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23Yes, Marlins to the end! (ya right)26.09%6Nope, got better things to do34.78%8Other answer39.13%9Cristobal -
I hate to say it, but I don't really care about those Marlins. They practically traded their entire lineup. -
Because if the Organization & City doesn't care about the Team...then why should the fans.
The Organization just had a fire sale and the city won't give the team a home to play in.
The Marlins are my favorite NL team.
But I just cannot take another Rebuilding period.
The team that the Marlins would have fielded this year would have been a contender. I mean this team just recently won it's 2nd World Series.
Jeff Loria is a cancer and MLB should strip him of his team and no longer offer a team to any group which he's a part of."After my fourth season I asked for $43,000 and General Manager Ed Barrow told me, 'Young man, do you realize Lou Gehrig, a 16-year-man, is playing for only $44,000?' I said, Mr. Barrow, there is only one answer to that - Mr. Gehrig is terribly underpaid."- Yankees outfielder Joe DiMaggioComment
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Isn't MLB the same ones whom control the Nats..The same Nats with a
restricted payroll, no stadium deal, and for 3 years a prospective set of
buyers?? And you want these people to ban Loria???
lololNorth of the Big Apple but missing Central Fla :atthepcComment
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maybe its the fact, that there is only room for one team in the state of Florida, The D-Rays or Rays ....(future tarpons) lol jkinRiding Revel8Comment
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Perhaps once you get passed spring training, Florida forgets about baseball..Of course, decent ownership migh be a factor too!!
Amazin...Simply Amazin!!!North of the Big Apple but missing Central Fla :atthepcComment
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Two years ago, my brother in law went to Florida (Miami) on vacation. I asked him to get me a TB Devil Rays cap or a Marlins cap. He couldn't find any. It was during Spring Training, so you can't say that is had something to do with the off season.Originally posted by tyberesk
The stores were filled with Dolphins mercandise, but no baseball merchandise.
When I look to this board and to yours, and when I think of the story of my brother in law, I can only come to one conclusion: Baseball just is not popular in Florida.
Too bad.
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You Mean there Really is a baseball team in Florida
I had a similar experience in Tampa Bay no less...A ton of
Buccaneer and Lightning stuff but literally no D'Ray gear...Makes ya
wonder....
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Originally posted by yankees ruleTwo years ago, my brother in law went to Florida (Miami) on vacation. I asked him to get me a TB Devil Rays cap or a Marlins cap. He couldn't find any. It was during Spring Training, so you can't say that is had something to do with the off season.
The stores were filled with Dolphins mercandise, but no baseball merchandise.
When I look to this board and to yours, and when I think of the story of my brother in law, I can only come to one conclusion: Baseball just is not popular in Florida.North of the Big Apple but missing Central Fla :atthepcComment
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When you had the same exerience, I think that my conclusion may be right.Originally posted by brooklynboyI had a similar experience in Tampa Bay no less...A ton of
Buccaneer and Lightning stuff but literally no D'Ray gear...Makes ya
wonder....
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With the way things seem to be going, this forum will soon be moved to the 'Teams of YesterYear'.
I hope that doesn't happen because no fans deserve to lose a team. But with Loria at the helm and Selig in his usual daze, I just don't see things working out in FLA. Hope for the fans sake I'm wrong.Montreal Expos 1969 - 2004Comment
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No fan deserves to lose their team...However, one has to wonder...TeamsOriginally posted by Ontarioguy
charge outrageous prices for everything from tickets to hot dogs to jerseys
($150 for an authentic jersey?:grouchy ), players charge for autographs,
then go where they get more money. Teams then demand fans build them
stadiums...Baseball is in a sad state...
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Baseball isn't unpopular in Florida. The problem the Marlins and Devil Rays have is that they play in a state that has baseball fans who already have allegiances to teams up north. Considering outside of the Marlins two championship seasons, both have been horrendously bad for the majority of their team histories. Why are Yankees, Red Sox, Mets, Cardinals, Cubs, etc. fans going to root for two teams that play bad baseball and/or they didn't grow up around. Go to the different spring training locales and at most of them you will see plenty of baseball fans wearing merchandise of whatever team happens to train there.Originally posted by yankees ruleTwo years ago, my brother in law went to Florida (Miami) on vacation. I asked him to get me a TB Devil Rays cap or a Marlins cap. He couldn't find any. It was during Spring Training, so you can't say that is had something to do with the off season.
The stores were filled with Dolphins mercandise, but no baseball merchandise.
When I look to this board and to yours, and when I think of the story of my brother in law, I can only come to one conclusion: Baseball just is not popular in Florida. Too bad.Comment
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Point well taken about the franchises themselves...Give the fans a winner and they will come!!!!North of the Big Apple but missing Central Fla :atthepcComment
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So 2 Championships in 9 years doesn't mean that franchise is in good shape?Originally posted by brooklynboy
I know some teams that have NONE or just ONE in the last 80 years.
This team was still a good contender IF they hadn't traded any pieces and kept the same team it had."After my fourth season I asked for $43,000 and General Manager Ed Barrow told me, 'Young man, do you realize Lou Gehrig, a 16-year-man, is playing for only $44,000?' I said, Mr. Barrow, there is only one answer to that - Mr. Gehrig is terribly underpaid."- Yankees outfielder Joe DiMaggioComment
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True...but has the franchise which has only one dismember itself the next year??? 2 WC and 2 dismemberments is not really condusive to keeping your fans..
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Originally posted by TonyStarksNorth of the Big Apple but missing Central Fla :atthepcComment
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