Attendance ar Nationals games is so very white ....

[Anonymous]

I mean, game after game, streams of fans--almost all of whom are white--at these games. Is there outreach to minority communities? What's going on here--only rich people can afford tickets and parking? It bothers me.

[Anonymous]

Who cares?

[Anonymous]

The number of African American players has decreased. We should all care about that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I mean, game after game, streams of fans--almost all of whom are white--at these games. Is there outreach to minority communities? What's going on here--only rich people can afford tickets and parking? It bothers me.

What about some outreach to poor whites, as well? Or in your narrow world, are whites automatically rich?

[Anonymous]

Baseball is an expensive game to play as a child. It requires specialized field space and equipment and organization to field 2 teams to play against each other. Compare that to basketball, which really only requires a ball and hoop and can be played 1 on 1 or with full teams. Baseball hasn't been a popular urban sport in years.

Have you ridden the green line out to a game? Navy yard is like last call for white people on the trains. It's kind of funny.

[Anonymous]

Sports in the US = white coaches ordering minority players around on a field or court or whatever. Why would a Black person want to watch that??

[Anonymous]

I noticed the local soccer fields are full of families who are very brown! So what, to each his own. People overthink things.

[Anonymous]

It's this way for all baseball games. The nats aren't special

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Sports in the US = white coaches ordering minority players around on a field or court or whatever. Why would a Black person want to watch that??

You sound like a racist. Are you?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I mean, game after game, streams of fans--almost all of whom are white--at these games. Is there outreach to minority communities? What's going on here--only rich people can afford tickets and parking? It bothers me.

What about some outreach to poor whites, as well? Or in your narrow world, are whites automatically rich?

The ones I see there appear to be doing well. Others are yelling sexist taunts.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Baseball is an expensive game to play as a child. It requires specialized field space and equipment and organization to field 2 teams to play against each other. Compare that to basketball, which really only requires a ball and hoop and can be played 1 on 1 or with full teams. Baseball hasn't been a popular urban sport in years.

Have you ridden the green line out to a game? Navy yard is like last call for white people on the trains. It's kind of funny.

Last call for small plates and craft beer!

[Anonymous]

Nats tickets are cheap compared to about every other major league sport. You can easily get tickets for $30, compared to $75+ for a Redskins game.

It's not a money issue.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Nats tickets are cheap compared to about every other major league sport. You can easily get tickets for $30, compared to $75+ for a Redskins game.

It's not a money issue.

The cheap seats are less than optimal. Parking? Food and drink costs? Inability to get leave to spend four plus hours at a day game, maybe.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Sports in the US = white coaches ordering minority players around on a field or court or whatever. Why would a Black person want to watch that??

I guess you aren't a Nats fan and know who Dusty Baker is.

[Anonymous]

Baseball games are boring, just like other white sports such as golf.