tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21666786.post114988222858403078..comments2023-10-31T09:01:11.464-04:00Comments on Church of Baseball: Choo choo!Cathiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07291479913130967235noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21666786.post-1149964093457389852006-06-10T14:28:00.000-04:002006-06-10T14:28:00.000-04:00The Thursday thing doesn't fly. What's wrong with...The Thursday thing doesn't fly. What's wrong with people in Cincinnati that makes them think they have to stay home on a weeknight? In most parts of the country, Thursday night is the mental start of the weekend. Young people go out on Thursdays. I know that Cincy is a conservative town, but geez, get a life, I say to those who think they can't go out on a weeknight. Most people are still up watching television by the time they would get home, so why can't they just go out to the ballpark? There are few other places in the Majors where Thursday attendence is a problem. Monday, yes, attendence is down on Mondays and Tuesdays. But Thursdays are large draws in many places. Lancasters comments had a few logical people who brought up population statistics and compared attendence to other ballparks around the area. Even Pitifulsburg has more people attending the games than the now second place Reds. <BR/><BR/>I remember the Buffet days well. Miami U. would empty out when he was in town. He used to play three or four days in a row. <BR/><BR/>No one expects a sell out on a weeknight, but 30K is not too much to ask. <BR/><BR/>It was nice to see a sell out on Friday.Cathiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07291479913130967235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21666786.post-1149913744619209612006-06-10T00:29:00.000-04:002006-06-10T00:29:00.000-04:00I didn't bother reading Lancaster's comments becau...I didn't bother reading Lancaster's comments because I was barraged by the same concerns last night during the 700 WLW postgame show, and then again today by John Fay in the 'Cincinnati Enquirer.' I don't know if these two factors have been mentioned, but I know, *KNOW* they play into the (supposedly) crappy attendance Thursday night. <BR/>1. It was a Thursday night. That seems obvious enough to me, I don't know why others don't see it.<BR/>2. Jimmy Buffet was playing at Riverbend. Yes, that sounds absolutely pathetic, and I agree, but it's the truth. I wrote this over on my own blog, but I'll repeat it here anyway: The man, for whatever reason, is like the second coming of Christ to Cincinnatians.<BR/>It was a sell-out tonight. Enough said, I think.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com