***Official 2024/2025 KC Royals Offseason Thread***

[BWillie]

Originally Posted by GabyKeepsMeWarm

Then go watch the Savanah Bananas. That seems like it would be right up your alley. Lemme guess, big fan of the Harlem Globetrotters? Let’s bring back midgets. How about steroid Saturdays? Dime beer Wednesdays? Instead of Disco demolition, we’ll have Diddy demolition. Aluminum bats. Full contact baseball. Nude Mondays. Fans on the field Fridays. Don’t see a pitch to your liking? **** it, make em keep throwing til you get one you like. It’s raining? Who cares, rain is part of nature. Play ball! Just make a mockery of all of it, you know, cause baseball sucks.

I agree. Those themed days get people to the ballpark. Attending baseball games is different than most sports. 90% of the people there dont even know or care what is going on at the game. It isnt about winning or losing.

Notice how in the last decade or more teams have focused on ancillary things to get people to the ball park. Gimmicks. Concession food is much better. Craft and draft is nice. The outfield experience at Kaufman is great because it gives kids something to do instead of sitting watching the boredom for 9 innings. Gives them a nice break. More of this stuff even a full fledged BBQ restaurant, pool, HR Derby for adults, interactive seating experiences, photo ops and things like that will get people to the ballpark.

For the at home TV crowd that is where metal bats come in. People like dingers. Nobody wants to watch strikeouts and 1-0 baseball. Do things that will increase scoring, batted balls in play, and excitement. Make it easier to steal. Banning the shift to some degree was a great improvement as well. Baseball is intrinsically a boring sport. These recent changes have been great and need to keep the momentum.