Richmond baseball
Does anybody believe that the Richmond Braves' departure will solve the Erie Seawolves, Batavia Muckdogs current situation? With Erie considering moving back to class-A, they could send the current...
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Agreed. That would be terrible if Kinston lost their team. Grainger Stadium is a great old ballpark, and it would be a shame to see it lose pro baseball. It's nice to see baseball still being played...
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What I find interesting is a AAA franchise going in so close to its MLB affiliate. Lawrenceville is only about 20 miles from the center of Atlanta. I don't know the area, but I am given to understand...
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Quote:Pawtucket is probably the closest, but again it is a distinct market. Tacoma is the closest at 33 miles. But don't forget that Sacramento isn't that far from Oakland -- 81 miles. And you have...
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Quote:Don't forget the Atlanta Braves opposed affiliated ball in Gwinnett until a ballpark was inevitable; this is as much a defensive move as a solution for the R-Braves.Why do the big Braves care...
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Quote:Why do the big Braves care about an indie team nearby? To the extent that an indie team is a threat, surely so is an affiliated team.An affiliated team is controllable: that is, it's a nightly...
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and as for richmond's mayor being a pain to deal with that wouldnt suprise me !
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I don't dispute that this is the reasoning, but it seems rather absurd. A minor club competing with a major club for headline space? Minor league clubs have to scramble to get newspaper coverage even...
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I've always found the notion that MLB and the minors are competing for the same fans to be a bit silly. I haven't seen any scientific studies done, but it would seem to be that there isn't a big...
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Quote:The idea that an affiliated minor drives ticket sales for the major league affiliate seems implausible.But it does. There's rather solid empirical data out there. CRM has been a central part of...
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Quote:There is no way that any MLB team would be concerned over some indy league team moving into their market. All solid evidence, including the actions of the players in the subject of this thread,...
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Quote:It's a little hard for you to support your argument when the Atlanta Braves did something to directly contradict what you say.I dunno, did they ? According to articles I've read, Gwinnett County...
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Four months? The real decision was made just over a week ago. This was a very, very hasty decision.There's been a lot of bad reporting here; the county wasn't involved in anything directly four months...
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Quote:But it does. There's rather solid empirical data out there.This is counter-intutive. What is the evidence? Just to be clear, what I have in mind is the idea that a major league club will...
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Quote:Minor league fans might get to one MLB game a year and MLB fans might get to one minor league game a year.I think even this overstates the case. In my experience your typical minor league fan...
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Quote:Four months? The real decision was made just over a week ago. This was a very, very hasty decision.Not according to this article :...
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Gotta do better than point in the direction of a story the paper never printed because they realized it was inaccurate and contradicted by future revelations, fella! Wilder was right when he said as...
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could be blamed in this fiasco as for mandalay moving the wolves to richmond it could become a brave club which would seem fitting
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Quote:Gotta do better than point in the direction of a story the paper never printed because they realized it was inaccurate and contradicted by future revelations, fella!I've never seen anything on...
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cra, just to clarify, if Erie moves to Richmond, don't expect to see the club become a Braves affiliate. The Braves Double-A affiliate is the Mississippi Braves, which happens to be owned by the...
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i didnt mean that seriously however i can see some likenesses between both ownership groups
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