Orlando Fail.

[Goober]

Apparently Orlando wants a MLB team. What a joke. To add to their fail, they think the Brewers should be the team to move to Orlando, despite Milwaukee having the 9th best attendance in MLB, much better than either Florida team. And the Brewers have contract with Miller Part through 2030.

http://www.wftv.com/video/22320095/

[Nash]

[Dez]

Those bastards need to stop being lazy. if they want to see an MLB team, drive across I-4 and go to a Rays game. Hell, the Rays even play a series at the Disney Wide World of Sports every season.

[SuperKevin]

I guess they figure if families are already in town for Disney World they might stop for a baseball game as well.

[NAHSTE]

They get to see Jason Heyward play all spring, fucks should be grateful.

[EmpireWF]

The Orlando Fucktards is more like it.

[Blade]

They need to bring a team to charlotte, so I can watch some baseball in person. And mostly for the phillies to show up

[SuperKevin]

They need to bring a team to charlotte, so I can watch some baseball in person. And mostly for the phillies to show up

The Braves would throw a shit fit if a team ever tried to split up their monopoly on the South

[Blade]

The Braves would throw a shit fit if a team ever tried to split up their monopoly on the South

Yea............but its pathetic. I went to a Braves-Phillies game last year in ATL and I swear a third of the stadium was filled with Phillies fans, who bought their tickets at the window. And the Braves fans who were there had no idea where their team stood in the standings or what baseball is.

[Herm]

Yea............but its pathetic. I went to a Braves-Phillies game last year in ATL and I swear a third of the stadium was filled with Phillies fans, who bought their tickets at the window. And the Braves fans who were there had no idea where their team stood in the standings or what baseball is.

Atlanta is by far the worst "major sports city". The braves have a decent attendance but Thrashers and hawks attendance is pitiful. Ive been to Atlanta to see Chicago, Boston, and St Louis play and every time the stadium seems to be at least half full of the road teams fans.

[Sharkweather]

Atlanta is by far the worst "major sports city". The braves have a decent attendance but Thrashers and hawks attendance is pitiful. Ive been to Atlanta to see Chicago, Boston, and St Louis play and every time the stadium seems to be at least half full of the road teams fans.

[SuperKevin]

Yeah but Atlanta's TV deals and ratings are among the tops in the league because of the deal with TBS and TNT.

[FedEx227]

A team in a place like Orlando (much like Vegas) would never work as you have absolutely no way to predict revenue because there wouldn't be a solid season ticket base. You'd be dependent every single game on walkup attendance. Of course you'd still have your ST holders but not nearly as much as you'd find in a city that's base income and base population is there to "visit".

[Blade]

Yeah but Atlanta's TV deals and ratings are among the tops in the league because of the deal with TBS and TNT.

True enough, but a lot of those viewers aren't hardcore fans. They are from SC, NC, TN, and other surrounding states. A place like Charlotte, which is right on the border of NC and SC would love to have a MLB team. They used to say the same thing, when the Panthers showed up, but they have a huge following, albeit a some times fair weather.

But I still think, a team in Charlotte, would be a gain in the south east market.

[NAHSTE]

The Braves would throw a shit fit if a team ever tried to split up their monopoly on the South

The Rays have already cut into that quite a bit, but the Braves definitely have fans throughout the south, thanks to our TV deal which we no longer have.

Yea............but its pathetic. I went to a Braves-Phillies game last year in ATL and I swear a third of the stadium was filled with Phillies fans, who bought their tickets at the window. And the Braves fans who were there had no idea where their team stood in the standings or what baseball is.

Right, because I'm sure Charlotte would support a professional baseball team better. That might be the dumbest thing mentioned on the boards today. You bring up the Panthers, which play 8 regular season games, all on the weekends. What do you think would happen if Charlotte were asked to support a baseball team that played 82 home games, on every night of the week? They'd be fucking bankrupt in 2 years that's what would happen.

Atlanta is by far the worst "major sports city". The braves have a decent attendance but Thrashers and hawks attendance is pitiful. Ive been to Atlanta to see Chicago, Boston, and St Louis play and every time the stadium seems to be at least half full of the road teams fans.

Washington DC is our only competition. It is sad how apathetic we are, but at the same time at least you know you can score playoff tickets the day of the game.

I don't know why it is, but I think the main reason is there are a lot of transplants in Atlanta, it's like the LA of the south in that regard, and there's actually shit to do other than go to sports games. It's not like Boston or New York where you sit inside all winter waiting for baseball season, you have parks and shit you can go to year round, the city is very laid back, very different mindset than the crazies of Philly, New York, Boston, Chicago, etc.

But every Cubs or Cardinals series is basically a Braves road game. It's sad and the fans are fucking morons. And the fans who do go are twenty-somethings who sit in the upper deck and get drunk and socialize. A lot of girls too just there to have a good time.

It's sad that our fanbase is so fucking apathetic, but it's true. I don't live there anymore so I can't say if I'd be going to the games or not, but I always dreamed of having Hawks/Braves season tickets one day, knowing they wouldn't be hard to find.