》 QUESTION : How many of YOU watched////listened to the --》2022《-- Cleveland GUARDIANS ? THE 2022 AL CENTRAL CHAMPS !

[mjp28]

    》  Just curious question,  how many of you watched////listened to the --》2022《--  Cleveland GUARDIANS   -and-    by how much ?  TODAY'S GAME  IS GAME 22   Sunday May 1st, that's 13.6% of the season so far.

A.  I  watch or listen to almost every game.

B.  Tune into most games when I have time. 

C.  Eh, maybe 50/50 when I have time. 

D.  Almost never.

E.  Do not watch Cleveland or any MLB.  

Thank you for your input. 

I can tell you  being retired I've watched all or part of every  Cleveland Guardians game this year.  And d'uh I kind of run this TRIBE Forum and have followed Indians baseball for decades now.  It kind of comes easy for me now, I also listen to the TRIBE when I'm in the car.

TRUE story I was out with my then fiancee in my truck... May 15, 1981... some 40+ years ago, we had the Indians game on the radio.  Well through about 4 innings  it was a good game and we were headed to her house.   Got in and turned on the TV,  I was planning on having dinner there with her parents.  Then it was getting real interesting  !

It was Len Barker's perfect game.  You never know what you will see any day watching baseball or any sporting event.     

[mjp28]

The above question is about viewership which in many ways is linked to attendance, you know butts in seats.

A lot of it of course  is about how successful the team is on the field.   People like winners it's that simple,  the more a team wins the higher the viewership and attendance. 

The last time the Clevland Indians  led the AL in attendance was 1999 and 2000 right after that hot decade  of the 1990s.   The last time before that was 1948 they only had 8 teams in the  AL the last year they won the World Series.   That surprised me too !

Well let's go back over the last 40 years and check it out for ourselves. 

For more see :     https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/CLE/attend.shtml

Franchise Attendance, Stadiums and more.

Year	Tm	Lg	W	L	Finish	Playoffs	Attendance	Attend/G	Rank	Est. Payroll	PPF	BPF	Stadium
2022	Cleveland Guardians	AL Central	10	12	2		73,817	12,303	15th of 15	$64,060,000	100	101	Progressive Field
2021	Cleveland Indians	AL Central	80	82	2		1,114,368	13,758	10th of 15	$50,425,500	100	101	Progressive Field
2020	Cleveland Indians	AL Central	35	25	3	Lost ALWC (2-0)			4th of 15	$101,991,668	100	101	Progressive Field
2019	Cleveland Indians	AL Central	93	69	2		1,738,642	21,465	9th of 15	$151,257,783	102	104	Progressive Field
2018	Cleveland Indians	AL Central	91	71	1	Lost ALDS (3-0)	1,926,701	23,786	9th of 15	$143,375,233	101	103	Progressive Field
2017	Cleveland Indians	AL Central	102	60	1	Lost ALDS (3-2)	2,048,138	25,286	11th of 15	$114,427,167	104	106	Progressive Field
2016	Cleveland Indians	AL Central	94	67	1	Lost WS (4-3)	1,591,667	19,650	13th of 15	$94,511,067	107	109	Progressive Field
2015	Cleveland Indians	AL Central	81	80	3		1,388,905	17,361	14th of 15	$59,163,766	107	107	Progressive Field
2014	Cleveland Indians	AL Central	85	77	3		1,437,393	17,746	15th of 15	$73,509,399	102	103	Progressive Field
2013	Cleveland Indians	AL Central	92	70	2	Lost ALWC (1-0)	1,572,926	19,419	14th of 15	$87,342,433	95	95	Progressive Field
2012	Cleveland Indians	AL Central	68	94	4		1,603,596	19,797	13th of 14	$78,911,300	95	94	Progressive Field
2011	Cleveland Indians	AL Central	80	82	2		1,840,835	22,726	9th of 14	$49,426,566	96	94	Progressive Field
2010	Cleveland Indians	AL Central	69	93	4		1,391,644	17,181	14th of 14	$61,203,966	95	94	Progressive Field
2009	Cleveland Indians	AL Central	65	97	4		1,766,242	21,805	13th of 14	$85,224,866	95	95	Progressive Field
2008	Cleveland Indians	AL Central	81	81	3		2,169,760	26,787	9th of 14	$78,970,066	97	98	Progressive Field
2007	Cleveland Indians	AL Central	96	66	1	Lost ALCS (4-3)	2,275,912	28,449	10th of 14	$61,673,267	100	101	Jacobs Field, Miller Park
2006	Cleveland Indians	AL Central	78	84	4		1,997,995	24,667	11th of 14	$56,031,500	98	99	Jacobs Field
2005	Cleveland Indians	AL Central	93	69	2		2,013,763	24,861	12th of 14	$41,502,500	96	96	Jacobs Field
2004	Cleveland Indians	AL Central	80	82	3		1,814,401	22,400	12th of 14	$34,319,300	94	94	Jacobs Field
2003	Cleveland Indians	AL Central	68	94	4		1,730,002	21,358	12th of 14	$48,584,834	97	96	Jacobs Field
Year	Tm	Lg	W	L	Finish	Playoffs	Attendance	Attend/G	Rank	Est. Payroll	PPF	BPF	Stadium
2002	Cleveland Indians	AL Central	74	88	3		2,616,940	32,308	5th of 14	$78,909,449	98	97	Jacobs Field
2001	Cleveland Indians	AL Central	91	71	1	Lost ALDS (3-2)	3,175,523	39,694	3rd of 14	$93,360,001	100	100	Jacobs Field
2000	Cleveland Indians	AL Central	90	72	2		3,456,278	42,670	1st of 14	$76,972,271	100	101	Jacobs Field
1999	Cleveland Indians	AL Central	97	65	1	Lost ALDS (3-2)	3,468,456	42,820	1st of 14	$73,679,962	102	103	Jacobs Field
1998	Cleveland Indians	AL Central	89	73	1	Lost ALCS (4-2)	3,467,299	42,806	2nd of 14	$61,718,166	102	103	Jacobs Field
1997	Cleveland Indians	AL Central	86	75	1	Lost WS (4-3)	3,404,750	42,034	2nd of 14	$56,802,460	102	103	Jacobs Field
1996	Cleveland Indians	AL Central	99	62	1	Lost ALDS (3-1)	3,318,174	41,477	2nd of 14	$48,216,360	97	99	Jacobs Field
1995	Cleveland Indians	AL Central	100	44	1	Lost WS (4-2)	2,842,745	39,483	2nd of 14	$38,057,835	99	101	Jacobs Field
1994	Cleveland Indians	AL Central	66	47	2		1,995,174	39,121	4th of 14	$30,490,500	97	98	Jacobs Field
1993	Cleveland Indians	AL East	76	86	6		2,177,908	26,888	7th of 14	$18,561,000	100	100	Cleveland Stadium
1992	Cleveland Indians	AL East	76	86	4		1,224,094	15,112	14th of 14	$9,373,044	99	98	Cleveland Stadium
1991	Cleveland Indians	AL East	57	105	7		1,051,863	12,828	14th of 14	$17,635,000	102	101	Cleveland Stadium
1990	Cleveland Indians	AL East	77	85	4		1,225,240	15,126	14th of 14	$15,208,000	100	99	Cleveland Stadium
1989	Cleveland Indians	AL East	73	89	6		1,285,542	15,871	13th of 14	$9,894,500	102	101	Cleveland Stadium
1988	Cleveland Indians	AL East	78	84	6		1,411,610	17,427	12th of 14	$9,261,500	103	102	Cleveland Stadium
1987	Cleveland Indians	AL East	61	101	7		1,077,898	13,307	14th of 14	$9,033,750	101	100	Cleveland Stadium
1986	Cleveland Indians	AL East	84	78	5		1,471,805	18,170	9th of 14	$7,809,500	99	98	Cleveland Stadium
1985	Cleveland Indians	AL East	60	102	7		655,181	8,089	14th of 14	$6,551,666	100	99	Cleveland Stadium
1984	Cleveland Indians	AL East	75	87	6		734,079	9,063	14th of 14		103	102	Cleveland Stadium
1983	Cleveland Indians	AL East	70	92	7		768,941	9,493	14th of 14		105	104	Cleveland Stadium

 

 

[mjp28]

We are coming up on Games 26 & 27 a Saturday May 7 a traditional DH  first pitch is at 2:10 pm EDST.  

I've still seen all or part of all 25 so far,  Guardians (12-13) still a young and coming together team. Remember Tito's teams have always been second half teams, hopefully the best is still yet to come.  A few close games so far only 15% done in now.

Have you seen or listened to any tribe baseball yet ?  

[FairHooker11]

 love baseball and the Tribe and Ive lived away from Cleveland most of my life.

up until the internet - you had to pay up for cable or dish or whatever swindle they pitched...

I will watch if its free or  will pay for tickets when the Tribe comes to town to destroy the twinks...

Ive been a transistor radio kid since the late 60's and understand the economics of it all - TV revenues etc

today I use MLB .com for game info - video replay (free)   

but still feel like pro sports in general has left us cheapskates behind. 

 

 

 

 

[mjp28]

4 hours ago, FairHooker11 said:

...... I will watch if its free or  will pay for tickets when the Tribe comes to town to destroy the twinks...

Ive been a transistor radio kid since the late 60's and understand the economics of it all - TV revenues etc

.........but still feel like pro sports in general has left us cheapskates behind. 

 

Oh yes, I got a Summit  8 transistor radio with case and strap that I'd put on my bed post  -and-  a 9v power supply for my 13th birthday in 1963.  I used it every evening and night time the internet of its time.  I was into amateur radio since about 1962 to about 1970 so amateur and AM radio was a big part of my early life.   In the evenings and overnight you could catch "the skip" and get amateur and AM radio from far away.

In the car you could catch baseball from all over, I remember listening to the TRIBE on WKBN in Youngstown coming home from Florida and St Louis coming back from Pittsburgh one evening. 

On AM from Niles Ohio there was WLS Chicago and WBZ Boston as my favorites.  My first real DX on amateur radio was F9EP a fellow amateur from France on the 15 meter band, I had a 65 foot tower 15 and 2 meter bands you could work all over the USA and worldwide 🌍 on 15M, plus I had good 80, 40, 20 meter antennas for those bands.

Radio was the internet back then.

 

[FairHooker11]

I know there are alot of baseball fans who may have just lost interest in the game for one reason or another.

And then there are those of us who follow the Tribe through thick and thin ( alot of thin..)

I wanted to be a player and felt i had legitimate skills to do so - but life happens and things changed for me...

I rarely (really never)  look at todays baseball players and admire them as I had as a youngster,

when the players were older and times were simpler.

But watching the game is more like a sense memory of those great years past.

A few years back, I met Jack Hannahan  who lives in StPaul - but was the 3rd baseman for the Indians for a while.

he was friendly and shared some stories, one in particular about Miguel Cabrerra (detroit) who plays "better" when hungover..

I had the chance to utter a few words (in return to the effect) of It must be great to live the dream as a baseball player.  To which he said yes it is! 

 

[DieHardBrownsFan1]

I used to play little league in Brookside Park (next to the zoo) when I was a little kid.  Used to take the bus 10 cents from Storer ave and W47th to downtown and walk to the stadium.  Things were different then, and cheap even for a kid.    They had Cement benches that went all the way up to Denison Ave.  Minor league ball used to play there which you could watch for free.

[mjp28]

2 hours ago, DieHardBrownsFan1 said:

I used to play little league in Brookside Park (next to the zoo) when I was a little kid.  Used to take the bus 10 cents from Storer ave and W47th to downtown and walk to the stadium.  Things were different then, and cheap even for a kid.    They had Cement benches that went all the way up to Denison Ave.  Minor league ball used to play there which you could watch for free.

★ Different but probably a whole lot better than maybe any time in our country's history. 

The winning of WWII over Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan the other 20th century and beyond the exemption. 

Forming of our Republic as the guiding light.

[mjp28]

On 5/1/2022 at 10:05 PM, mjp28 said:

    》  Just curious question,  how many of you watch or listen to the 2022 Cleveland GUARDIANS     -and-    by how much ?  TODAY'S GAME  IS GAME 22   Sunday May 1st, that's 13.6% of the season so far.

A.  I  watch or listen to almost every game.

B.  Tune into most games when I have time. 

C.  Eh, maybe 50/50 when I have time. 

D.  Almost never.

E.  Do not watch Cleveland or any MLB.  

Thank you for your input. 

I can tell you  being retired I've watched all or part of every  Cleveland Guardians game this year.  And d'uh I kind of run this TRIBE Forum and have followed Indians baseball for decades now.  It kind of comes easy for me now, I also listen to the TRIBE when I'm in the car.

TRUE story I was out with my then fiancee in my truck... May 15, 1981... some 40+ years ago, we had the Indians game on the radio.  Well through about 4 innings  it was a good game and we were headed to her house.   Got in and turned on the TV,  I was planning on having dinner there with her parents.  Then it was getting real interesting  !

It was Len Barker's perfect game.  You never know what you will see any day watching baseball or any sporting event.     

Wednesday July 6th after the game. 

Coming up to the 2022 All Star Break do you watch the Cleveland Guardians any more  the same or less.

This young Guardians team is playing at a 40 /40  .500  pace with the season half over and in second place in the AL Central.   

Personally I think they're doing pretty well  a)l things considered.   How about you  ?   And I'm still an A,  I've only missed all or part of  ONE games this season.....no kidding.         Game number 81 coming up.

[mjp28]

~       Same question for the 2023 Cleveland Guardians  team.   Some starting pitching problems   -plus-  finishing  DEAD LAST in anyone who could actually hit the ball over the fence.

Looking forward to  the 2024 season  should be better than 2023 ...... that's easy.  Wait until we see what comes rolling out of the Spring Training. 

- GO 2024 Cleveland GUARDIANS-      ● Until then GO BROWNS  ! ●