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Message #136 of 317  *NEW* To :   All From :   drrubb   Subject :   D-Rays attendence Date :   4/13/06, 6:10am (Last Edited: 4/13/06, 6:14am) This just puzzles me. Forget that the D-Rays have had a losing history in their young franchise history so far. Forget that they are in a usually tough division where they have to compete with the Yankees, Red Sox, Orioles, & Blue Jays. This team is suppost to be an exciting team to watch this season & I believe they will be all season long. I know they have been hit by some injuries early on, but they still have guys like Crawford, Gathright, & Gomes in the line up. These are exciting players to watch. Don't forget, they will most likely be calling up Delmon Young very soon, which SHOULD be another reason to come to the Trop. My point? The D-Rays attendence was 10,707 last night(April 12th) vs. the Orioles. Is it me or am I the only one that thinks going to a Devil Rays home game is cool? If I lived in the Tampa, St.Pete, Clearwater area, I believe I would attend every single Devil Ray home game I could. I have been to Turner Field in Atlanta, Dodger Stadium in LA, & no disrepect to those places but I enjoy going to D-Ray home games more, especially in the summer time when it's 100 thousand degrees outside. I know the D-Rays are not considered to be among baseball's glamour teams, but it is still major league baseball. I know they may not have the prettiest field, but I think the indoor stadium has a very nice enviroment to it. Parking is cheap & very convenient. Consessions are about the same as other ball parks, although you can get a footlong hotdog there for 4 bucks. Not bad compared to other ballparks, where you pay that much just for a normal sized one. You don't break a sweat or get a sunburn watching a game at the Trop. I have been there a handful of times & there really isn't a bad seat in the stadium. I've expiremented with that & have been pleased pretty much everytime & the seats relatively speaking, are cheap & confortable. I just don't get it! Why the D-Rays don't draw better is beyond me, even if the product they put on the field isn't that great. I watched part of their game last night & it appeared as if you could roll a bowling ball down each aisle & no one would notice or be affected. To me, it is just sad. People, this is a great place to watch a game. Very underated! It may not be rich with history or tradition like Yankee Stadium or Wriggley Field, or Dodger Stadium, or Fenway Park, but just from a sheer convenient & comfort standpoint, I could probably almost guarantee you that it is the best. I know I haven't been to every major league ball park, but I can tell you that if given the choice to freeze or burn slap ass up, or be in total comfort, considering how much the average person normally pays for a MLB game, I'll take convenience & comfort, which the Trop definately is! People in Tampa - St.Pete! GET OFF YOUR ASSES & GET TO THE TROP & SUPPORT YOUR DEVIL RAYS! THEY WILL BE GONE SOON IF YOU DON'T! • Previous Topic • Next Topic • Reply to Msg #136 • Start New Topic • Back to Topics 19993 reads

Message #137 of 317  *NEW* To :   drrubb From :   drrubb   Subject :   Re: D-Rays attendence Date :   4/13/06, 11:02pm April 13th's Devil Ray attendance: 13,042. Better that the night before but it still SUCKS! • Previous Topic • Next Topic • Reply to Msg #137 • Start New Topic • Back to Topics 4258 reads

Message #140 of 317  *NEW* To :   drrubb From :   Guest12798 (IP: 69.141.76.197)   Subject :   Re: D-Rays attendence Date :   4/14/06, 6:13am Having plenty of family and friends in the Tampa area, I always hear the same thing about the D-rays. The ticket prices are way too high, especially for a losing team. • Previous Topic • Next Topic • Reply to Msg #140 • Start New Topic • Back to Topics 20997 reads

Message #142 of 317  *NEW* To :   Guest12798 (IP: 69.141.76.197) From :   drrubb   Subject :   Re: D-Rays attendence Date :   4/14/06, 5:48pm I have been to the Trop 5 or 6 times. To me, the best seat in the stadium is in the upper deck directly behind home plate. That seat usually only cost about 9 bucks. The seats in right & left field are usually about 15 bucks. They also have a ticket you can buy for the "batter's eye" restaurant which is in dead center field for about $33 bucks, but it is an all you can eat & drink buffet which overlooks the entire field. The buffet is fantastic! Seats directly behind home plate(not the first 2 or 3 rows however) are about 40 to 45 bucks. Personally, I find the ticket prices very reasonable. However, I think the cheaper tickets in that stadium are really just about as good as the more expensive seats. • Previous Topic • Next Topic • Reply to Msg #142 • Start New Topic • Back to Topics 20993 reads

Message #143 of 317  *NEW* To :   drrubb From :   drrubb   Subject :   Re: D-Rays attendence Date :   4/16/06, 12:07pm Talkin about D-Ray attendence! They are playing the Royals at home today. I can hear 2 people conversations in the crowd(if you want to call it that) from my TV. I'm actually not kidding. I heard a fan while watching the game on TV shout out "hip hip Jorge" from the seats when Jorge Cantu was batting. I bet they won't even reach 9 or 10 thousand today. Quiet frankly, I would love to be there. Looking at the seats makes it look as if there were only a few hundred people there. I think Dwayne Stats & Joe Magraine pulled the old Bob Euker trick today. It reminded me of that scene in Major League when Bob Euker & his color commentary guy tried to fake the crowd noise for the Indians home opener. • Previous Topic • Next Topic • Reply to Msg #143 • Start New Topic • Back to Topics 3530 reads

Message #153 of 317  *NEW* To :   drrubb From :   TheBlueJayWay   Subject :   Re: D-Rays attendence Date :   4/20/06, 10:00am unless a team wins in Florida no one goes to the games, unless of course you're the Dolphins. • Previous Topic • Next Topic • Reply to Msg #153 • Start New Topic • Back to Topics 20987 reads

Message #162 of 317  *NEW* To :   TheBlueJayWay From :   drrubb   Subject :   Re: D-Rays attendence Date :   4/23/06, 6:31pm Sadly enough, your right. The Buccaneers, & Jaguars of the NFL also draw very good crowds though. The NFL teams in Florida do well. • Previous Topic • Next Topic • Reply to Msg #162 • Start New Topic • Back to Topics 20987 reads

Message #180 of 317  *NEW* To :   drrubb From :   Paulgeebert   Subject :   Re: D-Rays attendence Date :   5/29/06, 3:56pm The d-rays don't look long for Tampa Bay. The team has no history except a losing one - you expect people to rally around that? You have to be a baseball fan to watch those games. And baseball fans alone don't fill up stadiums. I went to a few Expos games over the last couple years they were here in Montreal. 3000 people were at some of them, and the tickets were only 6 dollars and you could sit practically anywhere. And they're lineup was full of talent with Vlad and Vidro and Orlando Cabrera and Brad Wilerson the currently suspended Michael Barrett. Montreal though is different from Tampa Bay - they just don't like baseball enough here to care about the team when it loses, and it has lost for ever so long: the expos made it to the playoffs once, in 1979. I doubt the D-rays will get as long a chance in Tampa Bay. • Previous Topic • Next Topic • Reply to Msg #180 • Start New Topic • Back to Topics 20980 reads

Message #182 of 317  *NEW* To :   drrubb From :   Guest16068 (IP: 70.55.146.219)   Subject :   Re: D-Rays attendence Date :   5/29/06, 3:56pm The d-rays don't look long for Tampa Bay. The team has no history except a losing one - you expect people to rally around that? You have to be a baseball fan to watch those games. And baseball fans alone don't fill up stadiums. I went to a few Expos games over the last couple years they were here in Montreal. 3000 people were at some of them, and the tickets were only 6 dollars and you could sit practically anywhere. And they're lineup was full of talent with Vlad and Vidro and Orlando Cabrera and Brad Wilerson the currently suspended Michael Barrett. Montreal though is different from Tampa Bay - they just don't like baseball enough here to care about the team when it loses, and it has lost for ever so long: the expos made it to the playoffs once, in 1979. I doubt the D-rays will get as long a chance in Tampa Bay. • Previous Topic • Next Topic • Reply to Msg #182 • Start New Topic • Back to Topics 20978 reads

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