Opening Day is upon us! Dbacks vs. Rockies series thread

[PHXSportsFan4]

NICE pitch

 

[Phxchris1989]

Wow! Awesome pitch to get Tulowitski out!

And yes, I hear that stupid commercial thing now ...annoying!@

 

[Phxchris1989]

I like your way of thinking.

:notworthy Thank you

 

[dogpoo32]

Ugh. The Rockies' color commentator has one of those tiny knotted ties. I hate that.

 

[Linderbee]

Hopefully we can limit the damage here, and let Tracy get his first homerun...with Hairston on base.

1/2 the equation is taken care of...

 

[PHXSportsFan4]

Wow! Awesome pitch to get Tulowitski out!

And yes, I hear that stupid commercial thing now ...annoying!@

Yeah... I have to turn the sound off until the game comes back on... Why can't they just at least make it say commercial break with no annoying noises.

 

[Phxchris1989]

Alright...Hairston on Base...Tracy, It's your turn!

 

[Dback Jon]

The attendance there is one reason why it is STUPID to open in Colorado. Use your brain, MLB - with Phx's weather, and the roof, no reason not to play the first week in April here.

Plus, all the teams are here anyways.

 

[Phxchris1989]

...crap.

 

[PHXSportsFan4]

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/attendance?sort=home_pct&year=2006&seasonType=2

There's the MLB attendance for various years. Looks like the D-Backs are pretty much on par maybe a bit below most other teams not in "big time baseball towns"

 

[Phxchris1989]

The attendance there is one reason why it is STUPID to open in Colorado. Use your brain, MLB - with Phx's weather, and the roof, no reason not to play the first week in April here.
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Because it would make too much sense.

 

[PHXSportsFan4]

Young HBP

 

[Phxchris1989]

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/attendance?sort=home_pct&year=2006&seasonType=2

There's the MLB attendance for various years. Looks like the D-Backs are pretty much on par maybe a bit below most other teams not in "big time baseball towns"

Expansion teams usually don't fare well. The Dbacks used to draw a crowd, but 100+ losses will do that to your fan base. I'll be a Diamondbacks fan for the rest of my life, good or bad.

 

[Phxchris1989]

Rookie!!!!1

 

[PHXSportsFan4]

Sorry to get off topic but at least it's about baseball lol...

I'm looking at attendance numbers in recent years, and in '02 when the D-Backs were winning and came off the WS year, they were actually AHEAD of the Dodgers, Mets, Cubs, Red Sox, etc. Not far behind the Yankees. I guess Phoenix isn't such a bad baseball town as everyone makes it out to be. Almost every team's attendance numbers go down when they lose and come back up when they are winning.

 

[PHXSportsFan4]

Expansion teams usually don't fare well. The Dbacks used to draw a crowd, but 100+ losses will do that to your fan base. I'll be a Diamondbacks fan for the rest of my life, good or bad.

Same here. I think the team has a good chance to put up a lot of wins this season and definily in the next couple years. I'm with you though, I'm a D-Backs fan whether they are winning or losing. Same with the other PHX teams. I don't jump on and off the bandwagon but I guess some people lose interest if the teams suck.

 

[Phxchris1989]

Sorry to get off topic but at least it's about baseball lol...

I'm looking at attendance numbers in recent years, and in '02 when the D-Backs were winning and came off the WS year, they were actually AHEAD of the Dodgers, Mets, Cubs, Red Sox, etc. Not far behind the Yankees. I guess Phoenix isn't such a bad baseball town as everyone makes it out to be. Almost every team's attendance numbers go down when they lose and come back up when they are winning.

No offence to the true Phoenicians on this board, but Phoenix (aside from the Suns) has a large bandwagon fan base. I remember talking to a Red Sox "fan" a year ago who didn't know who Buckner was and what he was famous for.

 

[PHXSportsFan4]

Francis gets out of the jam

 

[PHXSportsFan4]

No offence to the true Phoenicians on this board, but Phoenix (aside from the Suns) has a large bandwagon fan base. I remember talking to a Red Sox "fan" a year ago who didn't know who Buckner was and what he was famous for.

lol that's hilarious. There's bandwagoners everywhere though.

 

[Dback Jon]

No offence to the true Phoenicians on this board, but Phoenix (aside from the Suns) has a large bandwagon fan base. I remember talking to a Red Sox "fan" a year ago who didn't know who Buckner was and what he was famous for.

So how does a Red Sox fan being clueless relate to the D-back fans?



And realisticly, all cities are generally bandwaggoners. Hell, the Yankees drew 20,000/game before Steinbrenner bought them.

 

[Dback Jon]

Rookie!!!!1

BTW - what did Young do?

 

[Linderbee]

I'm off to meet a friend...catch you all later!

 

[Phxchris1989]

Same here. I think the team has a good chance to put up a lot of wins this season and definily in the next couple years. I'm with you though, I'm a D-Backs fan whether they are winning or losing. Same with the other PHX teams. I don't jump on and off the bandwagon but I guess some people lose interest if the teams suck.

It's hard being a fan of a crappy team, ask any Cardinals fan on here. But at least you should be happy not to be a bandwagoner. We'll be better again someday.

Ontopic: Double to lead off the bot. 2nd.

 

[Phxchris1989]

BTW - what did Young do?

Keept running after he got the stop sign from the 3rd base coach, giving us out number 2.

 

[PHXSportsFan4]

So how does a Red Sox fan being clueless relate to the D-back fans?



And realisticly, all cities are generally bandwaggoners. Hell, the Yankees drew 20,000/game before Steinbrenner bought them.

Yep I agree. I think every city has its share of true fans, fans that care and follow the team sometimes/when they can, and bandwagoners that will only support the team when they are winning.

I will say that some cities have a more "true" fan base than others, but all in all there are true fans in every city and bandwagoners in every city.