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As bad as Fins fans can be, at least it is not as bad as Marlins fans

cyoung said:
So does Pantera. See what I did there...brought an intelligent response to your intelligent comment.
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These owners of the marlins have one of the lowest payrolls in baseball
they trade most of the good players for future prospects..
so they don't have to shell out contract money and they con the city to build them this stadium while not investing their own money into the stadium itself..

These cooks are the opposite of joe robbie they lose fans each time they let go a good player countless x marlins are having good seasons right now.

Id rather get the 2 billion dollars back and wish this team would just go away..
 
That is awesome, was it a mistake building them a new stadium?
 
Built2Win said:
These owners of the marlins have one of the lowest payrolls in baseball
they trade most of the good players for future prospects..
so they don't have to shell out contract money and they con the city to build them this stadium while not investing their own money into the stadium itself..

These cooks are the opposite of joe robbie they lose fans each time they let go a good player countless x marlins are having good seasons right now.

Id rather get the 2 billion dollars back and wish this team would just go away..
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Was this meant for me, or did you misquote? I agree with everything you said except the team going away. I will say that it is incredibly unclear about the funding. Nobody can seem to get a straight answer as to what comes from where. There are numerous conflicting reports out of the media on that issue. The stadium is nowhere near a 2 billion dollar project. Is that including interest? Where is that number from?
 
endorPHINS72 said:
That is flat out embarrassing. That team has won two World Series in fifteen years and fans can't even get their ***** out to see them. They sure as hell better get out for them when the Miami stadium is finished.
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Boo hoo. This is South Florida. We don't have a huge passion for baseball. This is football town. Sure, we'll show up if they're winning. We're an event town. Not only that, but Marlins ownership since their inception continues to groom young players, then trade them away for prospects.

Imagine how unsupportive Dolfans would be if players like Jake Long, Dan Marino, Mark Duper, Bryan Cox, Patrick Surtain, John Offerdahl, Sam Madison, etc over the years were traded as soon as they got good enough that they demanded more money, and the Dolphins didn't want to pay them? Imagine that all these players in the prime of their careers were traded away for unproven prospects?

When I was a teenager back in the 90s, I slowly took a liking to the Marlins. I actually watched regular season games too. My interest faded after seeing the first fire sale after they won the first championship back in '93. Ever since then, it's been nothing but the same.

Why should we care about the team when it's obvious that the ownership has had no concern for keeping their team together? I'm so sick and tired of people criticizing Miami for not showing up to Marlins games, or any other game for that matter. So what? It's our money and we choose where we want to spend our entertainment dollars. Hey, there's a cricket park in Broward County close to the Lauderhill Mall. I guess if they start a cricket league and no one shows up to watch the games, we're a terrible sports town for that also, right?

WE DON'T LIKE BASEBALL THAT MUCH. Period. What the Marlins have done with their mismanagement of personnel has only further alienated would be fans such as myself.

If you frequented a business in any other industry, and they put out bad product, you wouldn't support that business too long with your dollars. Remove the pom poms and realize that sports, while entertaining, is still a business.
 
cyoung said:
Was this meant for me, or did you misquote? I agree with everything you said except the team going away. I will say that it is incredibly unclear about the funding. Nobody can seem to get a straight answer as to what comes from where. There are numerous conflicting reports out of the media on that issue. The stadium is nowhere near a 2 billion dollar project. Is that including interest? Where is that number from?
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I didn't intend to direct my rant at you :p

The 2 billion figure was an estimate based on the city paying back the loan in 20 years..
So yeah the interest is insane. crappy way to do business they should have just found a rich owner who had half the cash
and then the city put up the other half and not worry about the interest..
 
Since this is a baseball thread, who do you guys have winning Cy Young and MVP awards for each league?
 
cyoung said:
So does Pantera. See what I did there...brought an intelligent response to your intelligent comment.
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Well at least you still acknowledge baseball's blowing ability. Because there's nothing like watching a bunch of grown men play with grab-*** with each other, chew tobacco and sunflower seeds, and scratch their nuts all summer long for an entire season of games that is literally twice as long as it needs to be. 162 games, a lot of which end up being meaningless.
 
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