No doubt being terrible hurts attendance. I also think there are a lot of fans who still want to follow the team but can't. I think that affects attendance also, maybe i'm wrong. I know that the night before Rox/Thunder game 6 tickets were still available. Maybe they would have been anyway, i'm no marketing expert. Sure seems like fans being able to follow the team would affect those things.
http://www.rantsports.com/mlb/2013/05/11/houston-astros-made-wrong-decision-by-starting-erik-bedard/ Just why are we starting Bedard?
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>Dominguez, Mike Trout and Edwin Encarnacion are the only major leaguers who can say they have hit 2 HRs in their careers vs. Darvish.</p>— Jose de Jesus Ortiz (@OrtizKicks) <a href="https://twitter.com/OrtizKicks/status/333385272999952384">May 12, 2013</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>One of the greatest mysteries of baseball will be how did Philip Humber ever throw a perfect game?</p>— Mike Peasley (@PeasESPN) <a href="https://twitter.com/PeasESPN/status/333386708987019264">May 12, 2013</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>Ranger fans, with jerseys and everything,sitting in the owner's seats is shameful. <a href="https://twitter.com/search/%23Astros">#Astros</a></p>— Sean Pendergast (@SeanCablinasian) <a href="https://twitter.com/SeanCablinasian/status/333387079465705472">May 12, 2013</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
I'm sure the Marlins organization would love it if he did. The Cuban lefty Rodon paired with the Cuban righty Fernandez. That would be a nasty front of the rotation for them.
I want Rodon, but Beede, Cederoth, Nola, Trea Turner, and others will all be big time prospects in next year's draft. I don't want to obsess too much over one guy when the draft class next year is really strong at the top.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>Oh, like you're going to tell this guy he can't bring in Hector Ambriz <a href="http://t.co/MoQu6qLwvI" title="http://twitter.com/AstrosCounty/status/332891608498466817/photo/1">twitter.com/AstrosCounty/s…</a></p>— Astros County (@AstrosCounty) <a href="https://twitter.com/AstrosCounty/status/332891608498466817">May 10, 2013</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
