Not a big baseball fan. I am a Giants fan (since I was a kid) who also likes the "A's" as the other "local" team and the Cards (wife has family in Missouri so they are another team I support). However I can't name more than a few players on the Giants team (The Freak, Buster, Pence, etc.), and that is more than I could likely name on any other team. I enjoy going to River Cats games more than carting my behind to the Bay area for an MLB game; for convenience and price more than anything else (while I enjoy MLB games in person, it's too much trouble to go to the Bay Area for my 3rd/4th favorite sport). I enjoy going to a game much more than watching one on TV. I don't watch baseball on TV unless it is the Giants or A's in the PO, and even then it is more likely I will find something more interesting to do because baseball on TV frequently bores me.
I enjoy watching my son play more than any of the above.
That being said, I hope they change affiliation to the Giants. I would like the local team to be the affiliates of the team I am a fan of and it would definitely increase my interest in attending a few more River Cats games a year. Would not encourage me to go to more Giants games though. I just enjoy basketball and football much more than baseball, and I sure as heck can't afford to go to 49er games! After Kings games, I have been going to more Stockton Thunder games more than anything else. River Cats come in third for my attendance per year.