Florida Marlins Game Draws Only 400 Fans
I grew up in Miami and remember it as primarily a football town. Baseball was an “also ran” sport. Apparently it still is if this news story is any indication. During a recent game between the Florida Marlins and the Washington Nationals, there were only 400 fans in a stadium that can seat nearly 75,000…
Could it be that the exorbitant salaries payed to major league baseball players have finally driven ticket prices beyond the reach of Miami fans? Larry? Ken?
Doug
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Is it possible no one knew the game was being played? Are there really no baseball fans in Miami? Were the concession stands closed? Was there no beer? Were the gates inadvertently left locked with only 400 fence jumpers? The mind boggles.
Are you sure this isn't some kind of a photoshop hoax?
There has GOT to be an underlying story here...
Well Doug - Because you asked...
Remember back to when you lived in Miami? Think back to those beautiful September summers. Perhaps a little ocean breeze blowing across an otherwise hot and humid afternoon. The beaches filled with sun worshipers dipping in the cooling tides surrounding south Florida. Remember the sixties when we were one of the first families in our Miami springs neighborhood to get A/C?
For ten years Margit and I enjoyed Season Clubhouse seats at Joe Robbie Stadium. Primarily for football but with the contract came first right of any and all events. Our Clubhose (outdoor but under shade and A/C cooled) seats were just between home plate and third base. We enjoyed the World Championship season along with filled seats throughout. We collected all signed and limited edition collectors items.
After that season, they sold out the winning team (too expensive) and the nubmers dropped again. The Miami baseball fans are a fickle gorp, alwasy have been.
Maybe you remember the old downtown stadium off NW 22 Ave. I attended games in the sixties there with Teddy and his father (a great baseball fan). But even then the stadium was never full.
After our first experience we discovered that