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Edgy DC Nov 23 2009 02:58 PM

Mets possibly returning to Hiram Bithorn: http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseb ... _rico.html Back in the olden days, when the collapsing Expos used HB as its second home park, the Mets were a big deal because they had the highest profile --- though no longer the best --- Puerto Rican star, in Roberto Alomar. Now, Beltran (and possibly a returning Delgado) has got to make the Mets a favorite opponent for a Florida team desperate for a way to draw a crowd. The problem with that thinking is that the Mets were probably the best draw the Marlins had anyhow.

metirish Nov 24 2009 06:33 AM Re: San Juan

IIRC some of the games at Hiram Bithorn Stadium didn't sell out and after a while the novelty of MLB was gone.

MFS62 Nov 24 2009 07:20 AM Re: San Juan

I'd like the opening shot of the telecast to be the statue of Roberto Clemente outside the stadium. Later

Edgy DC Nov 24 2009 07:27 AM Re: San Juan

[quote="metirish":1xnz8aab]IIRC some of the games at Hiram Bithorn Stadium didn't sell out and after a while the novelty of MLB was gone.[/quote:1xnz8aab] No, but still outsold the Big O, probably. And may outsell a Miami stadium on death row. Jeffrey Loria, the owner who gets kicked to Puerto Rico.

metirish Nov 24 2009 07:29 AM Re: San Juan

I'm trying to figure out if the Puerto Rico Baseball League season is on now, I'd like to go see a game at Hiram Bithorn while I'm there.(dec.29- jan. 12) That's true about ticket sales in San Juan versus sales in Montreal. EDIT Looks like the season started 11/12

Frayed Knot Nov 24 2009 08:10 AM Re: San Juan

The problem with games in PR is that they can't really charge ML prices for the seats, which means that unless they're drawing a lot more people into the stadium it's tough to make it work money-wise. So, yeah, while they can probably improve on Florida's attendance with a short slate of games there, they'd be doing so by robbing what are likely their best attendance games to start with, not to mention pissing off a lot of FLA-based Met fans to boot.