For the 2016 season, the Tampa Bay Rays ranked 13th among the 29 Major League Baseball teams that call the United States home, according to new data from Nielsen (via Shadow of the Stadium). That’s a good thing, but it is also a bad sign. During all the Rays’ struggles with […]
The Tampa Bay Rays have announced a freeze to some ticket prices for the next two seasons, but it comes with a catch and it is all a terrible sign. According to the Rays, season-ticket holders can now freeze the prices for their tickets for the 2017 and 2017 season […]
In what may be the biggest upset of the season for the 2016 Tampa Bay Rays, they are averaging 16,614 tickets distributed per game. Through 45 home dates, attendance is actually up 7.0% from a year ago. They are on pace to reach 1.33 million this season after attendance reached […]
Jake Odorizzi was a guest on MLB Network’s “High Heat” on Friday and, of course, attendance was brought up when he was asked how tough it is to play in front of such small crowds when the team is playing well. Instead of whining about how hard it is to […]
The Rays hosted their annual Fan Fest on Saturday and by all accounts everybody had a great time and the Rays raised nearly $70,000 for the Rays Baseball Foundation and ALS research. Unfortunately, it also gave us our first hint about attendance this season and it is not good. According […]
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The GBT - The Good, The Bad and The Telling sandwich, where The Bad is nice and lean and the The Telling is ripe. Orioles 4, RAYS 3 (boxscore) THE GOOD: Matt Moore is back! Hopefully. We need to see more, but he was definitely back for at least one […]
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The GBT - The Good, The Bad and The Telling sandwich, where The Bad is nice and lean and the The Telling is ripe. Twins 5, RAYS 3 (boxscore) THE GOOD: Always nice to see Evan Longoria go yard because it could be the start of another hot streak. On […]
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The GBT - The Good, The Bad and The Telling sandwich, where The Bad is nice and lean and the The Telling is ripe. Twins 11, RAYS 7 (boxscore) THE GOOD: James Loney took news of his suspension well, going 3-5, driving in 3. Kevin Kiermaier also added 3 hits. THE BAD: […]
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The GBT - The Good, The Bad and The Telling sandwich, where The Bad is nice and lean and the The Telling is ripe. RAYS 2, Braves 0 (boxscore) THE GOOD: Erasmo Ramirez got off to a shaky start but settled down nicely. After giving up 4 hits to the first 8 batters […]
The Rays finished dead-last in attendance last season at 1.45 million with just 17,857 tickets distributed per game, and with more than half of the home games in the books, it is clear things are a lot worse this year. Through 48 home games, the Rays are averaging just 14,730 fans per […]
