I'm not really sure why anyone is worried about attendance? It's pretty much irrelevant anymore. Teams make money many different ways other than ticket sales. This just gives many Reds fans who don't get to sit in good seats an opportunity to do so.
It’s not about money; it’s about the embarrassment of a major league team playing a multitude of games in an empty stadium.
Remember last year when a slumping Votto hurt his thumb, went through rehab, and came back as a pretty good power hitter? My thought right away is Votto may use this opportunity to try and repeat last year. Get himself down to AAA level and work on things, then hope to emerge again the same way as last year. Players are a superstitious group, and Joey may believe what worked once may work again.
None of us care about the Castellini crew making money, except you. When I tune in I see GABP 90% empty, and yet the article I read said attendance was 15% up over 2019. I was merely sharing that fact.
One game at a time, man.
Much of the time Joey is his own worst enemy. He's been a notorious slow starter, so I wasn't surprised that much, but it would had been great for him to come out better this year. We've seen pretty much every type of hitter in his career, what else is there for him to go to? The thing I noticed early on is his strikeouts are way up, and swinging strikes. He's missing or fouling off alot of good pitches. I hope he can work himself through this. There still isn't anyone else I want in the batter's box in a key situation than Votto.
If WLW didn't interview the Castellini's before the season, I wouldn't know who even owns the team because I don't care. The Reds make money because it's a major league baseball team, and one of the long standing teams. Just because the Reds make a certain amount of money doesn't mean to me that the current players are "entitled" to it. So many today think that the current employees are responsible for decades of smart business decisions. MLB players should thank their lucky stars that there are very smart people with these clubs who know how to sell the game either by TV rights, licensing, streaming and the dozens other ways they make money, because the players are the best off of ALL TIME. Players just 2-3 generations ago had to get jobs in the off season to make ends meet. Many good baseball players didn't even pursue pro baseball because they had other more lucrative options.
This is simply not true. All of us on this thread, including you, have talked about the Castellini ownership for years. We actually praised them in 2020 for the roster additions and spending they did.
I don't think any player is entitled to anything. The MLB owners have set the market prices. Some of them overpaid for certain players, but that is irrelevant. The going rate for a top hitter or pitcher is what it is because owners have been willing to pay it.
Irrelevant. But you really are "get off my lawn" guy.
So basically you can choose to be unhappy. Good luck with that. I'll root for my team, my players. I could care less who the owner/ GM is, they don't play the game.
Its early!
Oh I'm still rooting for the Reds to win. Just not spending money to see them and rarely tuning in for a few innings.
Well, they are 5-2 in their last seven games, all without Joey . Not sure of how many of first 25 (3-22) games he was around for, but that was a .120 win percentage compare that to a to just over a .700 win percentage the last 7 games. If the Reds could keep this pace up from now to the end of the season winning 5 of every 7, they would end the season with 103 wins and 59 losses, not bad for a season that started so poorly.
Incredibly small sample size.
Playing the Pirates and Brewers. And yes, they are going to cool off, they were not as bad as the first 25 games showed, and they aren't as good as they've played the last week. That's why it's hard to compare the seasons equally among teams.
Absolutely nothing against Overton, but he's pitched against Colorado, and Pittsburgh twice. Sanmartin pitched against the Braves, Dodgers, Padres twice and Colorado. Let's see how the next few stars go. Vlad Gutierrez pitched well enough last season you had to give him a good look this year. But yes, the opportunity is ripe for a young guy to get in there and make it difficult to take him out.
Do your own research you lazy clown. You will hate him no matter what the stats say. Votto is a hall of famer.
