A serious question..

[Rusch33]

Why do Cubs fans continue to go to games?

 

I understand our fanbase is strong, but why not make a stand and say enough is enough?

 

I'm just curious on why you people think people are still packing Wrigley Field?

[Mark Priors Calves]

bought tickets in february like me.

[Sammy Sofa]

Wrigley is an instiution. For better or for worse, the Field itself outshines the crap playing on it.

 

I'm leaning towards "for worse."

[rocket]

because i want to go

[CP_414]

It's still a good time to go to games. I hope Cub fans never stop going to games. It would only result in a lower payroll and a lower chance to win.

[hawkeyecub]

Not many people like to throw away the good amount of money they spent for tickets 5 months ago. It's easy to complain about it when you aren't the one who paid $100+ bucks or maybe planned a vacation with the Cubs game being a centerpiece.

 

What is to be gained by not going to games and "taking a stand" as you say? The problems aren't with the amount of money being spent. If we had ownership that wasn't willing to spend more than $50M of the money they're making (plus still employed the same incompetence) then that might make sense.

 

Another crazy idea is that people like baseball, like the Cubs and like going to Wrigley Field. I know I do even though I'm upset with the season.

 

Oh and frontrunners (bandwagon jumpers, fairweather fans) suck.

[Fred Hornkohl]

Why do Cubs fans continue to go to games?

 

I understand our fanbase is strong, but why not make a stand and say enough is enough?

 

I'm just curious on why you people think people are still packing Wrigley Field?

 

I've been going to ball games at Wrigley Field for 50 years now. Granted, it's more fun when we win, but I always enjoy the experience. Am I supposed to give that up so that somebody else can make a political statement ?? I don't think so.

[A New Era]

Well don't blame me.

 

I haven't gone to a game in almost 10 years.

[cubsjunky95]

Isn't that why we labeled the White Sox fans as bandwagoners, because they only started going to the games when the team was winning. For us to stop showing up because our team is bad would make us hypocrits.

[jjgman21]

my brother and others stiffed me on hundreds of dollars worth of tickets last year. made me not buy any tickets this year.

 

woohoo!

[Fred Hornkohl]

my brother and others stiffed me on hundreds of dollars worth of tickets last year. made me not buy any tickets this year.

 

woohoo!

 

Next time that happens, you just send me a PM, ok?

[jjgman21]

my brother and others stiffed me on hundreds of dollars worth of tickets last year. made me not buy any tickets this year.

 

woohoo!

 

Next time that happens, you just send me a PM, ok?

 

started threads everytime. had one taker for one ticket to one game when I had about 15 tickets for 4 or 5 different games.

 

will keep you in mind if I get excited about the 2007 team and take the plunge again.

[Outshined_One]

Is it me or have there been more fans of opposing teams in Wrigley this year than in the past few years?

 

Despite the attendance numbers, it's clear there's a rather significant gap between paid attendance and the turnstile attendance. Ratings are in the toilet and people are no-showing the games or scalping their tickets.

[ChiCubsFan]

I would agree with O_O that this year has been different. Many more empty seats around the park and many more fans of the opposition. I would guess this has to do with the fact that we have been out of the playoff picture for the past couple months and in years past the Cubs at least waited till August or Septemember to crush our hopes. That said, I sold a bunch of my tickets this year and even passed up front row tickets because I didn't feel like paying close to $120 for a pair of tickets to watch these guys. I still watch them when they are on and I'm home, but I don't find myself doing whatever it takes to get out of other commitments to watch Cubs baseball like I have the past few summers. Kind of depressing and really ruins my favorite part of summer.

[A New Era]

Isn't that why we labeled the White Sox fans as bandwagoners, because they only started going to the games when the team was winning. For us to stop showing up because our team is bad would make us hypocrits.

 

That wouldn't be me. Sure I used to "make fun" of them for that. Anyone remember this? http://cubstosox.ytmnd.com/

 

But you wouldn't find me complaining of all of a sudden wrigely was empty. That would FORCE some positive changes. And QUICK. That's for sure.

 

Sure the tickets might already be sold. But that would be a big red light for ownership. That they better get on the ball and improve this team IMMENSLY. Or there probably won't be any "sellouts" next year.

 

Which has me thinking. Tickets probably won't sell out near as fast next year, as this year. Because of the stink we are putting out there this year. And dammit that's great.

[Outshined_One]

I've been boycotting paying any money for this team since they picked up Jock Jones. I have not gone to any games at Wrigley, I have not bought any Cubs merchandise, and I've even gone so far as to not start any Game Threads this season!

 

I still watch them on TV, but I no longer get really excited about the games except when Z pitches. The 11 run inning fiasco on Sunday was high comedy, not painfully crushing.

 

It's so nice to be this cynical...

[BigbadB]

While it would be grand to see an empty stadium game after game, it's just not going to happen. If I bought season tickets, I certainly wouldn't just eat them if I decided to boycott games. I doubt any season ticket holder is going to just toss their tickets in the toilet.

 

Selling those seats to anyone and everyone that will buy them is a way to recover some of the lost money while not giving up your good seats.

 

If you just put season ticket holders in the seats on a given day, the place would look quite full, so there's likely a lot of them moving their tickets rather than painfully sitting in agony day after day.

 

Many fans got shut out on ticket sales day (or was it ticket hour?). There are a lot of people who want to get to Wrigley at least once a year that would buy tickets regardless of price.

 

If you are waiting for the time people quit going, you'll be waiting a long time.

[impaler_240]

No one has mentioned it, but a lot of the "fans" at Wrigley aren't even baseball fans at all, they are just professional twentysomethings looking to get drunk at a Cubs game because it's a "cool" thing to do. Nothing wrong with that, just that not everyone at the game really cares about the Cubs or baseball in general.

[Fred Hornkohl]

 

If you are waiting for the time people quit going, you'll be waiting a long time.

 

I'm not sure I agree with you here, although it's all a matter of degrees. I don't have any numbers to back this up, but I think you are already seeing a decline in the attendance on the rooftops. That's just my observation from the 3 games I've been to thus far. If this team continues to play as bad as it has for another 2 or 3 years, I believe you would see a very serious decline in attendance. It will never drop to the 700,000 level of the early 60's when we last played this poorly, but I think a drop from 3.1 million down to say 2.5 million would be huge. I certainly hope none of this comes to pass, as I don't think I could handle 2-3 more years of this level of play. I'm merely stating that it could happen.

[goonys evil twin]

No one has mentioned it, but a lot of the "fans" at Wrigley aren't even baseball fans at all, they are just professional twentysomethings looking to get drunk at a Cubs game because it's a "cool" thing to do. Nothing wrong with that, just that not everyone at the game really cares about the Cubs or baseball in general.

 

It's only been mentioned about a billion times over the years. And I'll just say the same thing I always do. I go to Shea and Yankee stadium a few times a year and you will see the exact same thing in those stadiums. And I bet you will see the same thing at many other venues, especially in bigger cities with large populations of young people.

[Chocolate Milk]

No one has mentioned it, but a lot of the "fans" at Wrigley aren't even baseball fans at all, they are just professional twentysomethings looking to get drunk at a Cubs game because it's a "cool" thing to do. Nothing wrong with that, just that not everyone at the game really cares about the Cubs or baseball in general.

 

This is a stupid and played out angle. Can we stop it with this already?

[jjgman21]

No one has mentioned it, but a lot of the "fans" at Wrigley aren't even baseball fans at all, they are just professional twentysomethings looking to get drunk at a Cubs game because it's a "cool" thing to do. Nothing wrong with that, just that not everyone at the game really cares about the Cubs or baseball in general.

 

professional twentysomethings looking to get druck are not necessarily going to games just because it's the cool thing to do. Wrigley fans are as knowledgable and involved in the game as any fans in baseball. if you're talking about the last three rows of and those standing in the bleachers, fine, but this generalization of Cubs fans is garbage.

 

you want a group going to baseball games because it's the "cool" thing to do, look six miles south of Wrigley.

[BigbadB]

I happen to agree with impaler. There are more casual fans out there than hard core fans. The casual fan isn't just there for the Cubs. He (she) is there to enjoy the atmosphere, the view, baseball, the crowd, etc....

 

There are probably more of those this year than ever before, as I believe many of the hard core fans are staying home.

 

Corporate box seats are becoming more and more popular each and every year. This is an avenue that ballparks have catered to of late. Most of your corporate seats will be filled with the cell phone talking, spun around in their seats and not aware that a game is going on fan.

[Jon]

Monday night's game had over 1,200 unsold seats. Last night's game had almost 800. Heck, the Sunday game against the Mets had roughly 1,000 tickets left.

[Chocolate Milk]

I happen to agree with impaler. There are more casual fans out there than hard core fans. The casual fan isn't just there for the Cubs. He (she) is there to enjoy the atmosphere, the view, baseball, the crowd, etc....

 

There are probably more of those this year than ever before, as I believe many of the hard core fans are staying home.

 

Corporate box seats are becoming more and more popular each and every year. This is an avenue that ballparks have catered to of late. Most of your corporate seats will be filled with the cell phone talking, spun around in their seats and not aware that a game is going on fan.

 

I'm sorry this is where perception has become reality. This stuff happens at every park. I've been to about 9 Cubs games this year and haven't run into too many "non-fans" just going to the game to drink and talk on their new fangled cell phones. Maybe the people there aren't big enough fans to post on message boards like this or know all the prospects in the system, but that they're fans all the same.

 

This condescending crap, especially coming from Cubs fans, makes me sick.