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  1. 11-19-2009, 04:38 PM #46
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    Re: Yanks Don't Buy Championships

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    Dodgers fans have the reputation of only caring about the team when things are going well, and maybe not even then. Perhaps this is undeserved...but if the fans don't come to see the team when it is not doing well, then the ticket revenue is not there to rebuild the team with. Also, I doubt that the Dodgers could get their own TV station in LA, but I could be wrong on that too.
    Miz, every team's fans have that reputation. Check out the Yankees attendance figures in the 1980's despite their "Tradition of Excellence" or their brand. Fans are fickle. Fans don't care about the brand or the traditions, they just want rings.
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    Re: Yanks Don't Buy Championships

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    Miz, every team's fans have that reputation. Check out the Yankees attendance figures in the 1980's despite their "Tradition of Excellence" or their brand. Fans are fickle. Fans don't care about the brand or the traditions, they just want rings.
    Understood...but only Dodgers fans (to my knowledge, only) have the reputation of arriving late and leaving early, even when the team and the game are good.
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    Re: Yanks Don't Buy Championships

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    Understood...but only Dodgers fans (to my knowledge, only) have the reputation of arriving late and leaving early, even when the team and the game are good.
    True dat.
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