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>>307069 Actually, when the team was introduced to the market in 1997, a lot of Tampa residents were really eager to follow the Rays. We knew that we wouldn't be a good team right off the bat, but management wasn't doing anything to make the team better. People got frustrated/lost interest.
>>307078 THIS. The sooner the Rays figure out that having their home games played in St. Pete is fucking retarded, the sooner they move across the bridge, and I can guarantee that attendance will shoot up pretty quickly. It's really hard to make it to a game, when the game starts at 6:30-7, you get out of work at 6:00, then have to drive more than a fucking hour across the bridge, in rush hour traffic (because a lot of St. Pete workers work in Tampa) just to get to the game. Attendance on weekends is actually doing pretty good, the average is lowered by the very low figures during the work week.
>>307093 >>307128 These people are probably Red Sox and Yankees fans. They're very butthurt over what's happening this season. Shitty team: Best in the AL, second in the league. Shitty market: Home to the Lightning, Bucs, Rays, Storm, and Super Bowl XLIII. Man, that sure is a shitty market.
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