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St Pete is very nice. Tampa is fun. Not a baseball area unfortunately. Well, It's a Yankee area. They should have thought of that.

Yeah I went up to St. Pete in December, only drove past the stadium on the highway but was very impressed with how nice it was given the bad rap it gets. Can't speak for the area immediately around the stadium, but there are other stadiums (citi field and nats stadium) that don't have attractions around the field.

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Yeah I went up to St. Pete in December, only drove past the stadium on the highway but was very impressed with how nice it was given the bad rap it gets. Can't speak for the area immediately around the stadium, but there are other stadiums (citi field and nats stadium) that don't have attractions around the field.

It's not just the stadium. It's the people who live close.

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Yeah I went up to St. Pete in December, only drove past the stadium on the highway but was very impressed with how nice it was given the bad rap it gets. Can't speak for the area immediately around the stadium, but there are other stadiums (citi field and nats stadium) that don't have attractions around the field.

Baseball is something that has a strong and ingrained fanbase. The expansion or moved teams don't have that heritage. People drive 90 minutes plus regularly for Orioles games.

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OMG. This is so dumb. Of course it's the weather.

I can't believe there is snow in the forecast!!!! I wanted to catch a Bowie or Nats game tomorrow but no chance.

I already bought tix for Sunday. If I hadn't, I wouldn't go.

It isn't loyalty, it's called being miserable. I am not spending lots of money to be miserable and freeze.

Do these morons have girlfriend's, fiancee's or wives? If not, It's probably because they drug them to games where the temp was 45 degrees!

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With the all the options to watch high definition baseball on large screen TVs, baseball is going to struggle to put butts in seats in bad weather. It's not just in Baltimore so Pedro's "concerns" are ridiculous.

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I've always wondered why they just don't have more day games in April? But I'm fairly sure it has something to do with tv and sponsors.

That's a good point. Guess the potential difference in ticket sales isn't as great as the difference in viewership.

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In another side note. I went to see PNC park for the first time on Tuesday. They seem to do a little bit more than the O's when it comes to crowd participation. Interviewing fans between innings and having random contests for fans also. One fun one was name as many three time CY Award winners as you can in 30 seconds. In which you were pitted against a Pirates player to see if you could name more. Needless to say I was the only one in my section to name Jim Palmer. It was pretty fun! Even if it was 34 degrees next to the river. Maybe the O's should look into more of this stuff.

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In another side note. I went to see PNC park for the first time on Tuesday. They seem to do a little bit more than the O's when it comes to crowd participation. Interviewing fans between innings and having random contests for fans also. One fun one was name as many three time Cy Award winners as you can in 30 seconds. In which you were pitted against a Pirates player to see if you could name more. Needless to say I was the only one in my section to name Jim Palmer. It was pretty fun! Even if it was 34 degrees next to the river. Maybe the O's should look into more of this stuff.

They've done that out of necessity because of how bad the team was for so long. Yes, it is the weather. The weather has been crap, and it's colder now than it is in October. Pedro is smart, and everyone messes up every now and again, but come on bro.

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They've done that out of necessity because of how bad the team was for so long. Yes, it is the weather. The weather has been crap, and it's colder now than it is in October. Pedro is smart, and everyone messes up every now and again, but come on bro.

I don't like the crowd participation. It makes Nats games even worse for me. The Orioles strike the right balance of having stuff on the screen that you can enjoy if you want to pay attention but you can ignore if you want to talk to the person next to you. The Nats (and Pirates) entertainment demands your attention and that isn't my idea of a good time, I would rather just enjoy the surroundings.

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I don't like the crowd participation. It makes Nats games even worse for me. The Orioles strike the right balance of having stuff on the screen that you can enjoy if you want to pay attention but you can ignore if you want to talk to the person next to you. The Nats (and Pirates) entertainment demands your attention and that isn't my idea of a good time, I would rather just enjoy the surroundings.

That's a good point, but years of minor league games have taught me otherwise. The O's have a balance struck, but every few innings, I don't mind something on the board or naming Cy Young winners

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One other thing.

MLB in Winter

"Hello Baltimore, this is MLB Tonight and their endless parade of analysis. Your team is bad in will not compete in any way shape or form. They were wrong to think they could try and will likely be historically bad."

MLB in April

"WHY AREN'T YOU GOING TO GAMES?!"

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