Thursday, May 01, 2008

ESPN Readers Agree: Silence Is Golden

A few weeks ago we proposed a throwback night at Dodger Stadium: no pre-recorded music, just the P.A. announcer and Nancy Bea Hefley's organ music. But we wondered, were we alone in this wish?

Not entirely. ESPN's Page 2 is running a poll regarding fans' noise level preferences at games (participate here), and the following results are telling:

1) Would you like to attend a major league game where the only noise is a P.A. announcer?

58.9% Yes
41.1% No

2) What do you think of song clips used to introduce a batter?

40.4% Like it
37.0% Doesn't bother me, but I'd rather talk to my friends
22.6% Don't like it

3) What do you think of music that is blared throughout a major league game?

75.4% Stop, please
24.6% Keep it coming, baseball needs a little more energy
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Total Votes: 14,061

To summarize: Most people don't mind the P.A. announcer. Most people would rather not hear canned player introduction music. And most people don't like canned music between innings.

We rest our case.

1 comments:

StolenMonkey86 said...

"What do you think of music that is blared throughout a major league game?"

This is what's known as a biased question.