Why have I lost interest in baseball?

mutineer10 · 07-19-2012, 01:15 PM

Originally Posted by Srgt. Hulka

Plus these high contracts, and the bajillion dollar stadiums has priced a trip to the ballpark out of the hands to the ordinary people, the true fans. If I wanted to take my family to go see a Saints game this season, it would cost me around $2000 just for a weekend to New Orleans...WTF? Now that Brees has a hundred trillion dollar contract, that price is probably going to be higher. I would love nothing more than to take my wife and kids to a game, but I doubt that I will ever get too. Just cant swing that kind of money, all for a three hour game.

A constant gripe of mine, too. Heck, I LIVE down here & it costs several hundred dollars for just the wife & I to catch a game. All while I can enjoy my flatscreen, my comfy couch, my reasonably-priced beer, etc. here at home. I'd love to have season tickets, to catch every game live, but let's face it ... the working man was priced out of the stadium a long time ago.

Baseball games are a little more reasonable (at least the Astros games are), but still outrageous when you consider they hold 80+ home games per year.

07-19-2012, 01:15 PM	#16
mutineer10 Site Donor Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Baton Rouge, LA Posts: 1,739	Originally Posted by Srgt. Hulka Plus these high contracts, and the bajillion dollar stadiums has priced a trip to the ballpark out of the hands to the ordinary people, the true fans. If I wanted to take my family to go see a Saints game this season, it would cost me around $2000 just for a weekend to New Orleans...WTF? Now that Brees has a hundred trillion dollar contract, that price is probably going to be higher. I would love nothing more than to take my wife and kids to a game, but I doubt that I will ever get too. Just cant swing that kind of money, all for a three hour game. A constant gripe of mine, too. Heck, I LIVE down here & it costs several hundred dollars for just the wife & I to catch a game. All while I can enjoy my flatscreen, my comfy couch, my reasonably-priced beer, etc. here at home. I'd love to have season tickets, to catch every game live, but let's face it ... the working man was priced out of the stadium a long time ago. Baseball games are a little more reasonable (at least the Astros games are), but still outrageous when you consider they hold 80+ home games per year.