Rained out
The Wild Things' game tonight (Thursday, July 3) against the Midwest Sliders has been rained out. It will be made up when the Sliders return to Washington in August (15-17).
With rain in the forecast for Thursday night, and the Sliders having to travel to Travese City, Mich., for a game Friday, the decision to postpone was made late Thursday afternoon.
With rain in the forecast for Thursday night, and the Sliders having to travel to Travese City, Mich., for a game Friday, the decision to postpone was made late Thursday afternoon.
posted by Chris Dugan at
2:28 PM
5 Comments:
Good for the Wild Things management.
They called the game early enough so people could have alternate plans. This is probably only the second or third time they called a game early and did not collect parking charges. Remember, you get a rain check to another game, but the $3.00 parking (highest in the Frontier League) is pure profit to the management and you have to pay a second $3.00 when you use the tickets.
Thriftyone,
You REALLY have to get over the parking fee. You don’t want the Wild Things to completely tank do you?
It won’t be too long before you will want them not to open the concession stands before a game they know darn well that they are NOT going to play. Then they would lose all that money. They know that the longer they can hold you at the park, the more bored you will become. Then the more bored you become well, the more you eat and drink. They ARE going to get your money so you really should not be so cheap. Go ahead – spend all you’ve got, then go home and think about how much you just love the Wild Things.
BTW: Doesn’t it just frost your rear end the way there are ‘tip jars’ all over the place? You go to a concession stand – stand in a long line – get served whatever you ordered by some surly kid with a bad attitude, and then they expect you to leave something in the tip jar? Gee whiz just think about this, one slice of pizza $4.50 and a bottle of water $3, and then they keep your parking fee. Now let us start to add this all up – so far $10.50, or thereabouts give or take. The best part is that you haven’t seen one pitch yet. Then the employees have the moxie to leave a subtle hint (the ‘tip jar’) that you should put a little something in their pockets also. Well, what the Hell, they learn for their bosses I suppose. I always thought that a ‘tip’ was something earned not something that you hinted for, you know, that big ol’ ‘tip jar’!
Anyway you haven’t seen any action yet on the field, not even a bat boy. You go to your seat to await the start of a game that will not be played and guess what? An usher has taken a moment off from bullying some kids for God know what and has told somebody that it is okay to sit in your seat!!! You ask that person to move and he gets really upset with you, “I was told I could sit here” he declares – very indignant that you would ask for your own seat, you know the one that you paid for. To top this off, you haven’t even had any fun yet at the old ball yard. After a while it is starting to get a bit on the cool side so you go to buy a cup of coffee. When you to get to the concession stand they tell you they are out of, now get this – not coffee but coffee cups. They have now been open of over an hour and just now realize they have NO COFFEE CUPS!! After waiting over 5 minutes for them to get some you pay for your coffee. You are smart enough to ignore the ‘tip jar’ (I hope).Now you can add another $1.50 to the total spent for the evening - $12. Just as you arrive back at you seat the announcement is made by big mouth DiFabio that tonights game has been cancelled, of course he really meant to say ‘postponed’.
So Thriftyone just look at it this way. You went to the ballpark, spent all the spare change you had. You got to smell all the trucks running up and down I-70. The WT got all the money you had to spend and they didn’t even have to send the team out on the field – talk about good management! I just positive they cried all the way to the bank! The good news is – you didn’t have to listen to Dutch screaming into the microphone all night!
The Frontier League – “Where baseball careers go to die!’ I love that quote!
BYW: The above IS a true story. It actually happened just the way I wrote it. IT WON’T HAPPEN TO ME AGAIN!
I have heard rumors from a couple of Wild Things employees that, if attendence continues to decline, the management will permanemtly lay off some employees and drop ticket prices. Does anyone know about this? Is is just talk?
Anonymous,
You are right. I complain too much about the parking. The tip jars really tee me off. The tip jars are a bigger issue than parking. I am surprised the parking lot attendents who collect the $3.00 don't have a tip jar. It would'nt surprise me that soon there will be a tip jar in the restrooms.
As far as laying off and reducing ticket prices, I have heard nothing, put the promotion this home stand of 2 reserved seat tickets, 2 hot dogs and 2 soft drinks (not including tips) is in essence a reduction of prices.
I might even leave a quarter more tip if the concession line is short and if the young kids do a good job.
ok so to anonymous that responded to thrityone. You have NO idea what its like. you get paid under minimum wadge but yet you still ahve to pay for gas and bills and you live 45 mins. away im sure you would have a tip cup also. Also did you ever SEE how long those lines get for the connsesion stands??? guess so since you were complaining about him. Imaging 3 quarters of the ppl in taht line getting coffea. and then they run out of cups oops s**t happends deal with it! and the tip cups arnt a priority! they are an option! so dont complain about it..its not your concern. You complain about the old ushers the young workers. wtf. just get over yourself if you dont like the stuff so much then dont go to the games and dont buy food..idk wat to tell you.
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