OT: Bucs, Rays & Other Florida Sports Teams Thread

[berlin]

Steinbrenner isn't gonna work unless you tear the whole thing down and renovate directly at the site. You might have better luck taking down the four adjacent fields directly south of Raymond James and building there. Granted, I don't know if that's a park where kids play ball or anything else like that. But at any rate $800 million for a tiny ass stadium is absurd. Build an open air field already. Nearly every game with the exception of Sunday games is at night and its not like it rains every night. It's hotter than God knows what to do with until fall. If the Bucs can suck it up on the afternoons so can the Rays.

This is why I don’t attend more Bucs games, well that and cause they suck. Seriously though it is WAY too freakin hot even at night.

 

[These Are The Days]

This is why I don’t attend more Bucs games, well that and cause they suck. Seriously though it is WAY too freakin hot even at night.

Heat I can deal with but not a lousy product from lousy owners who care more about Man United. I won't be going to a game til the team is sold. At least Sternberg has actually somewhat tried

 

[Hoek]

Yeah I've been to soccer games at Ray Jay at night and still left sweaty as hell. Rowdies games at Al Lang are slightly better with the sea breeze but still a bit hot, particularly in the first half when the sun is still up.

 

[berlin]

Heat I can deal with but not a lousy product from lousy owners who care more about Man United. I won't be going to a game til the team is sold. At least Sternberg has actually somewhat tried

The only thing the Glazers do wrong is hire the wrong people. I mean they always spend to the cap they just make poor hiring decisions.

 

[LTIR Trickery]

We used to go to a game a month. It's a pain in the rear to get there from Ballast Point. Have you seen Gandy lately? It's a nightmare. Here's a problem as well...fans need favorite players to identify with long term. You aren't going to build a fanbase by rotating guys in and out every year.

The sport is dying btw. The fans are getting older and older and no one is replacing them. MLB knows this, hence, the reason they are trying to speed up games.

"But this American tradition faces a serious problem: Baseball has the oldest fan base of any major sport, and there is a basic dissonance between the concentration and long attention span baseball demands and the habits of younger generations raised to expect action to be a click away.

Although it is difficult to make direct year-to-year comparisons because of the increase in viewing on digital devices, the trend over the past decade is clear in numerous studies, including the venerable Nielsen ratings. The average age of those who watch nationally televised Major League Baseball games rose from 52 years old in 2000 to 57 in 2016. (The average age of National Basketball Association viewers is around 42.) Asked in one survey whether they followed baseball or not, nearly two-thirds of those from 18 through 35 said no."

I apologize if my posts came off a little "rough". My bad.

Always love that excuse, it's the younger generations fault! How dare kids not get excited watching Jon Lester take five f***ing hours to throw seven innings and waddle his fat ass off the mound. MLB is run by old white dudes who still think it's 1950.

 

[T REX]

Always love that excuse, it's the younger generations fault! How dare kids not get excited watching Jon Lester take five ****ing hours to throw seven innings and waddle his fat ass off the mound. MLB is run by old white dudes who still think it's 1950.

It's a huge problem that they are slowly trying to fix but baseball traditionalists are fighting, Change or die.

 

[LTIR Trickery]

Exactly. I love the sport, but it's boring as f*** and games run too long.

 

[OurlordAndSaviorKuch]

Only team I will sit in the heat for two hours is the Gators. Lol

 

[Stormbreaker]

 

[LTIR Trickery]

Bucs GM Jason Licht signed to an extension

Trash ass franchise doing trash ass things.

 

[These Are The Days]

Bucs GM Jason Licht signed to an extension

Trash ass franchise doing trash ass things.

And Canucks fans whine that THEY have it bad with Benning getting extended. 11 years and counting since a playoff appearance, 17 years since our last win. Lol f***ing whiners

 

[Stormbreaker]

Bucs GM Jason Licht signed to an extension

Trash ass franchise doing trash ass things.

27-53 record

 

[J T Money]

Nobody cares about the Rays because of shitty ownership - yet they're playing rather well.

Everybody cares about the Bucs, yet they have shitty ownership and a shitty product.

REALLY makes me appreciate all that Vinik has done with the Lightning over the last few years. Complete 180 from those other jokers.

 

[LTIR Trickery]

27-53 record

TWO DRAFTED KICKERS. TWO.

 

[Hoek]

Yeah but the important thing is the coach really likes him.

 

[These Are The Days]

TWO DRAFTED KICKERS. TWO.

Three head coaches. Four last place finishes in the division. All in five years. I swear to God we could do a "twelve days of Christmas" for Jason Licht's ineptitude thus far

 

[Hoek]

XFL team names and logos announced

So generic. Go Vipers I guess. Just win and they will do well enough I think.

 

[Hoek]

 

[berlin]

But we don’t have Vipers, at least we’re not called the Dragons.

 

[Hoek]

But we don’t have Vipers, at least we’re not called the Dragons.

We have rattlesnakes, which are a type of pit viper.

 

[berlin]

We have rattlesnakes, which are a type of pit viper.

Ah ok I did not know that.

 

[These Are The Days]

I can get behind it sorta. Green and yellow is great for me though because it's Rowdies and Bulls colors too. At worst I like the colors if I don't end up liking the XFL product. I would have liked a Shark name most like Hammerheads or Threshers (yeah I know we have the baseball team) but it's because that is about as Tampa as it gets other than Pirates and Lightning. Gimme some aqua, black, white with and little hints of purple or orange accents and you've got a winner.

Oh well. Can't be worse than the Bucs can they.

 

[These Are The Days]

This is gonna be a LONG football season. At least the Rays are liable to be bad ass next year and make the playoffs this year. Not expecting any miracles because our bullpen is gonna be dead by October but hey it's been a damn good year. Meadows is the truth

 

[Master P]

This is gonna be a LONG football season. At least the Rays are liable to be bad ass next year and make the playoffs this year. Not expecting any miracles because our bullpen is gonna be dead by October but hey it's been a damn good year. Meadows is the truth

That O-line is an absolute disgrace.

 

[Stormbreaker]

That O-line is an absolute disgrace.

3/5 of them are getting 10+ million dollars it's a cruel joke. Jameis might die out there this year.