Chipper Jones calls out Braves Fans

[Pitty]

Bump.

Stadium wasn't even close to full...but....sweet warmup picture.

[Glenbino]

Bump.

Lol you can literally see the Philles guys doing their warm up sprints in their windbreakers down the 1B line.

No trolling in the sprots forums plz.

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[MVPete]

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"Paid" attendance was 24,000 last night. 60% capacity.

Great sports town.

[Pitty]

"Paid" attendance was 24,000 last night. 60% capacity.

Great sports town.

So, still higher than when the Barves are a Playoff lock.

[Glenbino]

I don't have a dog in this Philly/Atlanta beef, but posting BP pics as a reference point is silly.

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This work?

[MVPete]

Hard to believe they didn't sellout on a Monday with 2 aces on the mound.

[Glenbino]

I think we can all agree that both the Atlanta and Philly fanbases are hopeless

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[SethMode]

I can only speak for people that I know in Philly, but at this point there is so much anger towards the current management, many refuse to go.

In fairness too, it's never fun to watch a crummy team live. Especially if the tickets aren't free.

I hesitate to get into a fanbase argument, but I don't think that either is hopeless. The Phillies are a bad team, and from why would anyone ever want to go to a fucking baseball game in Atlanta in the dead of summer?

[NAHSTE]

I can only speak for people that I know in Philly, but at this point there is so much anger towards the current management, many refuse to go.

In fairness too, it's never fun to watch a crummy team live. Especially if the tickets aren't free.

I hesitate to get into a fanbase argument, but I don't think that either is hopeless. The Phillies are a bad team, and from why would anyone ever want to go to a fucking baseball game in Atlanta in the dead of summer?

I think we can conclude that there are a variety of factors that contribute to attendance figures for live sporting events, and not all of them can be explained with "bad sports town" or "good sports town" ...

[Glenbino]

I think we can conclude that there are a variety of factors that contribute to attendance figures for live sporting events, and not all of them can be explained with "bad sports town" or "good sports town" ...

While it may not be the case here, I believe there are some fanbases that can, on the whole, be considered better.

Tampa has been winning pretty consistently this decade and still finds itself at the lower end of the attendance spectrum. You see the same thing in Miami across all their sports.

I don't think region is the only determining factor though. For example, the Warriors have had one of the best NBA crowds for awhile now, and yet just across the street the A's never seem to have a sold out game.

I think it's more about individual teams in this day and age, rather than regional groupings. With the ability to see every minute of every game across all the major pro sports, you're starting to see a lot more people move away from regional loyalty as the sole reason for supporting a team.

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[strahanfan92]

I was at the game on Monday for dollar dog night. Had standing room only tickets and moved down in the 5th to left field, about where Uggla's grand slam landed. Was empty but I guess in Philly's defense it was a cold and windy night at the ballpark.

[Pitty]

I was at the game on Monday for dollar dog night. Had standing room only tickets and moved down in the 5th to left field, about where Uggla's grand slam landed. Was empty but I guess in Philly's defense it was a cold and windy night at the ballpark.

Dollar Dog is infamously College Night. 1.) Tailgaiting in the cold sucks. 2.) Season holders tend not to go with the violence and crap over the past few years.

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Dollar Dog is infamously College Night. 1.) Tailgaiting in the cold sucks. 2.) Season holders tend not to go with the violence and crap over the past few years.

More on comment #2, did season-ticket holders bail completely, or do they just not go to the College Night/Dollar Dog nights? I guess the next question is whether or not the Phillies did some sort of contract where you lock your seats in for a certain number of years?

Mostly, it's probably the weather for the northeast teams right now.