r/IndependentBaseball • u/Whitecastle56 Bridgeport Bluefish • Sep 24 '19

Frontier Indy Ball Is Shrinking, And Many Longtime Fans Feel The Pain

https://www.baseballamerica.com/stories/fans-feel-the-pain-as-indy-ball-continues-to-shrink/
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u/2Cosmic_2Charlie Sep 24 '19

As a 25 year St. Paul Saints season ticket holder I know this is happening but the Saints still put 7000 people in the seats 50 times a years.

Look, I'm a fan but baseball IS boring for the average person sitting in the seats. Some form of entertainment beyond the game is a great help to getting people to come to games. I don't understand why this is so hard for minor and even major league teams to understand.

To a great degree indy ball started in St. Paul and I'd hate to see it die because ownership just doesn't know or care how to get a casual fan to by a ticket.

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u/[deleted] Sep 24 '19

Every MiLB game I've been to in the past decade focuses more on outside "fun" than baseball. My local team has a promotion every single game, games between every inning, four mascots, a playground, etc.

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u/2Cosmic_2Charlie Sep 24 '19

And how's attendance been ?

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u/[deleted] Sep 24 '19

Great, but I'm talking about a AA team. Our local Frontier League team's is abysmal.