sportscoach
RD's Guardians PR Man!
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Coach, the Browns have been a joke for decades and still are really.
While I don't have data to support the idea, businesses leaving seems logical.
Baseball in general taking a hit seems a bit off to me. Too many full stadiums outside of Cleveland to believe that.
Exiting the 90's era and not having those exciting teams year in and year out seems very logical to me as well, but again I don't have that data to back it.
Dolan's reputation could be a source of distaste for many fans. I find it ridiculous, but it's likely partly to blame.
Bottom line, until I see actual numbers/polls that show the decline in attendance at Progressive field is due to other professional sports I just don't buy that they are factors. I can't even begin to count how many Browns fans I know, but none of them miss a Guardians' game because they're Browns fans. They simply haven't seen the entertainment value in the Indians/Guardians over the last 15+ yrs. I have never heard one of them weighing one against the other. I think part of that is due to being spoiled by the 90's teams' offenses. They were exciting and talented. They bludgeoned teams with their offense and athleticism. If my suspicions are correct, I think they are going to find it difficult to regain that level of fan dedication until they have one of the league's more powerful offenses. They'll need to win consistently as well. I'm not suggesting we'll ever see 455 again, but a significant and more consistent increase in attendance might be the result of doing so.
Whatever the reasons, I hope they fade/improve and this organization gets what it deserves which is large crowds at every home game.
How are you feeling by the way?
I can use silverware easier than I could before my surgery and my hand is stitched up. I still may have to go back for a second surgery if my finger doesn't work right in a few weeks. They had to clean out all the scar tissue first. If my tendon doesn't heal with therapy, I may have to get surgery on it. Normally they let it go, but because of my hypermobility, they can't, so it would mean they would have to cut open a different spot to fix that... lol
Baseball ratings and attendance has been down for some time now and the younger generations aren't as interested in it as the older one as well. That being said, big markets will still stay hot, smaller markets, especially ones hit by jobs leaving won't be the same.
To be sincere, the crowds at baseball games aren't the same, there is a lot of people who go to a game to more chill and not there because they really like baseball. I sometimes have had better conversations with people from out of town/fans of the other teams, since they actually came to watch baseball. Ten years ago, the crowds were definitely more there to watch baseball...