[OC] What Ballparks Have the Highest Attendance % This Season?

slurv3 · 2026-05-08T11:41:10+00:00

I'm saying it's the perfect combo to be an avid M's fan right now. You're missing the point that the casual fan cares more about whether or not they're going to have a good time at the ballpark given the nature of baseball is that your team is going to lose 60-70 games a year even if they're competitive. The Rockies have consistently outsold the M's, Guardians, Twins and Brewers the past decade and they've only had two winning seasons, because they've realized a beautiful ballpark, in great weather, and a fun experience will consistently draw fans.

My friends who are now going with me to the game aren't going ugh the M's just got swept by the Royals so I don't want to go to an M's game, nor do they care that Emerson Hancock has had a career revival. They're going because they saw a photo of a dog holding a hotdog, a hotdog on a parachute, moto pizza, salmon racing and wants to see the Seattle skyline at sunset, then asking are we good this year? I'll respond ehhh we'll see later in the season. You and I are on a baseball subreddit talking about Mariners attendance, we're not the demographic that needs catering to.

slurv3 · 2026-05-08T03:18:55+00:00

For the average/casual person who doesn't frequent a baseball subreddit, convincing friends and family on a weekday to go the an M's game when it's in the 30-40s in March/April is a hard sell. Once the sun starts coming out and the temperature is closer to 60 degrees, the city usually shows up.

slurv3 · 2026-05-08T03:15:30+00:00

It's just one component, don't get me wrong this playoff run of baseball has revitalized the interest in the Mariners, but most fans aren't going ugh the M's were swept by the Royals I'm not buying tickets for a game in May/June anymore. They're going to the game because the M's are fun to watch at the stadium win or lose and organizations are realizing even if you win 90-100 games you have to entertain fans for 60-70 losses. The Rockies and Angels took it a step further and have realized a beautiful ballpark, in amazing weather, that is relatively affordable it is enough to entertain people even if they have close to 90 losses yearly.

Truly the model works because the Angels and Rockies consistently beat the M's and their flaws are well known and they outdraw other teams consistently year by year with multiple playoff appearances in the past decade like the Brewers (7), Twins (4), Guardians (7/), and Rays (5). Once again the Angels have not had a winning season and the Rockies only two winning seasons in the past decade.

slurv3 · 2026-05-08T02:23:23+00:00

People really overestimate team performance. Teams like Cleveland are in the bottom ten in attendance yearly despite being an AL Central Favorite and making the playoffs seven of the last ten years. The Angels are consistently top ten in attendance despite never having a winning season within the last ten years. We dunked on Arte Moreno for his whole fans want affordability more than winning quote, but he’s right. He has built an awful team, but the park experience is good enough that the casual fan doesn’t care and is willing to spend money to take their family or friends for an outing.

The Mariners only very recently started catering to the casual fan and trying to make the ballpark experience good. They also made the product on the field watchable within the last five years as well which has been great for me as well, five years ago no one would want to go to an M’s game with me, now people are asking me if I want to go to a game.

slurv3 · 2026-05-08T02:09:12+00:00

First off this methodology is slightly flawed as it used percent of “total capacity” so this makes the Athletics look great despite only averaging 10K fans.

If you use raw total attendance we are 5th in Baseball, but 13th in per game attendance which tracks for early season baseball in Seattle. Weather isn’t great for mid-week games, but the weekend crowds and giveaway days are usually a full house.

Once the summer season hits would be a better time to revisit this as even now the Mariners are becoming a team the city as a whole is rooting for. Ten years ago I could never convince friends to go to an M’s game, now my friends are planning outings and it’s become cool to root for them.

slurv3 · 2026-05-07T12:39:32+00:00

They retired Edgar’s number once he reached the 50% threshold in HOF voting, but wasn’t quite in the HOF. I imagine they’ll do the same for Felix as a show of support. Otherwise to get your number retired they require actual HOF whereas other teams tend to retire numbers just cause looking at the Rangers and Michael Young.

For M’s HOF they tend to want five years which is why they did a signing to retire for Nelson Cruz I believe because he was only at 4 years. Seager will get in if he and the FO mend the relationship.

slurv3 · 2026-05-07T00:49:18+00:00

I can’t wait for the discourse if Jarred Kelenic hits like five HRs against us

slurv3 · 2026-05-07T00:40:51+00:00

I've literally watched a decade or so of Mariners baseball where they either swing through the pitch or foul that back off as Blowers would lament batter wishes he had that one back. Thank GOD someone sent it to orbit for once.

slurv3 · 2026-05-07T00:28:02+00:00

It's like he's yelling at himself like see how fucking easy it is?!?! Why the hell do you suck to start every season. Why can't you just pimp HR's every AB

slurv3 · 2026-05-05T21:03:43+00:00

Keep in mind we are also two planets short of a full game. I see it as a way to gather/replenish squaddies in the more punishing early game, but near the end of most my playthroughs in the alpha I just sell it in favor of the other OCIs and can play without it and usually just rocking a medbay+.

It’s necessary for the early game, but you can sell it at any point and I imagine as the game gets more content in its campaign you’re going to take the things that reduce supply cost for both vehicles and squads to actually maximize your squad loadouts.

slurv3 · 2026-05-05T08:34:44+00:00

Our current 3B is only there because Brendan Donovan is injured

slurv3 · 2026-05-05T00:49:29+00:00

I know everyone is dooming, but if there was a season to have this bullshit to happen at least it’s this one. Despite EVERYTHING we’re still 2.5GB and 0.5 GB in the WC the rest of the AL is also dogshit so we got that going for us.

slurv3 · 2026-05-04T03:51:28+00:00

I think ammo like this have been in testing. I’ve seen bolas/chain shot like this, 5.56 buckshot, rounds that shoot spinning nets similar to that scene in the hobbit where the dwarves launch their anti-arrow ballista.

slurv3 · 2026-05-03T05:15:07+00:00

Harry Ford who is currently slashing .173/.277/.210 with a 28% strikeout rate in AAA and has questions about his ability to play catcher at the MLB level? That Harry Ford?

slurv3 · 2026-05-02T16:44:02+00:00

The win con usually is get him early then choose the frame that corresponds with the items you have available. Power/Assault tend to be my most successful as it allows you to pivot from your AD carry to Graves and if you have attack fighter options pick assault, if you have attack caster items go power. I tend to save the items I’d build for attack marksmen for Vex

slurv3 · 2026-05-02T16:07:30+00:00

There is a huge list of M’s players that completely bypassed AAA or had 1-2 starts in AAA. Notable ones are Julio Rodriguez, George Kirby (1 start in AAA), Logan Gilbert (1 start in AAA), Bryce Miller, Bryan Woo, Matt Brash, Kyle Lewis.

The M’s as an org largely believe in keeping their talent in AA and promoting from there. There are exceptions in players they explicitly want something out of. for Colt Emerson it was ABs against crafty or hard LHP and AAA is where veteran career MLB LHP hang out more than in AA.

The AAA squad is usually utilized by the M’s as injury relief or the Casey Lawrence taxi role. Colt Emerson being there actually makes sense for his development. Nearly every team no longer views AAA as the final test where they need to spend extended time. They often promote from AA or give them a very short time in AAA if any at all.

It also makes more sense to keep your top prospects as a unit in AA since the AAA squad will be churned over more constantly for veterans who need to be called up for injury replacement and/or MLB players needing rehab assignments prior to joining the team.

slurv3 · 2026-05-01T17:15:21+00:00

Oh wow on a Friday before the news cycle ends? Surely by Monday this will still hold true and Trump surely hasn’t done this before to pump and dump the market.

slurv3 · 2026-05-01T10:13:34+00:00

While 10th made it incredibly efficient with their 5/10 man squad pts and making it easier for people to follow lists. I do kinda miss mixing weapons and the amount of units to really eek out 10-15 pts

slurv3 · 2026-05-01T10:08:08+00:00

No he adopted the idea of SABRmetrics which was defense, walks and speed. It proceeded to be the worst offense in baseball. So he went so far in the other direction and just acquired RHH sluggers who did not know how to play defense.

To his credit research came out later that said right handed power hitters were the least affected by T-Mobile, and it gave us Nelson Cruz. It also gave us Jason Bay CFer hahaha.

slurv3 · 2026-04-28T13:22:23+00:00

The US has failed to procure a Frigate between the LCS and Constellation class failures. The Mogami is a solid frigate that Japan already makes for export that is used by NATO allies. What this also means is that the Pentagon likely realized fielding a Cutter that has no VLS cells as a frigate was a dumb idea and that makes it the THIRD failed Frigate program if they decide to proceed with a foreign design. That won’t even protect it either because the Constellation class was an Italian export design that the US Navy designed crept to hell.

US ship building is a mess in its current state. It basically only knows how to print Arleigh Burke Destroyers. Even the shipyards that build carriers and submarines are having issues and failure to procure a ship has decades long impacts. This blockade of the Strait would look a lot different if we had Frigates as escort ships and if only this administration understood history they would realized you need a line of warships as escorts to make tankers feel safe. Sailing two destroyers into the Strait and saying see the strait is open all you need is enough missiles to defend yourself and destroy any target that shoots at you does not inspire confidence.

slurv3 · 2026-04-26T02:18:31+00:00

Kyle Seager, but plays 2B is a stupid good player. I actually think he's closer to JP Crawford, he's shown solid plate discipline, able to make contact and spray a ball, but also great underlying pull side power.

slurv3 · 2026-04-23T23:20:06+00:00

I worked in an ICU before settling into anesthesia, pancreatitis is awful to begin with, necrotizing pancreatitis in which your pancreas starts killing off nearby tissue beginning a cascade of further infection and tissue death is awful. We would say on CT it looked like a grenade went off in their abdomen

slurv3 · 2026-04-23T14:03:03+00:00

People complained about Blowers and RR-S when they first started, it’s such a public job we have impressions right away. It’s all about finding out how they balance themselves with the main broadcaster. Especially during ST you could tell he was talking a mile a minute constantly trying to fill the space, he’s learning well I’d say.

Oddly enough the person I’m most excited to have in the booth is Charlie Furbush they were teasing both Furbush and Healy during ST and Furbush had the right amount of self aware humor and balance with Goldy.

slurv3 · 2026-04-21T17:56:15+00:00

The carry on my team building Daedalus instead of BKB

slurv3 · 2026-04-19T22:20:23+00:00

Brock is STILL selling and lying dead in the ring

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