MLB 2007 Season Thread

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A weekday series in the second week of the season is never going to draw as well as it would in July. It is rediculous to even deny that. There are maybe three or four teams that can maintain attendance all season. Sorry, that isn't the Twins, who play in one of the biggest stadiums in the league that also happens to be one of the worst to watch a baseball game. Anyway, here is the quote.

This is the second year in a row that the Major League Baseball officials who make out the schedule have brought the Yankees for their only visit to the Metrodome in April, costing the Twins capacity crowds that would have attended the games in June or July, compared with crowds of fewer than 30,000 for each of the three games this week.

The columnist who mentions it every year is known for his whining about shit like this, but there is some relevance to it.

For the stadium, I would rather pay a sales tax and have a baseball team than have them move to Las Vegas or Portland in 2010. Also, the stadium is going to completely change the character of western Minneapolis. It is going to include a new public transit hub and is going to connect what was once a dodgy area to the area where all of the nightlife is.