Can Temperature Predict MLB Baseball Attendance?
Can temperature predict MLB baseball attendance and what weather conditions could bring the biggest crowds in 2021? The answer depends more on the calendar than you might think, especially in this reopening year when potential ticket sales should gradually approach full capacity in some ballparks! Some time ago, I looked at attendance averages from the […]
Ballpark Directions – Beyond GPS
If I had talked about ballpark directions twenty-five years ago, the reader would have been thinking in terms of learning the route to the stadium. The directions to the ballpark to which I refer here relate to the layout or orientation of stadiums with respect to points on the compass. This is so important that […]
Three Lessons from Opening Week
2021 Season Off to a Good Start History doesn’t always repeat in baseball, but it often rhymes. There were three lessons from the opening week of the 2021 season that really should come as no surprise. It seems we re-learn these lessons every season! Playing in the Cold is Challenging The first lesson from opening […]
Weather Outlook for Start to the 2021 MLB Season
Some Teams Have a Big Adjustment to Make The weather outlook for the start to the 2021 MLB season shows that some major league teams have a big adjustment to make as they head north. Baseball teams leave the frigid north in mid-February to train in pleasantly warm conditions and then sometimes flee the increasing […]
Five Questions to Answer for New Baseball Fans
What five questions would you answer for new baseball fans to understand the game quickly? As the world re-opens from COVID many people may be looking for new experiences and activities. It would be great if some of them became new baseball fans! How would you explain the game to someone for whom it was […]
Five Tips for Baseball Fans to Avoid Waiting in Line
Arrive at the Game Earlier (or Later) Baseball fans can avoid waiting in line by taking advantage of the fact that stadium gates usually will open about ninety minutes before the start of the game. A real motivator to arrive early is when the team is giving away a novelty or commemorative item because supplies […]
Get Your Tickets — Multiple Leagues Good for Midwestern Fans
What is a baseball fan to do with tickets being sold for only 20 to 30 percent of the seats in most Major League stadiums for the start of the 2021 season? If you are patient, these ticket percentages are almost certain to rise as the pandemic recedes during the late spring and summer. For […]
Single Time Zone but Varying Weather for American Association Teams
The 12-team American Association of Professional Baseball (AAPB) on-field talent consists of former major league and former minor league players and undrafted college players. As the map below shows, the six Northern Division teams include three in the Chicagoland metroplex, Milwaukee, Fargo, and Winnipeg. The Southern division teams include four members along the I-29 corridor […]
Three Helps to Savor the Long Days — Northwoods League Weather
Recently, I’ve been taking you on a tour of minor leagues that play in the northern parts of the Nation, with an eye on the types of weather seen in April and May. I have demonstrated that AAA teams in the Northeast may well benefit from a delayed start to the baseball season while Pacific […]
Spring Weather Tour – Northwest League
In an earlier article, I looked at the benefits of “missing out” on chilly April weather (and in turn enjoying games into mild September) in the northeast United States for a 2021 baseball season delayed by pandemic realities. I gave weather details from last year when there was no spring baseball — using the April […]