Outnumbered At Home
Last season I attended one O's/Yankees game at Camden Yards. It was a nightmare. I was surrounded by Yankees Fans and I felt like a stranger in my own home.
Rick Maese explains the larger problems with the fact that the only games that sell out in Baltimore are when our division rivals are in town. Using two studies, one from 1992 and one from last year, he concludes that when the Orioles are bad, the stadium loses money and the city does too.
Here is the saddest portion of his column:
Maese was right to note last week that the O's are in a very important stretch right now. If they beat the Red Sox at home and play well against the Tigers, they will be on their way to proving that they're worth watching.
In other news, the Yankees have lost five in a row and are in last place in the AL East. Probably won't matter, but it feels good for right now.
Rick Maese explains the larger problems with the fact that the only games that sell out in Baltimore are when our division rivals are in town. Using two studies, one from 1992 and one from last year, he concludes that when the Orioles are bad, the stadium loses money and the city does too.
Here is the saddest portion of his column:
The Orioles have played 12 home dates this year, and despite some exciting and competitive games, the team has drawn fewer than 20,000 fans for six of those games. Yesterday's 4-2 loss drew an announced crowd of 14,452. It's become somewhat easy to ignore the backdrop of empty green seats, but when you scan over the hotels and businesses across the skyline, you start to think about what this attendance plummet really means. And that's when you realize how desperate that this city - as a community - is to have a winning team downtown.
Maese was right to note last week that the O's are in a very important stretch right now. If they beat the Red Sox at home and play well against the Tigers, they will be on their way to proving that they're worth watching.
In other news, the Yankees have lost five in a row and are in last place in the AL East. Probably won't matter, but it feels good for right now.
