But the empty seats!!!! But no fans!!!! Eat this L

[u/Airkoryo_]

[u/Grade-AMasterpiece]

If y'all are feelin' a little cheeky, take a gander at this.

Yesterday's game (a Monday non-sellout) had higher attendance than Cleveland's Saturday ALDS game.

Click "next game" and our Tuesday non-sellout is about the same or slightly higher than their Monday one.

We're fine.

[u/Airkoryo_ → u/Grade-AMasterpiece]

This team could play in front of zero people and I would not care in the slightest. They already kinda did that in 2020! I'm done caring about attendance. We could win the world series and all anyone on r/baseball would care about is the attendance number. We are gonna small ball your favorite team in front of 35,000 people and there's nothing you can do about it!!!!

[u/Grade-AMasterpiece → u/Airkoryo_]

Hell yeah, gang, we're here to stay and we're here to win. All anyone else can do is holddat.

[u/CLG-FeelsBadMan → u/Grade-AMasterpiece]

Hell ya

[u/iStealAtSelfCheckout]

RAYS THE ROOF!!!!!

[u/lsda]

[u/IndianaCahones → u/lsda]

VICTORY!!!

[u/IndianaCahones]

It took an hour to get out of the damn parking lot because “nobody” was there. My ears are still ringing from that madhouse.

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

30 mins in line just to get on the shuttle because no one came to the game.

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

We were sitting right next to security. It’s 2 minutes until the first pitch. He tells me it came over the radio there were still 13,000+ outside in line still coming in.

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

Yeah fans def came in late and seated during top of the 1st. 32k was loud at the Trop don't care about not selling out.

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

I still have no clue how the standing areas work. I was BSing with randos and a bunch bought any ticket they could just to be in the Trop. Those seats were never sat in but that ticket was sold.

[u/Grandy94]

I really don't understand why attendance should matter to fans of other teams. They aren't shareholders why the hell are they wringing their hands about it and acting offended that the Rays haven't relocated? I get that it's an easy dunk but some people actually seem to take it seriously. Anyone wishing that a fanbase loses their team just sucks.

[u/Airkoryo_ → u/Grandy94]

Just makes them feel about their poverty team that either already got eliminated or didn't even make the playoffs at all. But at least they would hypothetically sell out hypothetical playoff games!!!! It's all about the moral victories these days!!!!

[u/iStealAtSelfCheckout → u/Airkoryo_]

lol Shit crazy how they were all sympathetic to the Oakland situation while screaming for us to lose our team

[u/WAR_T0RN1226 → u/iStealAtSelfCheckout]

/r/baseball towards Oakland versus Tampa Bay

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

Funny enough Oakland only had 4 30k plus seasons in their history.

[u/idontrecall99 → u/Airkoryo_]

Because fans play zero part in the outcome of the game. So, they talk about the one thing they can control. It’s their sad way of feeling like part of the team.

[u/Stock_Spot_5038 → u/Grandy94]

Because multiple other cities are dying for a MLB team

[u/iamthewargecko]

Best value in baseball! Amazing night.

[u/Kentucky-Fried-Fucks → u/iamthewargecko]

Went with my entire family cause some of em were in town. Was absolutely electric

[u/Dr_Hoffenheimer]

I’m a fan I’m just poor and can’t go out on weeknights

[u/GarmaZed]

For real, who gives a flip about attendance. It's just arbitrary means to show that we don't deserve where we're at and I'm tired of listening to all that noise.

Who cares about seats? I'm not going around sniffing for asses afterwards.

Just win our games, that's all that matters to me.

[u/idontrecall99 → u/GarmaZed]

Amen.

[u/ChasingPerfect28]

Who cares about attendance? If someone tries to talk shit about the Rays just tell them that the Rays are in the playoffs and their team isn't.

End of discussion. Let them be the petty assholes who stew in their own misery. Enjoy the moment and support the Rays for making it this far.

[u/weath1860 → u/ChasingPerfect28]

https://giphy.com/gifs/ftdF4ZkueWGHBYc4b5

[u/Uberubu65]

The bottom line on this is the fans will fill the seats if they really wanted to, no matter on what side of the bay the staidum is on. The Rays consistently put a great product on the field, so don't blame the team if the seats are filled.

[u/EnglishTeacher83]

The dynamics behind the Rays not selling out the ALCS is complex. The team’s success is simple. They are smarter than everyone else. They have been for years.

[u/rogue12277]

I have no idea why anyone ACTUALLY cares about sellouts besides bragging rights and the visual aesthetic. Once a stadium gets sufficiently full, it's more than loud enough to give that 'packed house' vibe. Maybe it's just open air stadiums have worse acoustics and you actually need that many people to get a good crowd noise lol.

[u/mishey22]

Hey, I'm in this pic ;)

[u/Se7enAS]

Needed this feed today. People are ruthless out there. Saying we don’t deserve a team is a wild take.

[u/Virtual-Quantity7120]

The Trop. was rockin'!

[u/GentleGiant81]

Maybe I'll go again when they return. Already went to gm 2 vs Yankees.

[u/tankmanoid]

Years ago there was a study conducted about who goes to Rays games. 80% of the people were from the Tampa side. Until the new ballpark is built things will stay this way. Love the Trop though. Go Rays!!!!

[u/w1r2g3]

The Rays are going to host the World Series and have empty seats.