5fouls Posted April 19, 2023 Author Report Share Posted April 19, 2023 (edited) 1 hour ago, IU Scott said: Not a good debut, gave up 6 runs in the first inning Well, if the Reds can't score 7 8 9 runs, they don't deserve to win. Edited April 19, 2023 by 5fouls Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IU Scott Posted April 19, 2023 Report Share Posted April 19, 2023 Reds lose 8-0 to the Rays. The Reds last 5 games Reds won 13-0 Reds lost 14-3 Reds won 8-1 Reds lost 10-0 Reds lost 8-0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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IUFLA Posted April 20, 2023 Report Share Posted April 20, 2023 (edited) 24 minutes ago, 5fouls said: They just dusted off the memos they wrote for Philadelphia and Kansas City back in the day... 🙂 Edited April 20, 2023 by IUFLA 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seeking6 Posted April 20, 2023 Report Share Posted April 20, 2023 1 hour ago, 5fouls said: So will they still be called the A's or Aces? Plenty of marketing options available with this move. Such a shame and I have no clue if it's ownership, fans or whatever but Vegas is stepping up big time. NFL, NHL...now baseball and eventually NBA. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rico Posted April 20, 2023 Report Share Posted April 20, 2023 2 hours ago, 5fouls said: https://thenevadaindependent.com/article/sources-lombardo-lawmakers-on-board-with-planned-1-billion-las-vegas-baseball-stadium 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5fouls Posted April 20, 2023 Author Report Share Posted April 20, 2023 1 hour ago, rico said: https://thenevadaindependent.com/article/sources-lombardo-lawmakers-on-board-with-planned-1-billion-las-vegas-baseball-stadium Article indicates 30,000-35,000 retractable roof stadium. Seems to be an acknowledgment that attendance could still be a challenge 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seeking6 Posted April 20, 2023 Report Share Posted April 20, 2023 4 minutes ago, 5fouls said: Article indicates 30,000-35,000 retractable roof stadium. Seems to be an acknowledgment that attendance could still be a challenge These are 2022 rankings for fans. Just a sign of the times for most of baseball I guess. Only 5 teams average more than 35k at home all season. https://www.espn.com/mlb/attendance/_/year/2022 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IU Scott Posted April 20, 2023 Report Share Posted April 20, 2023 23 minutes ago, 5fouls said: Article indicates 30,000-35,000 retractable roof stadium. Seems to be an acknowledgment that attendance could still be a challenge That is better than 3,000. Tucker Barnhart was on local radio a couple of days ago while in Oakland. I guess that stadium is totally a dump and they found a dead possum in one of the suits. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5fouls Posted April 20, 2023 Author Report Share Posted April 20, 2023 26 minutes ago, Seeking6 said: These are 2022 rankings for fans. Just a sign of the times for most of baseball I guess. Only 5 teams average more than 35k at home all season. https://www.espn.com/mlb/attendance/_/year/2022 Yeah. But it would be nice to have 40+ seats for a post-season game. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seeking6 Posted April 20, 2023 Report Share Posted April 20, 2023 47 minutes ago, 5fouls said: Yeah. But it would be nice to have 40+ seats for a post-season game. Agree all day.....$1.5B seems like a big tag for that small of a venue. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naturalhoosier Posted April 20, 2023 Report Share Posted April 20, 2023 1 hour ago, 5fouls said: Article indicates 30,000-35,000 retractable roof stadium. Seems to be an acknowledgment that attendance could still be a challenge It’ll be a 3rd party paradise if they see success however. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rico Posted April 20, 2023 Report Share Posted April 20, 2023 2 hours ago, Naturalhoosier said: It’ll be a 3rd party paradise if they see success however. I wonder if Vegas will become a FA destination? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IU Scott Posted April 20, 2023 Report Share Posted April 20, 2023 11 minutes ago, rico said: I wonder if Vegas will become a FA destination? Wonder if Pete Rose can get a job with the Vegas team 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rico Posted April 20, 2023 Report Share Posted April 20, 2023 I’m not actually bullish on baseball in Las Vegas; I certainly don’t think it’s some kind of slam dunk. For one thing, it’s not as big as you might think. The Las Vegas television market is actually smaller than Greenville, South Carolina. The Las Vegas metro area is smaller than Austin and only a touch bigger than small-market Kansas City or Cincinnati.For another, a new stadium in Vegas would almost certainly have to be a dome — have you seen the summer highs there?June: 102 degreesJuly: 107August: 104September: 96It does cool off after the sun goes down, but you still need a dome — or retractable-roof stadium — and that cost starts at a billion dollars, probably, and goes up.But here’s something else I’ve been thinking about: How badly does Las Vegas even want a baseball team? I mean, the city already has David Copperfield and Cirque du Soleil and RuPaul’s Drag Race Live, it’s already a top spot in America for the biggest sporting events wherever they are played, they already have a football team and a hockey team and preposterously rich people (including LeBron) are already lining up to bring an NBA team to town.Point is: This is not a city in desperate need of a baseball team in order to confirm its major league status … from what I can tell, there’s a real question if, say, an A’s-Rockies game could even draw people away from BattleBots Destruct-A-Thon. https://joeposnanski.substack.com/p/the-sad-ballad-of-the-oakland-as Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5fouls Posted April 20, 2023 Author Report Share Posted April 20, 2023 At Slugger Field in Louisville tonight to see De La Cruz debut in AAA. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IU Scott Posted April 20, 2023 Report Share Posted April 20, 2023 Reds down 4-0 after 1 at Pitt. In the last two games the Reds have given up 10 runs in the first inning. Tonight Luke Weaver made his Reds debut after yesterday Stoudt made his major league debut giving up 6 runs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IU Scott Posted April 20, 2023 Report Share Posted April 20, 2023 Reds now haven't scored in 24 innings Down 4-0 in the bottom of the 5th Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IU Scott Posted April 21, 2023 Report Share Posted April 21, 2023 At least the Refs finally scored but still lost 4-3. Reds pitching after the first inning was great giving up no runs on 1 hit. After the tough start Weaver ended up pitching 6 innings and didn't give up a rum after the first. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IU Scott Posted April 21, 2023 Report Share Posted April 21, 2023 The Reds game time was 2 hours and 10 minutes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naturalhoosier Posted April 21, 2023 Report Share Posted April 21, 2023 Professional sports in Vegas just makes sense. I mean, aside from the gambling thing, put that aside. It's a travel/vacation destination, so you'll always have a decent amount of opponent fans. If you have a minimal amount of local followers, than you're set. The flipside is that it sucks for the home team because while they'll have home field advantage by default, there will always be a large (relative to any other market) contingent of visiting fans too. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5fouls Posted April 21, 2023 Author Report Share Posted April 21, 2023 De La Cruz went 1-5 tonight. Double off the 2nd baseman's glove was special. Got called out sealing 3rd, but we were sitting right there by the bag and he clearly was safe. Absolutely smoked a liner to center in the 8th, but it hung up. Also, hit what looked to be a medium depth moon shot to the opposite field (left) that almost carried to the warning track (raw power is evident). Struck out twice, which he's prone to do, and something he will need to work on. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IUFLA Posted April 21, 2023 Report Share Posted April 21, 2023 11 hours ago, Naturalhoosier said: Professional sports in Vegas just makes sense. I mean, aside from the gambling thing, put that aside. It's a travel/vacation destination, so you'll always have a decent amount of opponent fans. If you have a minimal amount of local followers, than you're set. The flipside is that it sucks for the home team because while they'll have home field advantage by default, there will always be a large (relative to any other market) contingent of visiting fans too. Wonder if Vegas will go for the Bay Area trifecta and poach the Warriors Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seeking6 Posted April 21, 2023 Report Share Posted April 21, 2023 11 hours ago, Naturalhoosier said: Professional sports in Vegas just makes sense. I mean, aside from the gambling thing, put that aside. It's a travel/vacation destination, so you'll always have a decent amount of opponent fans. If you have a minimal amount of local followers, than you're set. The flipside is that it sucks for the home team because while they'll have home field advantage by default, there will always be a large (relative to any other market) contingent of visiting fans too. Agree. Vegas is so much more than the gambling and this offers just another thing to do. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rico Posted April 21, 2023 Report Share Posted April 21, 2023 Pawn Star's, American Restoration, and the A’s. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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