Empty suits pack Marlins game

I was at a double-header there a few years ago between Expos and Marlins, and there literally were 75 people at the game. Joe Capozzi of the Palm Beach Post actually went out and counted (might have been a few in the men's room).

The then-owner (John Henry) invited those in the cheap seats to sit down near the dugouts, and a few in his box. Whatta prince of a guy. ;-)

 

Sorry, but even with the heat and dismantlings, those are weak excuses for attendance figures THIS bad. The franchise wins 2 World Series in its very first decade of existence and the people still won't support it? Maybe they don't realize how extraordinairily fortunate that was, or how many decades Cub, Indian, and plenty of other fans have been loyally agonizing to see just one ring come in their lifetime.

Not sure why South Fla won't support an MLB team. Huge population base, huge Cuban population that supposedly loves the game, tons of retirees needing something to do with their nights. Seems like it should work there, but it doesn't.

 

I watched this game yesterday and you could hear the ball hit the catcher's mitt and the ump clearly call the balls and strikes. It was strange, to say the least.

 

Too late at night for the retirees (and too hot during the day). Conflicts with the early-bird special at the oyster bar, and the 8 p.m. bedtime.

Cubans (and Latinos, and blacks) don't seem to go to games (look at the crowds in St. Louis and Atlanta and D.C., for example, for the latter).
Those who are in the lower income brackets, for example, and may not have a car have basically no way of getting to the interstate stadium the Marlins play in.

It rained every single freaking afternoon just as I was heading out to that stadium when I was on the beat. People are in their offices, 3:30 p.m., thinking, "maybe I'll go to a game tonight." They look out the window, it's raining, and they think, "Nah, never mind. Maybe I'll do one of the million other fun things south Florida has to offer."

They also don't trust the new ownership (been there, done that).

They get plenty of cheap baseball during the spring. Maybe they don't get the stars for nine innings, but who cares. They can get up close and personal in the smaller Grapefruit League ballparks. The players are mellow and in good moods, sign a lot more autographs. So why would they pay premium prices to sit further away and get blown off during the season?

It's pretty easy to see why. Greed took over, though, when came time for expansion.

 

Jenna Jamison has taken more midgets up the ass than showed up at the game.

 

Dear Marlins:

Want a new stadium? Build it yourfuckingselves.

Signed,
Fuck You

 

And people on here insist Atlanta is the worst sports town in America.

 

Do you think any of the ushers were a-holes about people moving down to better seats?

 

Unless it involves cash and plastic bags of powdery substances changing hands.

 

New sig, right there. Thanks muchly.