Troy Queef posted:

They don’t even have to look too far to see a team that is by and large successful with that strategy: the Cardinals have made “win 85-90 games, maybe make the playoffs as a WC, and have 3 million fans+boffo business at Ballpark Village” into an art form over the past 4-5 years

(This year has seen the limitations of that strategy, as even after St Louis allowed full capacity they can’t draw more than 30-35k on even a Friday night because nobody wants to watch a deeply mediocre team with Jake Woodford in its rotation. Even though this may be Waino and Yadi’s last dance, too.)