2008-09 MLB Hot Stove
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The Marlins DO have fans... and plenty of them. YOU don't seem to know the demographics of south Florida.
South Florida consists of approx. 50% northern transplants....NYorkers, Jersey, Philadelphians, Chicagoans and so on. With them came their love of the favorite team. The great planners of MLB baseball was hoping that they could live with THOSE fans coming to games just 'for the love of baseball' and create new fans with locals.
That never happened.
It also does not help that the previous ownerships, from Huezinga to John Henry to now Jeffrey Loria have done some type of MAJOR dismantling of the team in some point of the teams brief history. After Huezinga sold the team and had complete ownership of the Miami Dolphins AND Dolphins Stadium, he made both John Henry AND Jeffrey Loria's life miserable with sh!tty deals where the team could not make enough money from ticket and merchadise sales to generate enough revenue to pay for some decent free agents and keep the good players they had. Huezinga didn't have those issues with the Marlins because he owned BOTH the team AND the stadium....but he wanted no part of being a Major League baseball franchise owner....so he sold.
I have no issues with ANYONE'S OPINION, but make statements like THIS: go somewhere where they're wanted and will have fans...and present them as fact, is dumb without doing some kind of homework.
Yes Met's ,
You'll probably get Lowe and thats a great pick up for them...
But remember, it's not done till he actually signs.
they are only starting to talk.
Jimbo
You'll probably get Lowe and thats a great pick up for them...
But remember, it's not done till he actually signs.
they are only starting to talk.
Jimbo
The major dismantlings (there were more than one) were because of what you said...lack of money/lack of fans. Perhaps they should go someplace where that will happen.
Sandra
It won't happen. Simply because they are this close from having the funding for a new stadium...where the Marlins WILL get fans and WILL have the money to keep ALOT of their players.
And remember, the lack of fans were mostly because of dismantling and the lack of money had to do alot with lack of a decent deal with Huezinga to use the stadium as the home field. He NEVER liked having a baseball team playing on his football field....and still doesn't. IN not so many words, he stated he wanted the Marlins OUT of Dolphins Stadium by NO LATER than 2015.
Any Tampa residents here? I wonder if that beautiful proposed new stadium has grown any legs over the offseason?
While I am sure there are plenty of Marlin fans there to support them...
This is not a slam at you or the Marlins, but
You also have to remember a good portion of the population is transplanted people from other areas of the country that have rooting interests elsewhere.
Jimbo
Maybe Florida can trade in their MLB teams in for an organized boccie ball circuit.
Most of the folks that live in FLA are seniors that drive golf carts instead of real cars. Why would they have any interest in the Rays or Marlins when they can sit in an AC regulated retirement home and read or watch via satellite their hometown teams? (NY, CLE, etc.)
Just kidding Salsa. Easy boy.....
Maybe Florida can trade in their MLB teams in for an organized boccie ball circuit.
Most of the folks that live in FLA are seniors that drive golf carts instead of real cars. Why would they have any interest in the Rays or Marlins when they can sit in an AC regulated retirement home and read or watch via satellite their hometown teams? (NY, CLE, etc.)
Just kidding Salsa. Easy boy.....
LOL....yet EVERYONE knows THE party place in ALL of the US is South Beach....not too many old fooggies there.
Looks more and more like the Lowe signing will be getting done (Lowe admitted Red Sox did nto show real interest); but bigger problem is that after that it seems Mets may be content and not go after Oliver Perez . . . canot have too many . . . sign him too!
[ame="http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3802316"]Los Angeles Angels, closer Brian Fuentes agree to deal - ESPN[/ame]
Nah...just confused. I would have looked within for that. I know Jack Squat about Fuentes. We shall see.
If he could be successful in Colorado with that ballpark, then I can see him fitting in elsewhere.
