An attempt to complain about low pre-game attendance for Game 2 of the St. Louis Cardinals-Atlanta Braves National League Division Series didn’t work out too well for Terence Moore in the end, largely thanks to the photo he included. Moore, a long-time Atlanta Journal-Constitution writer who also wrote for AOL FanHouse, has been featured on various programs by ESPN and other networks, and currently appears on Atlanta ABC affiliate WSB-TV’s “Sports Zone” on Sunday nights, had quite the take on pre-game attendance Friday:
Yikes! It’s 25minutes before #NLDS Game 2 @SunTrustPark in ATL, and after yesterday‘s packed house, #Braves fans already have bailed after losing Game 1. @WSBTVsports #STLvsATL pic.twitter.com/Rn8rrEkz9Z
— Terence Moore (@TMooreSports) October 4, 2019
The problem there? While Moore’s tweet was sent approximately 25 minutes before the first pitch, that photo shows a scoreboard clock indicating 51 minutes to first pitch. And a whole lot of people pointed that out to him:
“25 minutes” pic.twitter.com/mH1XJiPV2a
— Grant Tootle (@tootlegrant) October 4, 2019
Are u drunk pic.twitter.com/I4v6DmhQ31
— Victor Chill (@harringtoncir_) October 4, 2019
One of these pictures actually has a countdown to first pitch that says OVER 50 minutes. It must be easier being a clown. Lazy. @Braves #Braves #ChopOn pic.twitter.com/kNipgI8T7o
— Cole Cason (@cole_cason) October 4, 2019
“Braves fans already have bailed” would be a bad enough take for attendance figures at a game held during the day on Friday (first pitch was at 4:37 p.m. Eastern) even if it involved photos taken when the game was starting. But Moore managed to make this worse still by taking early photos and then promoting them as not-as-early photos. He hasn’t yet responded to Twitter criticisms on this, but it’s certainly something that doesn’t make him look great.
[Photo from @tootlegrant on Twitter]
