OT: Scooter Gennett Hits 4 Home Runs in 1 Game

[barrysloate]

Last week I attended a game at Marlins Park for the first time. Really cool indoor stadium, but I went to a day game and the crowd was incredibly sparse. Although the box score announced an attendance of 15,000+, an actual head count revealed the real crowd was only...1590. That's woefully bad for a major league game.

Now it's fun to watch a game in an empty stadium, but I can't imagine how much money the team lost that day. Baseball does have some issues to deal with. As stated, tickets in general are much too expensive (although the Miami tickets were only around $30 each which isn't bad, and they were good seats).

[rdixon1208]

My son and I go to a lot of Astros games and they're not too expensive. It's not the Astrodome in 1989, but I can get decent seats and pay for parking for about $80. We can get really cheap seats and catch a game for $40 or so. At Minute Maid Park you can bring your own food (Peanuts, sandwiches, chips, etc) as long as it's in clear ziplock bags. You can also bring bottled water in.