So, 375 people showed up to watch the Nationals/Marlins game

by NPCody on Sep 14, 2007 10:31 AM PDT

http://sports.aol.com/fanhouse/2007/09/13/marlins-entertain-76-000-empty-seats-and-375-fans-for-trop ical-c/

Makes you appreciate what we have. It was so empty that one fan was tossed from the stadium for arguing with the umpire, and the ump could hear him (seriously). It was so empty that when Byung-Hyun Kim struck out, his f-bomb could be heard clearly on the television broadcast. Here's a picture of the 76,000 empty seats:

http://images.sportsline.com/u/ap/photos/MDS106091216_1024x768.jpg

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And there were 400 ushers on hand

to make sure everybody remained in their assigned seats.

Remember the Red Moon Massacre!

by Stirrups on Sep 14, 2007 10:26 AM PDT reply actions

Sounds like

the good old days here at Aloha Stadium and the PCL Hawaii Islanders ... wait, they would pull in over 500 all the time. So. In your face Florida.

by eyespy on Sep 14, 2007 11:30 AM PDT reply actions

375!

This story is everywhere in the blogosphere. Makes you understand why baseball wants the tickets sold announced as the attendance.

Maybe the Marlins should be a travelling team. They would get much better attendance in any city that only gets a few MLB games a year.

by elricsi on Sep 14, 2007 11:42 AM PDT reply actions

I think we might need

to all band together and root for the Marlins. They are a complete non-threat to us except in the random years that we play them.

Go Fish!

by BruinHalo on Sep 14, 2007 12:08 PM PDT reply actions

2 World Series Rings

In the last decade. 'Course, they dismantled both those teams, but you have to take the downs with the ups.

by Brew Angel on Sep 14, 2007 12:20 PM PDT reply actions

True Dat

The first one was clearly bought and paid for. afterwards, they realized they couldn't afford it and dumped the team. people groused about the dumping, and even players regretted the dismantling. but, like, what part of DUH did they not understand? it was artificial to begin with, with at least 'some' inflationary impact on player salaries.

It was unreal to begin with, and many of those who complained about it were the very ones who benefitted from that unreality.

Remember the Red Moon Massacre!

by Stirrups on Sep 14, 2007 2:27 PM PDT up reply actions

I've been there and it is the worst stadium

to watch baseball...its a great stadium to watch football though. Maybe they can play at the UM baseball stadium, that holds 5,000....

A big FU to the A's and Red Sox....

by Crapper John MD on Sep 14, 2007 1:17 PM PDT reply actions

Hey

Not a half bad idea. They should at least play there on weekdays. You have all the students who have odd schedules and may be free in the afternoon.

Also, you have the metrorail that runs right by UM so lots of people could access it. Plus all summer that field sits unused. (I like it when a college and a short season team share the same field, they can both use it for their whole season and they get a nicer field than either could afford on their own.)

by elricsi on Sep 14, 2007 2:24 PM PDT up reply actions

i don't understand florida.

it seems like they're not ready for a big league team, always dismantling winners and trying to cut money. why even have a team then? and why did the baseball gods deem them worthy of two ws championships?

even now, they have two players i would kill to have on the angels and team that is decent with the kind of payroll they have. as far as i'm concerned, the marlins deserves this.

"it's mind-bottling."

by retrohalo on Sep 14, 2007 11:15 PM PDT reply actions

Mexican Marlins?

I remember reading at the time of the Montreal Expos transition to the Washington Nationals that the Florida Marlins could relocate to Monterrey Mexico. And that there are a lot of stadiums already in Monterrey because of the teams that operate in the area.

Then they could re-align the league by converting the "Monterrey Marlins" into a NL West Team, move Colorado to a Central Team, and moving either the Pirates or the Brewers into the East.

by Jay Cal on Sep 15, 2007 8:15 AM PDT reply actions