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Offline RobDibblesGhost

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Re: National League Division Series, Game 2
« Reply #2200 on: October 05, 2014, 07:16:41 pm »
Totally. I would say it's going to take some time but it also takes winning and so far it's not looking good.

Also, it wasn't as cold last night as it was for game 4 of 2012.

Don't know if that's a great comparison. Game time for Game 4 was 2:55. Also, I don't think the wind was nearly as bad that night. Game time temp for Game 4 was 62 degrees and the wind was listed at 3 mph.

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Re: National League Division Series, Game 2
« Reply #2201 on: October 05, 2014, 08:16:39 pm »
To people nagging about off days: this didn't matter to the 2012 Yankees, the 2013 Red Sox, or the 2013 Cardinals.  Funny how it mostly just seems to affect the Nats. :?
Angels haven't exactly handled it well, either.

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Re: National League Division Series, Game 2
« Reply #2202 on: October 05, 2014, 08:32:25 pm »
There were a TON of empty seats last night late in the game.  I wasn't there but have two eyes that work fine.  I'm not saying those that stayed didn't do a great job supporting the team but a LOT of people left early. 

Ah...what you don't see is the large number of fans who retreated from their seats and stood underneath the stands. A hard wind blowing from roughly the main gate toward the stands along the 1B line. Some concession stands closed by the 8th inning; others ran out of food. A couple of hot dog places had coffee, and lines about 50 or 100 deep. Then ran out of coffee cups.

Between innings, many people left their seats, and "the media" would have been free to tag them as giving up. However, that's when people went to the only warm places in the ballpark: the restrooms.

Further, there were many children...small kids, under 10...four-year olds (using grandpa-vision to guess their ages) and even younger.

We stuck with it until the final out. Escalators and walkways were jammed. I would guess about 25,000 fans lasted...very loyal, considering the temperature, the wind, and that the game lasted more than six hours. How many of those media experts reviewed it all from inside the Shirley Povich Media Center??

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Re: National League Division Series, Game 2
« Reply #2203 on: October 05, 2014, 08:36:58 pm »
Yeah I was going to mention that with the cold, a lot of people likely relocated. I know my brother left his seat and moved to a warmer area.

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Re: National League Division Series, Game 2
« Reply #2204 on: October 05, 2014, 08:40:42 pm »
Absolutely right.  There were people packed into restrooms all over the 3/400s trying to stay warm, many with kids, who just couldn't bring themselves to leave but who were too frozen to stay in their seats. 

I'm as impervious to cold as any eskimo, and I was suffering badly by the 14th inning. 

There were thousands of people in the stadium who were lurking around away from their seats. 

 
Ah...what you don't see is the large number of fans who retreated from their seats and stood underneath the stands. A hard wind blowing from roughly the main gate toward the stands along the 1B line. Some concession stands closed by the 8th inning; others ran out of food. A couple of hot dog places had coffee, and lines about 50 or 100 deep. Then ran out of coffee cups.

Between innings, many people left their seats, and "the media" would have been free to tag them as giving up. However, that's when people went to the only warm places in the ballpark: the restrooms.

Further, there were many children...small kids, under 10...four-year olds (using grandpa-vision to guess their ages) and even younger.

We stuck with it until the final out. Escalators and walkways were jammed. I would guess about 25,000 fans lasted...very loyal, considering the temperature, the wind, and that the game lasted more than six hours. How many of those media experts reviewed it all from inside the Shirley Povich Media Center??

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Re: National League Division Series, Game 2
« Reply #2205 on: October 05, 2014, 08:46:22 pm »
So what you are saying is that we need a roof?

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Re: National League Division Series, Game 2
« Reply #2206 on: October 05, 2014, 08:54:09 pm »
Or people need to plan on 18 inning games in October. 
So what you are saying is that we need a roof?

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Re: National League Division Series, Game 2
« Reply #2207 on: October 05, 2014, 09:04:19 pm »
Dude, I was there too, and the fans who stayed really supported, but I just don't understand how someone who says they're a fan of this team can leave a close, critical game like that in the 8th, 9th or 10th and a ton did. I'd guess by the end there were maybe 20-25K still there.  It was cold, but it wasn't THAT cold, and that was one of those games 100,000 people would be claiming they stayed if the Nats would have pulled it out.  It's still an event driven fan base.

Do you bother to read other posts and respond or do you just like to repeat yourself over and over.

So I think I will just repeat myself too.

You are very wrong without your estimate of a half empty stadium. That is complete crap. I estimate at least 30k were there until the end.

People leave games because they have other obligations like babysitters, young children, pets, whatever. It doesn't make them less of a fan than you as you imply.

And it was unbelievably cold, especially if you were unprepared and sat in the upper decks.

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Re: National League Division Series, Game 2
« Reply #2208 on: October 05, 2014, 09:05:00 pm »
 Mark Zuckerman @ZuckermanCSN 

Re: half-empty ballpark. This is a 6-hour game. Temps in the 40s. Strong wind all night at RF upper deck. Unfortunate but understandable.

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Re: National League Division Series, Game 2
« Reply #2209 on: October 05, 2014, 09:07:32 pm »
I wasn't there

Than you have no effing idea what you're talking about.

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Re: National League Division Series, Game 2
« Reply #2210 on: October 05, 2014, 09:07:58 pm »
Than up have no effing idea what you're talking abou. 

BiL ham sandwiched.

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Re: National League Division Series, Game 2
« Reply #2211 on: October 05, 2014, 09:09:26 pm »
BiL ham sandwiched.

I do not even know what that means. But I like ham sandwiches if that helps.

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Re: National League Division Series, Game 2
« Reply #2212 on: October 05, 2014, 09:09:56 pm »
And it was unbelievably cold...

Cold, yes...in the 40's at midnight.  Unbelievably cold?  :hysterical:

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Re: National League Division Series, Game 2
« Reply #2213 on: October 05, 2014, 09:10:15 pm »
Yeah I was going to mention that with the cold, a lot of people likely relocated. I know my brother left his seat and moved to a warmer area.

I think they quit checking tickets, looked like quite a few folks relocated to the lower bowl...seemed like old times!

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Re: National League Division Series, Game 2
« Reply #2214 on: October 05, 2014, 09:11:09 pm »
I do not even know what that means. But I like ham sandwiches if that helps.

You're typing like you're hammered, drunk, inebriated.

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Re: National League Division Series, Game 2
« Reply #2215 on: October 05, 2014, 09:12:18 pm »
Cold, yes...in the 40's at midnight.  Unbelievably cold?  :hysterical:

Wtf, people were woefully underdressed because they did not think they were going to be there that long. Anyone who was there could see with their own eyes how uncomfortable most people were.

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Re: National League Division Series, Game 2
« Reply #2216 on: October 05, 2014, 09:12:39 pm »
Cold, yes...in the 40's at midnight.  Unbelievably cold?  :hysterical:

If you were fake though you'd think it was cold too.

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Re: National League Division Series, Game 2
« Reply #2217 on: October 05, 2014, 09:13:16 pm »
You're typing like you're hammered, drunk, inebriated.

Close. On my iPad. But after last night I probably should have gotten drunk all day today.

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Re: National League Division Series, Game 2
« Reply #2218 on: October 05, 2014, 09:13:37 pm »
Anyone who was there could see with their own eyes how uncomfortable most people were.

That's probably only the people that had to sit near you.  :stir:

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Re: National League Division Series, Game 2
« Reply #2219 on: October 05, 2014, 09:14:53 pm »
Wtf, people were woefully underdressed because they did not think they were going to be there that long. Anyone who was there could see with their own eyes how uncomfortable most people were.

My buddy who was with me was in shorts and a t-shirt. I grabbed my jacket when we left the car and he borrowed it in the second inning. We moved downstairs into the concourse once the game hit extras and stayed until the end.

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Re: National League Division Series, Game 2
« Reply #2220 on: October 05, 2014, 09:15:23 pm »
If you were fake though you'd think it was cold too.

I was very comfortable, thank you. But I could see other people really struggling.

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Re: National League Division Series, Game 2
« Reply #2221 on: October 05, 2014, 09:19:43 pm »
That's probably only the people that had to sit near you.  :stir:

Hell, at least I provide a lot of hot air.  :mg:

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Re: National League Division Series, Game 2
« Reply #2222 on: October 05, 2014, 09:22:08 pm »
Than you have no effing idea what you're talking about.

Alright what about Zucks tweet right above your post?  Sounds like he agrees there were many that left not just 'relocated'. 

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Re: National League Division Series, Game 2
« Reply #2223 on: October 05, 2014, 09:26:04 pm »
Wtf, people were woefully underdressed because they did not think they were going to be there that long. Anyone who was there could see with their own eyes how uncomfortable most people were.

Individual stupidity didn't change the temperature...check the weather and be prepared next time...it's no secret it was forecast to be in the 30's last night.

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Re: National League Division Series, Game 2
« Reply #2224 on: October 05, 2014, 09:26:22 pm »
Alright what about Zucks tweet right above your post?  Sounds like he agrees there were many that left not just 'relocated'. 

Of course many left.  No one is arguing that. The questions is how many (no way that stadium was half empty) and even so you can understand why (Zuk's real point) and it doesn't make them less than the super fan you are.  If you were there.