Comments on: Beyond the Bottom Line http://planetnj.net/nats/?p=514 A fan's observations on the Washington Nationals, from across the virtual divide. Thu, 29 Dec 2011 00:31:32 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: StarJet http://planetnj.net/nats/?p=514&cpage=1#comment-406 StarJet Tue, 28 Sep 2010 18:41:00 +0000 http://planetnj.net/nats/?p=514#comment-406 I've been to Phillies games in many cities to include Washington, New York, Tampa, Colorado, and LA to name a few. At each location, I always see a large Phillies fan group attending the games. For the bad rap they get, Philadelphia fans support their teams and they have the right to do so. You don't see Philly fans crying about NY fans attending games in Philly. If you want your Nat's Park full its an easy thing to do support your team. Don't come up with reasons why you can't attend games, that's lame....just go to the games and cheer for all your worth. I’ve been to Phillies games in many cities to include Washington, New York, Tampa, Colorado, and LA to name a few. At each location, I always see a large Phillies fan group attending the games. For the bad rap they get, Philadelphia fans support their teams and they have the right to do so. You don’t see Philly fans crying about NY fans attending games in Philly. If you want your Nat’s Park full its an easy thing to do support your team. Don’t come up with reasons why you can’t attend games, that’s lame….just go to the games and cheer for all your worth.

]]> By: SteveRep44 http://planetnj.net/nats/?p=514&cpage=1#comment-405 SteveRep44 Tue, 28 Sep 2010 15:47:44 +0000 http://planetnj.net/nats/?p=514#comment-405 Why don't a majority of sports owners realize that 'winning' is the one experience most fans are interested in? 'Winning' is the motherlode of revenue streams as well. If you win, we'll show up and buy more stuff than you can possibly imagine. Why don’t a majority of sports owners realize that ‘winning’ is the one experience most fans are interested in?

‘Winning’ is the motherlode of revenue streams as well. If you win, we’ll show up and buy more stuff than you can possibly imagine.

]]> By: Jenn Jenson http://planetnj.net/nats/?p=514&cpage=1#comment-402 Jenn Jenson Tue, 28 Sep 2010 11:14:58 +0000 http://planetnj.net/nats/?p=514#comment-402 Thanks Wigi, Count me among the die-hard fans who stayed home on Monday. I had tickets to all 10 games of this homestand, but I'm also busy in my non-baseball life, had to skip one or two games, and chose Monday's game because the outcome was totally foreseeable. Not the loss--I support my team when it loses--but rather the experience. Phillies fans are what they are, but the Nationals organization has encouraged it. I've heard Stan say things to the effect that everyone is welcome in Nationals Park, but part of the converse of that is that sometimes I do not feel welcome. My ticket cost for Monday was a sunk cost. Why also go to ballpark and have a miserable experience? Does the organization care about the food I didn't buy at the park on Monday? Does it care that I didn't buy a single item in the team store this year because Stan Kasten didn't get it when I complained last year about ample Red Sox merchandise and scarce Nats merchandise for women and with Nationals player names and numbers? For me it can be a tough decision some nights, because I love the baseball and my ballpark friends. But I hate feeling like the organization that gets my thousands and thousands of dollars for tickets doesn't understand there is a limit somewhere. Jim Riggleman has been out there saying he is grateful for fan support. Has Mike been out there? (Mike has always been great in 1:1 interactions.) Stan probably would get heckled at this point because he's shown consistently with his behavior that Nationals fans aren't his first priority. What about the Lerners? My take on them is that it isn't the family personality to be public like, for example, the Capitals' Ted. But I think it's past time for owners and management to go out of their way to publicly show a little love for customers who are also Washington Nationals fans. Thanks Wigi, Count me among the die-hard fans who stayed home on Monday. I had tickets to all 10 games of this homestand, but I’m also busy in my non-baseball life, had to skip one or two games, and chose Monday’s game because the outcome was totally foreseeable.

Not the loss–I support my team when it loses–but rather the experience. Phillies fans are what they are, but the Nationals organization has encouraged it. I’ve heard Stan say things to the effect that everyone is welcome in Nationals Park, but part of the converse of that is that sometimes I do not feel welcome. My ticket cost for Monday was a sunk cost. Why also go to ballpark and have a miserable experience?

Does the organization care about the food I didn’t buy at the park on Monday? Does it care that I didn’t buy a single item in the team store this year because Stan Kasten didn’t get it when I complained last year about ample Red Sox merchandise and scarce Nats merchandise for women and with Nationals player names and numbers?

For me it can be a tough decision some nights, because I love the baseball and my ballpark friends. But I hate feeling like the organization that gets my thousands and thousands of dollars for tickets doesn’t understand there is a limit somewhere.

Jim Riggleman has been out there saying he is grateful for fan support. Has Mike been out there? (Mike has always been great in 1:1 interactions.) Stan probably would get heckled at this point because he’s shown consistently with his behavior that Nationals fans aren’t his first priority. What about the Lerners? My take on them is that it isn’t the family personality to be public like, for example, the Capitals’ Ted. But I think it’s past time for owners and management to go out of their way to publicly show a little love for customers who are also Washington Nationals fans.

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