quote:Originally posted by hokieone:
Another truism about summer ball: league titles, playoffs, etc., are for the community and the fans. General Managers love playoff games because that means another night's gate to help pay the bills, but as for the players, 99.9% would just as soon play their last regular season game and go home.
It always fun to read the quotes in the paper as all these guys know what to say:"Thrilled to be in the playoffs", "Looking forward to a few more games", etc., but in reality they are all ready to go home for a little bit at the end of the summer. Our league has 44 regular season games and is in the playoffs and will be done in a few days, but some play upwards of 70 games and go well into August.
Wonder if cutting the season back a week would help? Wonder what day of the week is the least attended overall for the VBL? Wonder what it would be like if the VBL played 5 games a week?
Look for the Express competing for the regular season title next summer. IMHO, you guys were so close this year for a 1st year team.
Com'on it's time for someone to hit the lotto or something so the town can get new lights for the field, chk that, if the lotto is hit, go ahead and build a new stadium in God's country that is called Strasburg!
