OFFICIAL 2023 MLB THREAD!!!!

[ex-powderbroker]

Baltimore’s probably bottom third in population?

Weak. Milwaukee is dead last and drawing 50% more.

Shits fans.

[half-fast]

NYC has almost 8 million people. Baltimore has 560,000. Yankees outdraw them by 17,000 a game. That’s weak

[ex-powderbroker]

17000 more in a city that has a lot going on besides rewatching the Wire is pretty good!

[half-fast]

Weak. Yanks should get 50,000 a game by accident

[ex-powderbroker]

Orioles drew 3.7M for an average of 45,816/game in 97. 23 this year. Maybe after the threepeat they became Yankee fans?

[half-fast]

New park. Good team. Yanks averaged 32,000 in 97. Also weak

[Bunion 2020]

Acuna breaks into the 40/70 club. Its kind of exclusive. MVP!

Now the Braves just need 6 more HRs.

[ex-powderbroker]

[Bunion 2020]

Classic. It would be hilarious if the Braves signed Harper someday.

[dunfree]

Sounds like the Rays are getting their new $1.2B stadium, which means MLB can now turn its sights to expansion.

SLC? Nashville?

Portland? Charlotte?


Also, it’s insane how loaded the Braves’ offense is.

“The 2023 Atlanta Braves are now only the 2nd team in Major League Baseball history to have five players with thirty or more home runs, as Albies joins Matt Olson (a MLB-leading 51), Ronald Acuña Jr (37), Austin Riley (36), and Marcell Ozuna (34) with thirty or more homers.”

there were rumors 20 years ago of a PDX expansion, but it’s something that will never happen. I’m not sure if any municipality is a credible threat now that Vegas is off the table, it’s just local burgher/politician fear driving this cycle

[BmillsSkier]

Acuna breaks into the 40/70 club. Its kind of exclusive. MVP!

Now the Braves just need 6 more HRs.

Incredible feat. Incredible team. Give a holler next time through for a game. I’ll buy the beers.

[BmillsSkier]

Thank you Tito.

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Nearly 30,000 fans showed up at the corner of Ontario and Carnegie to say thanks and farewell to the winningest Manager in Cleveland history, and to one hell of a guy.

The Guards showed up, earning an exciting 4-3 win over the playoff pushing Reds behind a rehabbed ace Shane Beiber and saves leader Clase, giving Terry Francona one last win at the Jake after 11 wonderful years.

A touching video tribute, chants of “Thank you Tito”, and it all ended with multiple curtain calls for the Skip. The fans are still in their seats. Lots of tears in the dugout and appreciation in the stands. That’s Cleveland baseball.

Bump to add the video as I’m not sure how to embed twatter. The man was damned near born into the Tribe dugout.

https://twitter.com/CleGuardians/sta...70986183007%2F

[Supermoon]

[Timberridge]

Seems better behaved than most Philly fans

[Supermoon]

The croc probably wasn’t drunk enough yet

[BmillsSkier]

Seems better behaved than most Philly fans

The croc probably wasn’t drunk enough yet

Lol.

[half-fast]

Weak. Milwaukee is dead last and drawing 50% more.

Shits fans.

Milwaukee’s population is more than Baltimore

[ex-powderbroker]

How much less is the population than when they drew 3.7M while winning less games in 1997?

Best fans:

NY
STL
MILWAUKEE
KC
PITTSBURGH
CLEVELAND
....
TAMPA BAY
BALTIMORE
MIAMI


In other shitty news, here's Curt Schilling:
https://twitter.com/gerrybrooks/stat...qhGe1dRByImFdg

ETA more shit

Lowest winning pct of NYY vs AL east ever in recorded history. Great job Judge + scrubs.

[half-fast]

Yankees best fans? Don’t think so. Maybe they are, they must be checking stats on their phones during the games.
Baltimore fans have a grudge against the owners, the Angelos. Guessing that might affect the attendance a bit.

[ötzi]

Milwaukee’s population is more than Baltimore

Baltimore metro area is twice the population of Milwaukee's and that doesn't count DC which is right next door.

[half-fast]

How many fans did the O’s lose when the Nats came back?

[BmillsSkier]

Happy to report Guardos attendance was up 40% this year. Lots of things helped that. The ALDS run from last season, $49/mo standing room only (read: Corner Bar) tickets (which is an awesome idea) and a much, much younger fan base showing up. Happy for em.

I was in HS for the 455 straight sellouts at the Jake which sat about 43,000 then. It’s now about 30,000 and that’s just fine by me - I’ll take a mostly full intimate park over a half empty 50,000 stadium - Municipal Stadium being exhibit A for that one (70k though)

To me, there’s nothing better than taking the game in from the ballpark, but it’s really hard for a lot of people to do so in many mlb cities. Attendance is a hard metric to measure by anymore I think.

[ötzi]

How many fans did the O’s lose when the Nats came back?

Definitely some but the O's have sucked so hard it's hard to really judge their attendance. Also there's been the Angelos grudge like you said. They do love baseball there and have supported the team well in the past

[ex-powderbroker]

Why is it a bad metric? If you have an exciting team, wouldn't people want to go?

[half-fast]

I guess we’ll see in the next few years. All the talking heads are saying the O’s will be good for years, but the AL east is tough, I’m sure the Yanks and Red Sox will reload, the Rays are always tough and the Jays should be good, although they’ve underperformed