The unbalanced interleague schedules are admittedly pretty retarded. I have no idea why the Tigers have played the Rockies in 7 of the past 8 seasons, and this year it gives us a small advantage.

That said, we come to KC in the following series, which is shaping up to be a huge one.

Good luck and go AL Central.

Would hope the Royals could draw more than the pathetic 23k for Greinke yesterday. Seriously – 25k for a lousy T-shirt giveaway on Tuesday, and only 23k to see what arguably might be one of the premier pitching seasons of this generation?

Only mitigating factor is that the Glass ownership years have driven the fanbase down so far, that NOTHING short of making the playoffs will turn up the fan interest to where it should be. (and that, of course, won’t impact the attendance until the next season).

By the way, Royals season ticket base is now down to 8,500 from last year’s 9,200 figure. I would try to find out what it was in the 70s and 80s, but I ate a large lunch and would prefer not having to clean my monitor.

Yes, 23k was a good crowd for a Thursday afternoon – but I honestly expected a bigger Greinke “bump” than that.

By the way, when comparing weekday night games vs day games, at least prior to school being out, I would bet they are attended about equally.

I think the point I was trying to make was that Wednesday night, with no giveaways, drew 19k, so the t-shirt giveaway sorta brought in an extra 6k, while Greinke pitching brought in only about 4k extra.

Let’s agree to follow this phenomenom as the season goes on. I’m not saying there isn’t a Greinke bump – just that it is arguably WAY too small, IMHO.

There is at least a chance that we are witnessing something truly historic this season – I would think people would be falling all over themselves to see him pitch. Perhaps that will happen if we reach the All Star Break and his ERA is still lower than, say 1.25?

but I remember a Saberhagen vs Ryan weekday day game selling out with the majority of the tickets sold as walkups. Granted, this had the appeal of a “passing the torch” game at the time, etc. – but neither Saberhagen or Ryan EVER posted a season as impressive as Greinke is on pace to post this year.

but if we lose all 6, then win the next 8, they won’t seem so important. I hate giving too much importance to April/May games. We’re 9-10 this month. If we put up a .500 May, we’re in good shape, but even if we’re a game or two under, we aren’t done. If we’re 9-19, then we’re probably done.