"It was a long day...it was an odd day. ...It was so frigging hot. It was miserable out there."
(Ryan Church, via Washington Post, 9/12/2007)
Marlins 5, NAAAts 4: If a team falls in Miami and nobody is around to see it, does it make a sound?
74,600* empty seats, but who's counting? How quiet was it? Shhhhhh! So quiet that a fan got tossed for heckling?
*It is not clear if the estimated 400 people in attendance includes players, umpires, batboys, Billy the Marlin, and Dmitri Young (twice).
(AP Photo/J. Pat Carter)
is really hard to see that happens in MLB baseball,, they should get out of Florida fast if they want to the Marlins keep existing
Posted by: elier | September 13, 2007 at 02:27 PM
Maybe we can get the Marlins to move to Wash---never mind.
Posted by: Hondo Howard | September 13, 2007 at 04:13 PM
How about: Move the Marlins to...Montreal! They could be called: Les Marlins! The triumphant return of Youppi! Don't forget, Jeffrey Loria was involved in the bag job that gave the Red Sox to John Henry, the Marlins to Loria, and the Expos to MLB (and eventually DC)...so it would all come full circle or something.
Posted by: The Nationals Enquirer | September 13, 2007 at 04:30 PM
I've had more people show up to my local circle jerk.
Posted by: onside kick | September 13, 2007 at 08:05 PM
Well, onside kick: I don't really know how to respond, but it's refreshing to hear that even though attendance may be down for the local nine in South FLA, there's no letdown (at least locally) for you and yours...
Posted by: The Nationals Enquirer | September 13, 2007 at 08:51 PM
Serves Jeffrey Loria right for being such an idiot. He destroyed the Montreal Expos and now he's drawing 400 fans in Miami. Loria, you are the worst owner in profesional sports.
Posted by: David | September 17, 2007 at 06:11 PM