Attendance

[Cranny]

Eh, the boring Twins were the opponent, and the weather was iffy.

Yeah, “the OPPOSING team isn’t interesting enough” and
“what if I get wet?” sounds wayyyyyyy better on the BFIB reputation as opposed to “we’re starting to get sick of the complacency” when explaining why the opening day weekend crowd was unimpressive……..

I guess the forecast thunderstorms had nothing to do with it.

Man, you can come up with more excuses. Advance ticket sales have nothing to do with a weather forecast.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/mlb/hi ... 7c70&ei=10

My entire life
Kids have attended School
There’s been weather
Games have started around 7pm
Games have been on Holidays
And when theres been an exciting winning team……..with an ownership that seemed to give 2 chits……Busch Stadium has been mostly full
But now that the team hasn’t been winning or playing exciting baseball with an owner who seems to no longer care to win…..attendance is solely affected by the items listed above

A contributing factor might be that inflation has lowered the family recreational budget somewhat.

MLB Attendance through the first 2-4 games of the teams that have been at home has been up by 1,114 per game. And that is unjustly affected by TB being in a minor league park vs MLB park (a 10,815 difference per game).

Right now of the 16 teams with a home game, we have the biggest decrease yoy per game (-6,363) outside of TB.

And if that pace kept for us, it would put our attendance at 2.36 million for the season. And if everything else stayed the same that puts us around 17th in the game.

In other words ownership better hope the team keeps playing like they have or they could be looking at a bottom half team in attendance.

Good post and no one booed at management and ownership in the opener.

You poor thing. You have nothing better to do with your day than that?
So sad.

I tell the truth. I just believe your love for ownership and the excuses you make. You know yourself most of the paid tickets are from pre-season sales.

Of course advance ticket sales are going to be down when there are several non playoff years in a row. What do you expect. Duh.

By the way, Red, I always step forward with the things "I like" that the Cardinals are doing, and the things "I don't care for".
I don't have a "love for ownership". but I do appreciate some of the Cardinals best baseball in their history this century - with 2 world titles, 3 World Series appearances, and only two losing seasons. Where do the Cardinals rank in regular season wins and playoff wins this century - 3rd perhaps? Top 10%?

by Cranny » 30 Mar 2025 22:25 pm

I guess the forecast thunderstorms had nothing to do with it.

Flip - Flop.

Don't make ignorant posts. There were a number of factors.

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Eh, the boring Twins were the opponent, and the weather was iffy.

[/quote]

Yeah, “the OPPOSING team isn’t interesting enough” and
“what if I get wet?” sounds wayyyyyyy better on the BFIB reputation as opposed to “we’re starting to get sick of the complacency” when explaining why the opening day weekend crowd was unimpressive……..
[/quote]

I guess the forecast thunderstorms had nothing to do with it.
[/quote]

Man, you can come up with more excuses. Advance ticket sales have nothing to do with a weather forecast.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/mlb/hi ... 7c70&ei=10
[/quote]

My entire life
Kids have attended School
There’s been weather
Games have started around 7pm
Games have been on Holidays
And when theres been an exciting winning team……..with an ownership that seemed to give 2 chits……Busch Stadium has been mostly full
But now that the team hasn’t been winning or playing exciting baseball with an owner who seems to no longer care to win…..attendance is solely affected by the items listed above
[/quote]

A contributing factor might be that inflation has lowered the family recreational budget somewhat.
[/quote]

MLB Attendance through the first 2-4 games of the teams that have been at home has been up by 1,114 per game. And that is unjustly affected by TB being in a minor league park vs MLB park (a 10,815 difference per game).

Right now of the 16 teams with a home game, we have the biggest decrease yoy per game (-6,363) outside of TB.

And if that pace kept for us, it would put our attendance at 2.36 million for the season. And if everything else stayed the same that puts us around 17th in the game.

In other words ownership better hope the team keeps playing like they have or they could be looking at a bottom half team in attendance.
[/quote]

Good post and no one booed at management and ownership in the opener.
[/quote]

You poor thing. You have nothing better to do with your day than that?
So sad.
[/quote]

I tell the truth. I just believe your love for ownership and the excuses you make. You know yourself most of the paid tickets are from pre-season sales.
[/quote]

Of course advance ticket sales are going to be down when there are several non playoff years in a row. What do you expect. Duh.

By the way, Red, I always step forward with the things "I like" that the Cardinals are doing, and the things "I don't care for".
I don't have a "love for ownership". but I do appreciate some of the Cardinals best baseball in their history this century - with 2 world titles, 3 World Series appearances, and only two losing seasons. Where do the Cardinals rank in regular season wins and playoff wins this century - 3rd perhaps? Top 10%?
[/quote]

I wish you were my boss, Cranny. I wouldn't have to continue to excel or work hard, because I worked hard 10-15 years ago and that's good enough. Those annual performance reviews would be a snap!
[/quote]


Absolutely
For 2024 Performance Review:
Won 2011 World Series
Won 2011 World Series

[Cranny]

Yeah, “the OPPOSING team isn’t interesting enough” and
“what if I get wet?” sounds wayyyyyyy better on the BFIB reputation as opposed to “we’re starting to get sick of the complacency” when explaining why the opening day weekend crowd was unimpressive……..

I guess the forecast thunderstorms had nothing to do with it.

Man, you can come up with more excuses. Advance ticket sales have nothing to do with a weather forecast.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/mlb/hi ... 7c70&ei=10

My entire life
Kids have attended School
There’s been weather
Games have started around 7pm
Games have been on Holidays
And when theres been an exciting winning team……..with an ownership that seemed to give 2 chits……Busch Stadium has been mostly full
But now that the team hasn’t been winning or playing exciting baseball with an owner who seems to no longer care to win…..attendance is solely affected by the items listed above

A contributing factor might be that inflation has lowered the family recreational budget somewhat.

MLB Attendance through the first 2-4 games of the teams that have been at home has been up by 1,114 per game. And that is unjustly affected by TB being in a minor league park vs MLB park (a 10,815 difference per game).

Right now of the 16 teams with a home game, we have the biggest decrease yoy per game (-6,363) outside of TB.

And if that pace kept for us, it would put our attendance at 2.36 million for the season. And if everything else stayed the same that puts us around 17th in the game.

In other words ownership better hope the team keeps playing like they have or they could be looking at a bottom half team in attendance.

Good post and no one booed at management and ownership in the opener.

You poor thing. You have nothing better to do with your day than that?
So sad.

I tell the truth. I just believe your love for ownership and the excuses you make. You know yourself most of the paid tickets are from pre-season sales.

Of course advance ticket sales are going to be down when there are several non playoff years in a row. What do you expect. Duh.

By the way, Red, I always step forward with the things "I like" that the Cardinals are doing, and the things "I don't care for".
I don't have a "love for ownership". but I do appreciate some of the Cardinals best baseball in their history this century - with 2 world titles, 3 World Series appearances, and only two losing seasons. Where do the Cardinals rank in regular season wins and playoff wins this century - 3rd perhaps? Top 10%?

I wish you were my boss, Cranny. I wouldn't have to continue to excel or work hard, because I worked hard 10-15 years ago and that's good enough. Those annual performance reviews would be a snap!

Absolutely
For 2024 Performance Review:
Won 2011 World Series
Won 2011 World Series

You wouldn’t want me to be your boss, goldfan.
We liked people with positive attitudes. We weeded out negative people after we put them on probation if they didn’t change their ways.

[riff raff]

Goldfan, you're fired!
Probably not the first time either

[thetank2]

I guess the forecast thunderstorms had nothing to do with it.

Man, you can come up with more excuses. Advance ticket sales have nothing to do with a weather forecast.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/mlb/hi ... 7c70&ei=10

My entire life
Kids have attended School
There’s been weather
Games have started around 7pm
Games have been on Holidays
And when theres been an exciting winning team……..with an ownership that seemed to give 2 chits……Busch Stadium has been mostly full
But now that the team hasn’t been winning or playing exciting baseball with an owner who seems to no longer care to win…..attendance is solely affected by the items listed above

A contributing factor might be that inflation has lowered the family recreational budget somewhat.

MLB Attendance through the first 2-4 games of the teams that have been at home has been up by 1,114 per game. And that is unjustly affected by TB being in a minor league park vs MLB park (a 10,815 difference per game).

Right now of the 16 teams with a home game, we have the biggest decrease yoy per game (-6,363) outside of TB.

And if that pace kept for us, it would put our attendance at 2.36 million for the season. And if everything else stayed the same that puts us around 17th in the game.

In other words ownership better hope the team keeps playing like they have or they could be looking at a bottom half team in attendance.

Good post and no one booed at management and ownership in the opener.

You poor thing. You have nothing better to do with your day than that?
So sad.

I tell the truth. I just believe your love for ownership and the excuses you make. You know yourself most of the paid tickets are from pre-season sales.

Of course advance ticket sales are going to be down when there are several non playoff years in a row. What do you expect. Duh.

By the way, Red, I always step forward with the things "I like" that the Cardinals are doing, and the things "I don't care for".
I don't have a "love for ownership". but I do appreciate some of the Cardinals best baseball in their history this century - with 2 world titles, 3 World Series appearances, and only two losing seasons. Where do the Cardinals rank in regular season wins and playoff wins this century - 3rd perhaps? Top 10%?

I wish you were my boss, Cranny. I wouldn't have to continue to excel or work hard, because I worked hard 10-15 years ago and that's good enough. Those annual performance reviews would be a snap!

Absolutely
For 2024 Performance Review:
Won 2011 World Series
Won 2011 World Series

You wouldn’t want me to be your boss, goldfan.
We liked people with positive attitudes. We weeded out negative people after we put them on probation if they didn’t change their ways.

+1

[WLTFE]

I see the Three Amigos, aka, front office (donkey) kissers are posting in unison...perhaps we have a sock? It must be nice to have the time to constantly support DeTwit and Mo-ran!

[desertrat23]

I guess the forecast thunderstorms had nothing to do with it.

Man, you can come up with more excuses. Advance ticket sales have nothing to do with a weather forecast.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/mlb/hi ... 7c70&ei=10

My entire life
Kids have attended School
There’s been weather
Games have started around 7pm
Games have been on Holidays
And when theres been an exciting winning team……..with an ownership that seemed to give 2 chits……Busch Stadium has been mostly full
But now that the team hasn’t been winning or playing exciting baseball with an owner who seems to no longer care to win…..attendance is solely affected by the items listed above

A contributing factor might be that inflation has lowered the family recreational budget somewhat.

MLB Attendance through the first 2-4 games of the teams that have been at home has been up by 1,114 per game. And that is unjustly affected by TB being in a minor league park vs MLB park (a 10,815 difference per game).

Right now of the 16 teams with a home game, we have the biggest decrease yoy per game (-6,363) outside of TB.

And if that pace kept for us, it would put our attendance at 2.36 million for the season. And if everything else stayed the same that puts us around 17th in the game.

In other words ownership better hope the team keeps playing like they have or they could be looking at a bottom half team in attendance.

Good post and no one booed at management and ownership in the opener.

You poor thing. You have nothing better to do with your day than that?
So sad.

I tell the truth. I just believe your love for ownership and the excuses you make. You know yourself most of the paid tickets are from pre-season sales.

Of course advance ticket sales are going to be down when there are several non playoff years in a row. What do you expect. Duh.

By the way, Red, I always step forward with the things "I like" that the Cardinals are doing, and the things "I don't care for".
I don't have a "love for ownership". but I do appreciate some of the Cardinals best baseball in their history this century - with 2 world titles, 3 World Series appearances, and only two losing seasons. Where do the Cardinals rank in regular season wins and playoff wins this century - 3rd perhaps? Top 10%?

I wish you were my boss, Cranny. I wouldn't have to continue to excel or work hard, because I worked hard 10-15 years ago and that's good enough. Those annual performance reviews would be a snap!

Absolutely
For 2024 Performance Review:
Won 2011 World Series
Won 2011 World Series

You wouldn’t want me to be your boss, goldfan.
We liked people with positive attitudes. We weeded out negative people after we put them on probation if they didn’t change their ways.

You should value competence over positivity.

[Cranny]

Man, you can come up with more excuses. Advance ticket sales have nothing to do with a weather forecast.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/mlb/hi ... 7c70&ei=10

My entire life
Kids have attended School
There’s been weather
Games have started around 7pm
Games have been on Holidays
And when theres been an exciting winning team……..with an ownership that seemed to give 2 chits……Busch Stadium has been mostly full
But now that the team hasn’t been winning or playing exciting baseball with an owner who seems to no longer care to win…..attendance is solely affected by the items listed above

A contributing factor might be that inflation has lowered the family recreational budget somewhat.

MLB Attendance through the first 2-4 games of the teams that have been at home has been up by 1,114 per game. And that is unjustly affected by TB being in a minor league park vs MLB park (a 10,815 difference per game).

Right now of the 16 teams with a home game, we have the biggest decrease yoy per game (-6,363) outside of TB.

And if that pace kept for us, it would put our attendance at 2.36 million for the season. And if everything else stayed the same that puts us around 17th in the game.

In other words ownership better hope the team keeps playing like they have or they could be looking at a bottom half team in attendance.

Good post and no one booed at management and ownership in the opener.

You poor thing. You have nothing better to do with your day than that?
So sad.

I tell the truth. I just believe your love for ownership and the excuses you make. You know yourself most of the paid tickets are from pre-season sales.

Of course advance ticket sales are going to be down when there are several non playoff years in a row. What do you expect. Duh.

By the way, Red, I always step forward with the things "I like" that the Cardinals are doing, and the things "I don't care for".
I don't have a "love for ownership". but I do appreciate some of the Cardinals best baseball in their history this century - with 2 world titles, 3 World Series appearances, and only two losing seasons. Where do the Cardinals rank in regular season wins and playoff wins this century - 3rd perhaps? Top 10%?

I wish you were my boss, Cranny. I wouldn't have to continue to excel or work hard, because I worked hard 10-15 years ago and that's good enough. Those annual performance reviews would be a snap!

Absolutely
For 2024 Performance Review:
Won 2011 World Series
Won 2011 World Series

You wouldn’t want me to be your boss, goldfan.
We liked people with positive attitudes. We weeded out negative people after we put them on probation if they didn’t change their ways.

You should value competence over positivity.

Actually, rat, we found that a positive attitude generally led to high performance and a high level of competence.

[desertrat23]

My entire life
Kids have attended School
There’s been weather
Games have started around 7pm
Games have been on Holidays
And when theres been an exciting winning team……..with an ownership that seemed to give 2 chits……Busch Stadium has been mostly full
But now that the team hasn’t been winning or playing exciting baseball with an owner who seems to no longer care to win…..attendance is solely affected by the items listed above

A contributing factor might be that inflation has lowered the family recreational budget somewhat.

MLB Attendance through the first 2-4 games of the teams that have been at home has been up by 1,114 per game. And that is unjustly affected by TB being in a minor league park vs MLB park (a 10,815 difference per game).

Right now of the 16 teams with a home game, we have the biggest decrease yoy per game (-6,363) outside of TB.

And if that pace kept for us, it would put our attendance at 2.36 million for the season. And if everything else stayed the same that puts us around 17th in the game.

In other words ownership better hope the team keeps playing like they have or they could be looking at a bottom half team in attendance.

Good post and no one booed at management and ownership in the opener.

You poor thing. You have nothing better to do with your day than that?
So sad.

I tell the truth. I just believe your love for ownership and the excuses you make. You know yourself most of the paid tickets are from pre-season sales.

Of course advance ticket sales are going to be down when there are several non playoff years in a row. What do you expect. Duh.

By the way, Red, I always step forward with the things "I like" that the Cardinals are doing, and the things "I don't care for".
I don't have a "love for ownership". but I do appreciate some of the Cardinals best baseball in their history this century - with 2 world titles, 3 World Series appearances, and only two losing seasons. Where do the Cardinals rank in regular season wins and playoff wins this century - 3rd perhaps? Top 10%?

I wish you were my boss, Cranny. I wouldn't have to continue to excel or work hard, because I worked hard 10-15 years ago and that's good enough. Those annual performance reviews would be a snap!

Absolutely
For 2024 Performance Review:
Won 2011 World Series
Won 2011 World Series

You wouldn’t want me to be your boss, goldfan.
We liked people with positive attitudes. We weeded out negative people after we put them on probation if they didn’t change their ways.

You should value competence over positivity.

Actually, rat, we found that a positive attitude generally led to high performance and a high level of competence.

Of course. But competence has to come first — and be consistent.

Bringing it back to management: if you’re giving Mo a current performance review, would you base it on goals he accomplished 10-15 years ago? Of course not.

[Cranny]

A contributing factor might be that inflation has lowered the family recreational budget somewhat.

MLB Attendance through the first 2-4 games of the teams that have been at home has been up by 1,114 per game. And that is unjustly affected by TB being in a minor league park vs MLB park (a 10,815 difference per game).

Right now of the 16 teams with a home game, we have the biggest decrease yoy per game (-6,363) outside of TB.

And if that pace kept for us, it would put our attendance at 2.36 million for the season. And if everything else stayed the same that puts us around 17th in the game.

In other words ownership better hope the team keeps playing like they have or they could be looking at a bottom half team in attendance.

Good post and no one booed at management and ownership in the opener.

You poor thing. You have nothing better to do with your day than that?
So sad.

I tell the truth. I just believe your love for ownership and the excuses you make. You know yourself most of the paid tickets are from pre-season sales.

Of course advance ticket sales are going to be down when there are several non playoff years in a row. What do you expect. Duh.

By the way, Red, I always step forward with the things "I like" that the Cardinals are doing, and the things "I don't care for".
I don't have a "love for ownership". but I do appreciate some of the Cardinals best baseball in their history this century - with 2 world titles, 3 World Series appearances, and only two losing seasons. Where do the Cardinals rank in regular season wins and playoff wins this century - 3rd perhaps? Top 10%?

I wish you were my boss, Cranny. I wouldn't have to continue to excel or work hard, because I worked hard 10-15 years ago and that's good enough. Those annual performance reviews would be a snap!

Absolutely
For 2024 Performance Review:
Won 2011 World Series
Won 2011 World Series

You wouldn’t want me to be your boss, goldfan.
We liked people with positive attitudes. We weeded out negative people after we put them on probation if they didn’t change their ways.

You should value competence over positivity.

Actually, rat, we found that a positive attitude generally led to high performance and a high level of competence.

Of course. But competence has to come first — and be consistent.

Bringing it back to management: if you’re giving Mo a current performance review, would you base it on goals he accomplished 10-15 years ago? Of course not.

No. A number of things didn't work out. It started with Piscotty and Grichuk not becoming the OFers that most thought they were going to be. Other guys were brought in but didn't care for the attitudes of some St. Louisans. They tried
Ozuna who was coming off a fabulous year, but didn't keep him, as he became healthy. Then they traded for Goldy and
Arenado, who they thought would lead them deep into October. That didn't happen.

[vegascardsfan5890]

What's the attendance today? Looks to be barely 10,000

It's just sad

[WLTFE]

What's the attendance today? Looks to be barely 10,000

It's just sad

I'm in Section 148 row 22...there's a lot of empty seats...

[Ordinary Man]

What's the attendance today? Looks to be barely 10,000

It's just sad

I'm in Section 148 row 22...there's a lot of empty seats...

Did you hear any booing?

[todd-parker]

What's the attendance today? Looks to be barely 10,000

It's just sad

I'm in Section 148 row 22...there's a lot of empty seats...

Too many spoiled, fair-weather fans. Maybe BDJr. should move the team to Montreal.

[WLTFE]

What's the attendance today? Looks to be barely 10,000

It's just sad

I'm in Section 148 row 22...there's a lot of empty seats...

Did you hear any booing?

You need to ask Baghdad Bob!

[Ordinary Man]

What's the attendance today? Looks to be barely 10,000

It's just sad

I'm in Section 148 row 22...there's a lot of empty seats...

Did you hear any booing?

You need to ask Baghdad Bob!