Empty suits pack Marlins game

So basically Florida baseball fans are the shittiest out there?

 

That photo is just unbelievable:



Yes, that's a major-league game going on down there.

 

I'm as big a baseball fan as there is, but going to a Nats-Marlins game in September in 90 degree heat? I wouldn't go either.

And though I've only been there for football, the location and ambiance of that stadium doesn't help. It's a football stadium, not a baseball park.

 

And both complaints are absolutely true.

 

If you live in South Florida, you're pretty much used to the heat. I've heard the real problem is the frequency of rain delays they have there. That's the real reason they need a roof.

 

Problem with the roof theory is that the D-Rays draw nearly as badly as the Marlins. Two worst supported MLB teams every year are the two Fla franchises, one plays outside the other in a climate-controlled dome. Tends to suggest that the source of the problem is not really the stadium or the weather, its just Florida itself. For whatever reasons, Floridians have little interest in supporting an MLB team.

 

Aren't the Jai-alai games packed everynight?

 

Portland, baby, Portland.

According to the NWS, about 75 and sunny at game time. Anyone who has spemt a summer in the PNW knows it's just about the best weather in America from June-late September.

 

I wonder this too because I can find cheap flights to Fla. all the time and would love to go down and see an MLB game up close for basically no cost.

 

Um, yeah, I'm going to have to disagree with you there[lumberg]

Have you seen the Devil Rays' record? There's been a ton of stories on "what's wrong with the crowds in Tampa Bay and Miami" but I think it's a combination of the "bad team" and "bad weather" reasons.

People who have never lived in Florida in July and August have no idea what it's like. It's not just rather sunny and uncomfortable out. It's literally hell on earth! There's no way I would subject myself to that 81 times a year -- and I love baseball.

Some morons in Tampa want to build a new open-air stadium. What? They'd go from 12,000 fans a game to, well, what the Marlins are getting now.

I still think if the Devil Rays had a better team, they'd draw better. Look at the Lightning. They were one of the league leaders in attendance after the team started playing better.

Of course, the only way to prove my theory would be if the Rays started winning. Which, well, you know...