These tickets are sold, and that is the problem. Almost the entire stadium is season-ticket holders. They just aren’t showing up or they are staying in the stadium clubs.

Mike Krukow did a great hit on KNBR Monday morning theorizing on the increase in blisters relating to the machine wrapping of balls compared to hand wrapping. Automation of making baseballs makes them more consistent, seams are lower as designed, less variation. Lower seams change the release point and require more…