Well, the question I'll pose for the group is - How do you think it affects players over an 81 game home season to have little fan support and even have large contingents of visitor support? I believe it makes a difference. Maybe 1 game and maybe 5 games. But I believe it does count for something. Probably not more than 8 games. My guess is 3 or 4. But we'll never know.
________________________________ From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Tom Salemi Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2009 11:10 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: The Rays My time horizon is limited to this season. I couldn't care less if they lose Longoria in six or seven years. They did find the money to sign Burrell, so they ain't hurting. On Thu, Jan 8, 2009 at 11:08 AM, Beaudoin, John <[email protected]> wrote: My extrapolated point is that they do have a good team, but it's not sustainable because they don't have the market for it. They'll never be able to pay the money NY, Boston, and other cities can pay players. But, it is fun to root for the underdogs with low salaries sometimes. I liked the Minnesota Twins 1987 team. From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Tom Salemi Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2009 11:06 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: The Rays Good point. I didn't realize attendance was factored into the standings. On Thu, Jan 8, 2009 at 10:44 AM, Beaudoin, John <[email protected]> wrote: And just maybe they might possibly almost come close to marginally selling out a regular season game or two this year. ________________________________ From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Sent: Thu Jan 08 07:40:44 2009 Subject: The Rays In my humble opinion, the Rays signing of Pat Burrell has received far too little attention in these parts. For my money, the Rays remain the team to beat this season. Not only have they added a big bat (I had concerns that they might have signed Manny, but they've got players who most likely will have better seasons this year: Longoria, Upton, Pena (maybe.) They've got the same studs in the rotation and they're tossing in Price who was dominant at the tail end of the playoffs. I also think they still have a fairly deep farm system. McGee is injured, but they have some other parts. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Red Sox Citizens" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/redsoxcitizens?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
