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Official 2006 Florida Marlins Thread

RWhitney014 said:
Should there be more fans in the stands? Absolutely. I'd be there every night if I had the wherewithal to do it. I don't believe the excuses in April-June. Even though the team deserves to have more people in the seats, you have to consider the weather and why getting a stadium with a retractable roof is so necessary. We have gotten more than 5 inches of rain over the past two days. I haven't seen the sun in 60 hours. Somehow, in another miracle for this team, it seems to clear up just early enough before game time that they can ready the field, but the fact of the matter is, my family and I are not willing to drive the 40 minutes each way, spend the amounts of money on tickets, parking, and food, and invest the hours of time it takes to attend these games on a weeknight when there's no guarantee that the game will be played. I am as diehard a fan as you will find. I honestly thought we'd win 75 games this year, and they'll surpass that. But when the sun does not come out all day, how many people who have work and/or school the next day can go out to the park not knowing if the game will have a 2-hour rain delay? Especially when you can just watch it on TV. I've been in that park for regular season games when there were 57,000 people in the stands and when there were 5,700, and it pains me to see the latter. But it's just not fair to expect the same core group of fans to show up night after night when the weather is as bad as it is.

Most of you that don't live here caught at least some of the action in the Miami-FSU game Monday. That's the kind of rain I'm talking about. You don't play baseball in that rain. A 7:05 game might have been postponed or, if played, delayed to the point that the game would have ended around 1 in the morning. They got lucky they were playing a day game when the sun was out.

I love this team and have invested more time and energy than I care to admit, but put yourselves in our shoes and ask yourself if you'd go to the game when you have to swim out of your own neighborhood.
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Interesting. I was curious as to why the Marlins seemed to have so much trouble drawing fans to the park, especially when you're in a playoff push. I guess that explains it.
 
RWhitney014 said:
Should there be more fans in the stands? Absolutely. I'd be there every night if I had the wherewithal to do it. I don't believe the excuses in April-June. Even though the team deserves to have more people in the seats, you have to consider the weather and why getting a stadium with a retractable roof is so necessary. We have gotten more than 5 inches of rain over the past two days. I haven't seen the sun in 60 hours. Somehow, in another miracle for this team, it seems to clear up just early enough before game time that they can ready the field, but the fact of the matter is, my family and I are not willing to drive the 40 minutes each way, spend the amounts of money on tickets, parking, and food, and invest the hours of time it takes to attend these games on a weeknight when there's no guarantee that the game will be played. I am as diehard a fan as you will find. I honestly thought we'd win 75 games this year, and they'll surpass that. But when the sun does not come out all day, how many people who have work and/or school the next day can go out to the park not knowing if the game will have a 2-hour rain delay? Especially when you can just watch it on TV. I've been in that park for regular season games when there were 57,000 people in the stands and when there were 5,700, and it pains me to see the latter. But it's just not fair to expect the same core group of fans to show up night after night when the weather is as bad as it is.

Most of you that don't live here caught at least some of the action in the Miami-FSU game Monday. That's the kind of rain I'm talking about. You don't play baseball in that rain. A 7:05 game might have been postponed or, if played, delayed to the point that the game would have ended around 1 in the morning. They got lucky they were playing a day game when the sun was out.

I love this team and have invested more time and energy than I care to admit, but put yourselves in our shoes and ask yourself if you'd go to the game when you have to swim out of your own neighborhood.
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There have only been 4 Rain Delays ALL YEAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :shakeno: Stop making excuses! The fan base sucks!
 
Rwhitney hit it perfectly(for all the marlins fans i know) I use to live hour and a half from the stadium. My friends aren't gonna drive 3 hours, have to pay $10 for parking, have to pay nearly 15$ for a hotdog, soda and a snack. Along with 20$ ticket to sit in the upperdeck. $45(not including gas) to see a game in ****ty weather(if its not raining, its usually hot as hell). I would assure you if they didn't charge for parking(whcih is a joke, specially 20$ for dolphin games to park across the street, atleast at marlin games you get right next to the stadium) And Soda, dog, and snack cost more liek 7-8$ like it should i would have went to more then 1 game a year.

Also i go to 2 fin games a year and its different because theres only 8 games at home, U don't get to see them as much, its hard to go to alot of baseball games when they play 81 games throughout the year.
 
MikeO said:
There have only been 4 Rain Delays ALL YEAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :shakeno: Stop making excuses! The fan base sucks!
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Doesn't mean there still wasn't ****ty weather the fans had to sit through
 
MikeO said:
There have only been 4 Rain Delays ALL YEAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :shakeno: Stop making excuses! The fan base sucks!
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There is rain in the forcast seemingly every damn night though.

Our TV ratings are great, our radio ratings are great. We have fans
 
UCFinfan86 said:
Doesn't mean there still wasn't ****ty weather the fans had to sit through
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football fans of teams who are 2-10 sit out in snow, rain, cold, wind, and freezing temp in the dead of winter for 3 hours and watch MEANINGLESS games.

A baseball fan of a team in a PLAYOFF RACE, can't go out in Aug or Sep where their "MIGHT" be a rain??? :shakeno: :shakeno:

Stop making excuses the fan base sucks! It's why the team will be moved in a couple years.
 
MikeO said:
football fans of teams who are 2-10 sit out in snow, rain, cold, wind, and freezing temp in the dead of winter for 3 hours and watch MEANINGLESS games.

A baseball fan of a team in a PLAYOFF RACE, can't go out in Aug or Sep where their "MIGHT" be a rain??? :shakeno: :shakeno:

Stop making excuses the fan base sucks! It's why the team will be moved in a couple years.
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Thats why we have great radio and TV ratings right?

In other sports you know the game will be played in those conditions thats the difference.

Do you even live in Florida? Team isnt going anywhere by the way, once we get the stadium we will be a lock to be here a long time
 
so I guess it doesn't rain during playoff time? For those magical 4 or 5 weeks of the MLB playoffs there is neeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeever a chance of rain. Never. So, when the 30,000 to 40,000 people show up rain isn't a concern!

This is the weakest excuse I have ever seen from Marlins fan. 4 rain delays all year. Just 4, and "rain" possiblity is the reason not to show up in a playoff chase to watch games.

I would buy it MORE if you said a reason not to show up in April or May when the games don't matter as much, is because it might rain. I would buy that!!!!!! But now, in September and late August when these games have so much meaning (and when there have only been 4 rain delays all year) YOU GO TO THE GAMES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
death7star said:
mikeo knows everything people....HAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHA.:sidelol::sidelol:
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i might not know everything, but I know more than you! :lol:
 
Get Up And Go said:
paid attendence was over 12,000, thank you
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Realistically..there were only about 5-6k fans there. Paid attendence is never really the mark used for people in the stands.
 
Marlins need to start losing, I don't want a damn dirt field in Dolphins stadium when this season starts.
 
Phinz4Life said:
Marlins need to start losing, I don't want a damn dirt field in Dolphins stadium when this season starts.
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Thats pretty selfish man

Come on our opponents play on the same dirt, if anything we should have the advantage since we play on it more

Oh and did you know even if the Marlins make the playoffs it wont interfere with anymore games than if we dont?

Its going to be 2 games regardless of whether we win or lose
 
Alex44 said:
Thats pretty selfish man

Come on our opponents play on the same dirt, if anything we should have the advantage since we play on it more

Oh and did you know even if the Marlins make the playoffs it wont interfere with anymore games than if we dont?

Its going to be 2 games regardless of whether we win or lose
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BOO Marlins.

S'all I got to say.
 
RWhitney014 said:
Should there be more fans in the stands? Absolutely. I'd be there every night if I had the wherewithal to do it. I don't believe the excuses in April-June. Even though the team deserves to have more people in the seats, you have to consider the weather and why getting a stadium with a retractable roof is so necessary. We have gotten more than 5 inches of rain over the past two days. I haven't seen the sun in 60 hours. Somehow, in another miracle for this team, it seems to clear up just early enough before game time that they can ready the field, but the fact of the matter is, my family and I are not willing to drive the 40 minutes each way, spend the amounts of money on tickets, parking, and food, and invest the hours of time it takes to attend these games on a weeknight when there's no guarantee that the game will be played. I am as diehard a fan as you will find. I honestly thought we'd win 75 games this year, and they'll surpass that. But when the sun does not come out all day, how many people who have work and/or school the next day can go out to the park not knowing if the game will have a 2-hour rain delay? Especially when you can just watch it on TV. I've been in that park for regular season games when there were 57,000 people in the stands and when there were 5,700, and it pains me to see the latter. But it's just not fair to expect the same core group of fans to show up night after night when the weather is as bad as it is.

Most of you that don't live here caught at least some of the action in the Miami-FSU game Monday. That's the kind of rain I'm talking about. You don't play baseball in that rain. A 7:05 game might have been postponed or, if played, delayed to the point that the game would have ended around 1 in the morning. They got lucky they were playing a day game when the sun was out.

I love this team and have invested more time and energy than I care to admit, but put yourselves in our shoes and ask yourself if you'd go to the game when you have to swim out of your own neighborhood.
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Being a man with a family also you made some very valid points. So what is the alternative? A dome?..move the franchise?..Whats the answer?
 
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