Slap Shot ED wrote:
man of few opinions wrote:
from a fan-comfort point-of-view, what is the difference between being cold at an early-season cubs or sox game, and being cold at a late-season bears game? cold is cold, no matter if it is in the spring or the winter. i dont hear people complain too much about being cold at bears games.
I'll give you a couple points of view. First, I don't go to Bears games in the Winter or cold months as it's a pain in the ass to even go to a Bears game period but like you , Id rather spend the money on the Sunday ticket and enjoy all the games in the comfort of my Hall of fame room with friends and family and not have to deal with the parking and the asshole fans who attend Bears games.
Secondly, I don't want to spend a half a tank of gas to get to the ball park and have it called after 3 innings because of cold , rain or Snow and have it rescheduled for a Monday afternoon game which they did last year. Baseball is to be played in warm weather conditions and it does effect players and pitchers . Also , baseball can run up to 3 or 4 hours depending on the climate as with Bears games you get 60 minutes of football and you go home.
Id' rather sit at a Bears game in 25 degrees and Snow then sit out at todays Sox game which has 38 degrees and a steady rain and 27 MPH winds. Bears have plenty of no shows at shitty weather games as well.
i agree with almost everything you said. i am talking strictly about cold weather, naturally you arent going to want to go sit in the rain to watch a baseball game, especially in the cold.
a pro football game is 3 hours. and average baseball game is slightly above that probably. the time difference isnt that different. you could always run into extra innings or overtime, so either could go longer.
i would never go to a game where the weather could possibly be this cool anyway. i live very far outside of chicago, so it is a big deal to get tickets and get in there, so im only interested in the summer/early fall games(unless of course the cubs are in the playoffs).