Los Angeles, Los Cabos, San Fran Series Loom

The Looters have been riding high this season currently sitting at a 30-12 record which is easily their best record at this point of the season in franchise history.  However, a lot of the national media is still discounting this team due to what they claim is soft competition early on.  Said columnist Petra Gammond, "They've only played 4 series against teams with at least a .500 record.  One of which includes St. Louis that just reached .500 this week.  In those games they're only 6-6, meaning they've gone 24-6 against sub .500 competition.  This upcoming series against the NL West leading Los Angeles Bruins will be telling as it begins a tough stretch of play."

True, this team has been feasting on bad competition including 8-0 vs Jacksonville, 5-2 vs Orlando, and 5-1 vs Cleveland who combine for only 44 win, but a good team is supposed to beat teams like this handily and so far this year, they have.  This team has also proven an ability to play with the team picked to win the league by pundits winning a series on the road vs the Hendersonville Hitmen.  However, to close out May, they will take on Los Angeles (road, 26-14), New York (road, 12-28), San Francisco (home, 21-20), Orlando (home, 19-22), and Los Cabos (road, 25-14).  The swing through the NL West will show a bit more about this team as Los Angeles and Los Cabos are closely bunched at the top of the division, and whoever loses out will likely be prime competition for the wild card berth that the Looters currently lead by 3.5 games on Los Cabos.

Also of note is the rise in attendance in New Orleans.  Currently through 19 home games, the Looters have seen 742,798 fans come through their turnstiles.  This is good enough for a 76.3% improvement upon last year total attendance of 1,796,165 which was a record since the franchise moved to New Orleans.  Current pace has the Looters on pace to blow out their inaugural season record of 2,411,336 in Somerton.  Current pace has the Looters set to welcome 3,166,665 fans through the turnstiles this year which would be a huge boon to their bottom line.  Last year, the Looters primarily relied on road gates to buoy their total $39M haul.  However, just a quarter into the season, the Looters have already made $13.3M in gate revenue and show no signs of slowing down.  If they can continue at this pace, they'll be able to significantly raise their payroll in 2016 from what is currently the 4th lowest budget in the BSA.