Day - Night Double Headers

bigboydan · 05-07-2006, 01:12 PM

i think they really suck

just another way for the owners to make more money

why should the Sox or Yankees have 1 sellout in a day if they can have 2

id like to see them done away with and just play the games back to back

maybe even a 1/2 hour or hour delay for the players to go take a crap or something

but no need to make all the fans leave

BuddyBear · 05-07-2006, 02:20 PM

I like them...but i watch games on TV more or less so it really does not affect me.

pags11 · 05-07-2006, 09:36 PM

I just don't like the idea of charging the fan twice...not like they won't make enough in concessions with people being at the park all day...

ourbet · 05-07-2006, 09:47 PM

what IS the going rate to see a ball game btw? just curious.

onlòóker · 05-07-2006, 09:51 PM

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Originally Posted by ourbet

what IS the going rate to see a ball game btw? just curious.

Here is a previous thread that had some discussion about ticket prices.
http://www.sbrforum.com/showthread.p...hlight=tickets

This link was also in that thread, but I will post it here to.
http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/5493070

ourbet · 05-07-2006, 09:59 PM

Thanks onlòóker, this article (http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/5493070) from your post makes very interesting reading.

IMHO it's not as expensive as I thought it would be but as pags11 rightly states, I'll bet they make 'an arm and a leg' on the concessions.

bigboydan · 05-08-2006, 12:35 AM

your right bud. concessions and parking will cost you alot more than the tickets will.

parking is roughly $12-$50 bucks all pending where you park at, and beer will cost you roughly $7 bucks

Winston Smith · 05-08-2006, 12:43 AM

They were scheduled as two separate games to start with. Two sets of tickets already sold (assuming that at least a few had been purchased for the game the first time around.) They're not adding a game, just choosing not to willingly eliminate a home game. Not so brazen, IMO.

Mudcat · 05-08-2006, 09:53 AM

The team is going for the cash by having these day-night doubleheaders. As a guy who likes cash myself, I find it hard to begrudge them. It's nice to be warm and fuzzy and give stuff away but a ball team is a business. If the market will bear it, a business is going to try to maximize profit.

onlòóker · 05-08-2006, 09:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Winston Smith

They were scheduled as two separate games to start with. Two sets of tickets already sold (assuming that at least a few had been purchased for the game the first time around.) They're not adding a game, just choosing not to willingly eliminate a home game. Not so brazen, IMO.

Exactly. They are not doing anything wrong here. Just a full day of baseball for the die hard fans.