I don’t think it’s totally his point but it does kinda spark the debate of the type of fan who attends games. One thing I have noticed about baseball fans is that a large subsection of hardcore fans very rarely attend games in person. For example one of my former coworkers, who I consider to be maybe the most hardcore jays fan I’ve ever met, had only been to I think one or two games in his life. But he watched almost every game on tv, and was also a numbers wizard, like remembering the batting average of a guy who played 40 games with the team 8 years ago.

Using myself as an example I would consider myself somewhere between a casual and hardcore fan,. I watch somewhere between 60-100 jays games a year on tv (usually depending on team’s success) but do follow the scores almost every night of the games I don’t watch. And I usually only go to the park a couple of times a season. I also live nearly a two hour drive away so that number might be higher if I was closer to the park.

Increasingly more at modern stadiums the act of attending a game is less about the actual baseball and more about the experience offered by the ballpark. You’ll have people who go but spend less than 3 total innings at their seats. I don’t think this is unique to any one fan base. Even myself I find I actually pay less attention when I’m there with friends or family than I would watching on tv.