13ow-97g0 → u/MediocreHomework7092]

Rays have no excuse. LA can have excuse.

[u/MediocreHomework7092 → u/eb12se4nt-z13ow-97g0]

When for 40 years the joke is fans dont get in until the 3rd inning and leave in the 7th for traffic its pretty much a standard of attendance. I'm rooting for the Rays to win but you guys cant pull this attendance crap on other teams when we've seen your stadium empty dozens of times for playoff games.

[u/eb12se4nt-z13ow-97g0 → u/MediocreHomework7092]

Why not? I thought you guys don't have attendance issues. We get compared to LA traffic all the time. Looks like it got to them too.

[u/MediocreHomework7092 → u/eb12se4nt-z13ow-97g0]

Who's you guys? I am a Giants and Royals fan. I hate that I have to defend the dodgers for attendance. I lived in California and have driven through that traffic. Not a single person in the world has ever compared st Pete traffic to LA traffic, you have to be delusional to think that

[u/eb12se4nt-z13ow-97g0 → u/MediocreHomework7092]

How come they didn't come tonight?

[u/MediocreHomework7092 → u/eb12se4nt-z13ow-97g0]

You're obviously not watching becuase its packed right now

[u/eb12se4nt-z13ow-97g0 → u/MediocreHomework7092]

they're not showing 3rd level lol

[u/MediocreHomework7092 → u/eb12se4nt-z13ow-97g0]

They showed it when coming back from commercials

[u/Additional-Metal-338 → u/jedstrailerpark]

A packed house is the last thing I expected from that post title, the sunset framing the skyline makes it look like a damn movie scene

The Rays fan taking shots while half the seats in St Pete are empty every night is something else, at least pick a fight you can win

[u/ForensicPathology → u/Additional-Metal-338]

The Rays fan taking shots while half the seats in St Pete are empty every night is something else, at least pick a fight you can win 

Your complaint makes no sense.  That's literally the reason this post exists.

[u/ForensicPathology → u/jedstrailerpark]

Did you miss all the posts the past 24 hours?  The "potshots" aren't coming from nowhere.

[u/dullchristmas → u/jedstrailerpark]

We have been punched down on for our whole existence lol. Bad stadium, bad location, bad payroll, owner that doesn’t want to cooperate with the city to get a new stadium. And we come on Reddit and see a hundred comments around ‘Pathetic franchise, doesn’t deserve a team.’ I get what you’re saying but can’t you see why fans of a fanbase that get those attacks would respond in such a way?

Edit: I gotta head out. I’ll see you guys tomorrow in the 1 PM Cleveland attendance pic thread to fight some more

[u/jedstrailerpark → u/dullchristmas]

Dang maybe if you guys showed up we wouldn’t make fun of you for not showing up. Crazy concept right?

[u/dullchristmas → u/jedstrailerpark]

I did show up. That’s kind of what I’m trying to get at with the earlier comment lol. We love this team but it sucks to be called a pathetic franchise over and over again. That’s why people are upset. I think any fanbase would react in a similar way

[u/nooookay → u/dullchristmas]

You guys just need to take the “thank god for Mississippi” mentality southern states have and start deflecting to how much worse the A’s are.

[u/dullchristmas → u/nooookay]

Haha no way, we gotta support those fans. I’ll sit here and fight with anyone that wants to slander my team

[u/bstzabeast → u/dullchristmas]

Stop supporting them until they sell

[u/ForensicPathology → u/bstzabeast]

"Rays fans are a terrible fanbase, they don't show up at games. They should stop showing up to games"

[u/dullchristmas → u/ForensicPathology]

When you really break it down, this is the logic most people here have been using on here with respect to attendance

[u/Lord_Sean_G → u/bstzabeast]

Or if not that, at least show up for the frickin Alcs?

[u/dullchristmas → u/Lord_Sean_G]

How do you think that comment sounds to Rays fans that went to the ALCS? Don’t you think Rays fans on /r/baseball are significantly more likely to have gone?

[u/Lord_Sean_G → u/dullchristmas]

I mean, if you went, I feel for you, but the fanbase as a whole, and the City/Metro area deserve all of the criticism that has been coming. Not filling up a stadium for an Alcs is a black mark.

[u/dullchristmas → u/bstzabeast]

Haha what? you want less people to support until more people support?

[u/Jakk55 → u/bstzabeast]

The Rays were sold over a year ago. r/baseball ignorance on full display here.

[u/deptofnahmsayns → u/bstzabeast]

They’ll move before they sell.

Apparently they did sell.

[u/penguinopph → u/deptofnahmsayns]

Stu Sternberg sold last year. The new owner immediately got a stadium deal in place.

[u/deptofnahmsayns → u/penguinopph]

That would probably help attendance if they aren’t in St Pete anymore

[u/semigator → u/dullchristmas]

They don’t like that we succeed with one arm behind our back. Got a team budget for like 2 or 3 of their players. Jealousy is a stinky cologne.

[u/semigator → u/jedstrailerpark]

Apparently you can’t see the /s

[u/WhereTheFallsBegin → u/jedstrailerpark]

It's a shitpost lil gup

[u/PalaceJoey]

Man. Traffic time at THAT hour. Into THAT stadium. Horrible lol

[u/bad_motivator]

Everybody's blaming traffic but somehow only people with bad seats seemed to have a problem with it

[u/MsandMets → u/bad_motivator]

Good seats helicopter in

[u/newbike07 → u/bad_motivator]

Work schedule flexibility tends to increase as one gets wealthier and older.

So it's not surprising that more people sitting in the more expensive seats could get to the stadium on time.

[u/bad_motivator → u/newbike07]

You guys will say anything to avoid admitting it's not sold out. Guess the traffic was so bad those people just decided to go hone cuz they still ain't there

[u/ul49 → u/bad_motivator]

Also there are still sections the look almost completely empty

[u/abel_figgy → u/bad_motivator]

Me when I’m dumb and don’t know what I’m talking about

[u/bad_motivator → u/abel_figgy]

Explain to me how most of the empty seats are upper deck, down the lines. Are you telling me only those people had bad traffic?

[u/ImaginaryFriends_ → u/bad_motivator]

That’s too big brained for most of these big market bandwagon fans from Gary, Indiana to consider

[u/delosproyectos]

Hey, they paid for those! You can't just take them away!

[u/AdhesiveSock69 → u/delosproyectos]

😂 and how many has your team bought?

[u/yankee4life → u/AdhesiveSock69]

Flair up

[u/AdhesiveSock69 → u/yankee4life]

Ok

[u/delosproyectos → u/AdhesiveSock69]

How did I know lmao

[u/AdhesiveSock69 → u/delosproyectos]

Hey only a couple more Mil and your team could still be playing too

[u/stinkfingerswitch]

https://giphy.com/gifs/HZjtOzU77MYRb9BlZn

[u/blame_space]

embarassing post and thread

[u/CalebosO4]

The flair is sending me lol

[u/Senate343]

Didn't even need to see the flair to know a Rays fan posted this lmfao

[u/Redrubytheofficial]

Oh shit they’re gonna say we need to relocate to Nashville again

[u/semigator → u/Redrubytheofficial]

They can’t get enough Nashville, Montreal, or Vancouver.

[u/lightningmatt → u/semigator]

Y'all should relocate to Montreal!

Montreal Rays

Vancouver Mariners

Edmonton Rangers

Calgary Rockies

Ottawa Nationals

Winnipeg Guardians

Quebec Mets

Saskatoon Brewers

Halifax Red Sox

Hamilton Pirates

Windsor Tigers

Kitchener-Waterloo Twins

Victoria Giants

Regina Royals

London Cardinals

Niagara Angels

Oshawa Orioles

[u/Only-Finish-3497]

It’s hilarious to me how this just never dies.

I’ve even pointed out the attendance stats and people just don’t care. It’s about their feelings and vibes, not actual attendance.

[u/semigator → u/Only-Finish-3497]

You get it

[u/MsandMets]

Tampa/La world series that looks 2020 would be crazy

[u/Prestigious_Farmer87]

Jesus bro just let it go

[u/fauxbigbro]

Dude, I'm a lifelong Dodgers hater and this isn't gonna help you. The only way to shut them up is with the scoreboard, so you gotta just flip them off and win. Acting like this just let's them know that their shitty behavior is getting to you and they'll do it more.

[u/semigator → u/fauxbigbro]

It’s a joke. All baseball has been against the Rays since they were created. No budget, but keep winning. We get to go to as many games as we want. Suddenly they charge $300 for the $40 seats and don’t know why it’s not at capacity.

[u/fauxbigbro → u/semigator]

Yeah, I wouldn't know what it's like to have someone shit talk your team incessantly because they only started to exist in the late 90s. The "all MLB hates us" martyr complex will absolutely get them on your side.