IGT 4/20/11 Astros @ Mets

[Ceetar]

They lost the first game in '86/NLCS too.

Reyes-SS,
Thole-C,
Wright-3B,
Beltran-RF,
Davis-1B,
Pagan-CF,
Harris-LF,
Murphy-2B,
Dickey-RHP


I'll be in attendence tonight. Presumably there will be others, but I'm not positive on that.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

The others may not actually be there, but you can bet your bippy they'll be announced as if they were.

[Ceetar]

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: The others may not actually be there, but you can bet your bippy they'll be announced as if they were.

They do this across baseball. But only the teams care about the 'sold' over the 'in attendance'. Why can't they give us both?

[Gwreck]

Actual turnstile attendance is considered by MLB as something they don't want the public or media to have, particularly to contrast with paid attendance figures.

I'm quite sure the Mets do have that information available to themselves at least.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Yeah. Publishing "No-show" statistics could be very embarrassing at time.

[Frayed Knot]

Years ago they separated the "Paid" and "actual" attendance because it mattered as to how the money was divided. And to further complicate things the AL figured their split with the visiting team based on tickets sold vs the NL which did so on bodies in attendance.
The merging of the leagues under the Bud era standardized the two under the 'Paid' umbrella at which point the total number of warm bodies seemed to go out the window.

[Ceetar]

Benjamin Grimm wrote: Yeah. Publishing "No-show" statistics could be very embarrassing at time.

Because we all really think Citi Field had 27k last night and that it wasn't embarrassing? And fans aren't taking pictures of all the emptiness and posting it to Twitter and blogs? It's silly. I understand MLBs all about the secrecy and the don't embed our clips or dare to show them elsewhere OMG! but they're not fooling anyone.


Ahh. good info Frayed Knot.

I wonder if it's something that didn't exist to the extent it does today? Now everyone's a scalper, so lots more tickets go unsold. Also the value of said ticket has made it more of a commodity.

[Frayed Knot]

I think a larger pct of tickets now-a-days are sold via season tickets or partial season packages which could contribute to a gap between sold and used.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Wait. I'm not a scalper. Are all you people scalpers? Ick.

[Gwreck]

Ceetar wrote: Because we all really think Citi Field had 27k last night and that it wasn't embarrassing? And fans aren't taking pictures of all the emptiness and posting it to Twitter and blogs? It's silly. I understand MLBs all about the secrecy and the don't embed our clips or dare to show them elsewhere OMG! but they're not fooling anyone.

There's still a difference between widespread knowledge that "paid attendance does not equal actual attendance" and publishing cold, hard statistics that prove it.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Edgy DC wrote: Wait. I'm not a scalper. Are all you people scalpers? Ick.

Truth? YoungerPooper is, in actuality, a remarkably lifelike ticket-forging machine/bootlegging camera*.


*Diversification is everything in an unsteady market.

[Ceetar]

Edgy DC wrote: Wait. I'm not a scalper. Are all you people scalpers? Ick.

my ticket is fresh from Stubhub. paid $15. It's worth 96*/120/144/168
*I think today's value anyway.

I haven't actually sold a ticket in a while since I haven't really bought in bulk though.

[ashie62]

There were empty sections of lower tiered seats last night that looked like a marching band had just exited to take the field.

[Guest themetfairy]

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: Edgy DC wrote: Wait. I'm not a scalper. Are all you people scalpers? Ick. Truth? YoungerPooper is, in actuality, a remarkably lifelike ticket-forging machine/bootlegging camera*. *Diversification is everything in an unsteady market.

And an effective one - I'd buy anything from that robot girl!

[Ceetar]

Bourn cf
Sanchez ss
Pence rf
Lee lf
Wallace 1b
Hohnson 3b
Hal 2b
Towles c
Norris p

[Guest Edgy DC]

Biggest game ever.

[ashie62]

Edgy DC wrote: Biggest game ever.

Since yesterday.

[Frayed Knot]

Ashie62 wrote: Edgy DC wrote: Biggest game ever. Since yesterday.

And until tomorrow.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Let's have some Ikeversary Fireworks.

[Guest Edgy DC]

First you fly out deep, then you whiff, guys. Get it right.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

FUCKing Mo Zone.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Dickey be getting some shitty calls.

Meanwhile, Bud Norris is his own run support.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

So, then. It's to be one of these games.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Hall went in hard. There's Howard Johnson and Lenny Dykstra over there.

Sheesh, folks, get a real idol.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Jesus, that Bill Hall collision with the wall looked violent.

[G-Fafif]

Mex meandering into thought on the New York nightlife.

[Guest Edgy DC]

This is one frusterated team.

[Guest Edgy DC]

G-Fafif wrote: Mex meandering into thought on the New York nightlife.

Fun listening to Gary talk cinema with the jocks.

"You know that movie After Hours with Griffin Dunne?"

"Nope."

Ask him how many times he's seen Porky's, Gary.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

See, I'd much rather have that than extra helpings of Guys!

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Hey, whaddaya know? OH-fense.