Running 2023-24 Hot Stove Thread

[Hermes]

(Whispers)

Chili's are actually not bad for a chain restaurant.

 

[swingline]

(Telepathy)

Shut your wart mouth.

 

[MTM]

Don't worry Dodgers fans, Ohtani's signing won't affect ticket prices. From the LAT

BY BILL SHAIKIN
STAFF WRITER

So you'd like to grab a Shohei Ohtani bobblehead from the Dodgers?

You don't need a good seat. The Dodgers have the most seats to sell of any team in the major leagues. And Ohtani's first Dodger Stadium bobblehead night is on a Thursday in May, against the Cincinnati Reds — not on a weekend, not during the summer, and not against a team that draws well.

How much for you and a friend?

As of Monday, the minimum cost for two tickets and one parking pass on the Dodgers' website, $305.10, including fees. The price for each seat, located on the reserve level, adjacent to the right-field foul pole: $121.

Ticket prices are driven by supply and demand, so for now the Dodgers believe the demand for Ohtani supports those prices. The Dodgers, like many teams, constantly adjust prices up and down to reflect demand.

The Dodgers have a second Ohtani bobblehead night scheduled in August. The minimum price for that night, as of Monday: $96.

What kind of demand do the Dodgers anticipate for their other announced bobblehead giveaways? Here is the minimum price for each one, as of Monday, and keep in mind the opponent, day of week, and time of game all can influence pricing:

$78: Freddie Freeman
$61: Yoshinobu Yamamoto
$60: Brusdar Graterol
$51: Mookie Betts, Walker Buehler, Tyler Glasnow
$44: Sandy Koufax, Will Smith
$39: Dusty Baker, Jason Heyward
$35: Matt Kemp, Bobby Miller

 

[Della9250]

Everybody knows promotional items are usually for the worst games.

There's a reason why when the Yankees visit there's never a giveaway. You do it against the A's on a Monday night

Also, there's a special place in heck for the person who invented dynamic pricing

 

[MTM]

Everybody knows promotional items are usually for the worst games.

There's a reason why when the Yankees visit there's never a giveaway. You do it against the A's on a Monday night

Also, there's a special place in heck for the person who invented dynamic pricing

One of my biggest beefs with dynamic pricing on promotional nights is that not every fan gets the item. The Dodgers will give an item to say the first 40,000 fans. So if it's a sellout, the other 16,000 paid a premium price for nothing.

 

[Della9250]

One of my biggest beefs with dynamic pricing on promotional nights is that not every fan gets the item. The Dodgers will give an item to say the first 40,000 fans. So if it's a sellout, the other 16,000 paid a premium price for nothing.

Which of course is the other issue -- why not just make sure anyone who attends gets an item. I've never understood that either.

 

[justgladtobehere]

Don't worry Dodgers fans, Ohtani's signing won't affect ticket prices. From the LAT

BY BILL SHAIKIN
STAFF WRITER

So you'd like to grab a Shohei Ohtani bobblehead from the Dodgers?

You don't need a good seat. The Dodgers have the most seats to sell of any team in the major leagues. And Ohtani's first Dodger Stadium bobblehead night is on a Thursday in May, against the Cincinnati Reds — not on a weekend, not during the summer, and not against a team that draws well.

How much for you and a friend?

As of Monday, the minimum cost for two tickets and one parking pass on the Dodgers' website, $305.10, including fees. The price for each seat, located on the reserve level, adjacent to the right-field foul pole: $121.

Ticket prices are driven by supply and demand, so for now the Dodgers believe the demand for Ohtani supports those prices. The Dodgers, like many teams, constantly adjust prices up and down to reflect demand.

The Dodgers have a second Ohtani bobblehead night scheduled in August. The minimum price for that night, as of Monday: $96.

What kind of demand do the Dodgers anticipate for their other announced bobblehead giveaways? Here is the minimum price for each one, as of Monday, and keep in mind the opponent, day of week, and time of game all can influence pricing:

$78: Freddie Freeman
$61: Yoshinobu Yamamoto
$60: Brusdar Graterol
$51: Mookie Betts, Walker Buehler, Tyler Glasnow
$44: Sandy Koufax, Will Smith
$39: Dusty Baker, Jason Heyward
$35: Matt Kemp, Bobby Miller

The teams costs don't affect what fans are willing to pay.

And dynamic pricing is good.

 

[TheSportsPredictor]

No love lost:

Taylor Michell Coleman on Instagram: "#vincecoleman #stlouiscardinals #stlcards #barstoolsports #baseball #halloffame #fyp #trending #viral #absentfather #fatherdaughter #father #deadbeat #singlemom #raisedbyasinglemom"

 

[qtlaw]

No love lost:

Taylor Michell Coleman on Instagram: "#vincecoleman #stlouiscardinals #stlcards #barstoolsports #baseball #halloffame #fyp #trending #viral #absentfather #fatherdaughter #father #deadbeat #singlemom #raisedbyasinglemom"

Yikes!! Could always pretend you're Gary Coleman's daughter instead??? [ducking..]

 

[Guy_Incognito]

IDK if this is true for other teams, but just about all of the best Yankee giveaways, (including nearly all bobbleheads that my son wants to collect) are on Friday night. Anyone know why?

 

[swingline]

Make your nut on Friday allows you to not be as worried about the gate the rest of the weekend. Not that the Yankees have to worry about that.

 

[Neutral Corner]

(Whispers)

Chili's are actually not bad for a chain restaurant.

Chili's in Houston during the 1980's was a pretty damn good Tex-Mex place. Chili's now, in Birmingham, is somewhere between not very good and plain awful.