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Posted on 4/7/16 at 9:26 am to PrimeTime Money
Businessmen specials are an American institution, play hooky and pick your kids up to catch a day game without their mother being the wiser.
Posted on 4/7/16 at 9:28 am to shel311
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but the median age I believe is 55+
Median age? IE half are older, half are younger than 55? I'm gonna need to see some support for that.
ETA: Even if that were true, the comment that said they play day games because their audience is retired is laughably moronic. Outside of the Cubs, i'm not sure how "often" weekday day games are played outside of the open week, maybe a handful (10-12 over the season?). But there is this thing called tradition on top of the travel accommodations other have mentioned.
This post was edited on 4/7/16 at 9:34 am
Posted on 4/7/16 at 9:28 am to PrimeTime Money
I enjoy turning day baseball on in the background at work. Day baseball is the best kind of baseball.
Posted on 4/7/16 at 9:31 am to shel311
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The fans are getting older though.
Last year's viewership was much younger than years before. Like I said, younger viewership and ratings are only on the upward trend
Posted on 4/7/16 at 9:32 am to IwasGroot
As a season ticket holder, I love the day games and make as many of them as possible, which is actually most of them.
Posted on 4/7/16 at 9:35 am to IwasGroot
Posted on 4/7/16 at 9:38 am to tzimme4
Dont you think the postseason ratings had more to do with markets like the mets, Cubs and Astros participating more so than an increase in interest in the sport?
Posted on 4/7/16 at 9:38 am to ProjectP2294
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A getaway game is where you bet the under. Lots of first pitch swinging going on in those games.
And big strikes zones by home plate umpires.
Posted on 4/7/16 at 9:41 am to IwasGroot
All three of those teams have very young players and up and coming stars or stars already.
This post was edited on 4/7/16 at 9:42 am
Posted on 4/7/16 at 9:43 am to H-Town Tiger
quote:It was 54. I've referenced this article a few times in this general discussion, but granted, it is getting up there approaching 3 years old now, so the trend could be swinging back the other way, or at least starting to:
Median age? IE half are older, half are younger than 55? I'm gonna need to see some support for that.
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Posted on 4/7/16 at 9:46 am to PrimeTime Money
Wrigley field didn't even have light til 1988.
Posted on 4/7/16 at 9:47 am to PrimeTime Money
On top of the fact of getaway games. I also think the MLB has a rule that a team has to have a minimum amount of day games every season.
Posted on 4/7/16 at 9:47 am to Apache
quote:Had to flex that Wrigley Field lights knowledge, and this was our big opportunity!!!
Wrigley field didn't even have light til 1988.
Posted on 4/7/16 at 9:49 am to PrimeTime Money
It's for travel reasons as a lot of people on this thread have been saying. Almost all weekday afternoon games occur on the last game of a series. The only exception to the rule are the Cubs with their Friday afternoon day games. You can't expect players to fly from Pittsburgh to San Francisco overnight and play a game the next day. They would only get four or five hours of sleep.
Posted on 4/7/16 at 9:50 am to PrimeTime Money
Because no one cares. Baseball is doo doo.
Posted on 4/7/16 at 9:52 am to Tactical1
Your face is doo doo.
Posted on 4/7/16 at 9:52 am to shel311
Wow, that's way older than i would have guess, thanks for the support.
Never the less, the day games are not scheduled because they think their fans are retired and can go do day games
I just looked over the Astros schedule and it looks like they have about 8-10 day non-holiday, weekday day games, so not sure if that counts as "often".
Never the less, the day games are not scheduled because they think their fans are retired and can go do day games
I just looked over the Astros schedule and it looks like they have about 8-10 day non-holiday, weekday day games, so not sure if that counts as "often".
Posted on 4/7/16 at 9:53 am to kilo
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It amazes me that kids these days have no idea what a "get away game" is about.
F'ing this.
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