When the Florida Marlins came into existence in 1993, they were draped in teal and tossed a 45 year-old Charlie Hough on the mound en route to a 98 loss season. Better days were bound to happen, but two World Series titles in 15 seasons for a micro-market team exceeded all expectations.
Still, Thursday may have signified the Marlins’ biggest victory in franchise history.
By a 3-2 vote, Miami city commissioners approved financing for a new 37,000 seat retractable-roof stadium for the low, low price of $515 million, plus $94 millions for parking lots on the site where the Orange Bowl once stood, according to the South Florida Sun-Sentinel.
The deciding vote ended a 2-2 deadlock and, hopefully, will end years of sporadic fan interest. Watching a late-September Marlins home game is sometimes a laughable affair. Last season, a meaningless September series against the Washington Nationals drew a recorded 40,452 fans between the three games, though the real number can surely be cut in half, as there seemed a 2:1 foul ball to fan ratio amidst Dolphin Stadium’s hideous empty orange seats.
Last season, according to Baseball Reference, Florida finished dead last in the National League in attendance with 1,335,076. The Tampa Bay Rays finished 12th of the 14 teams in the American League, despite winning the A.L. East which raises the obvious question of whether or not Florida can simply play sufficient host to a major league team.
Granted, both Dolphin Stadium and Tropicana Field are horribly dated and hideous sites, but with flailing attendance for decent products, it’s tough to commit over half a billion dollars to a lackluster fan base.
The plan still needs approval from the Miami-Dade County Commission, which will be heard next week. The Marlins chief argument has been the creation of new jobs combined with keeping baseball in South Florida while the opposition argues paying tax money to a private organization in these financial times simply is not a practical application.
The new deal would a name-change for the soon-could-be Miami Marlins, but one thing’s for sure, the Florida Marlins and all those empty seats can’t remain as it currently stands.
Lindstrom Recovering
Reliever Matt Lindstrom is recovering from a shoulder injury suffered during warm-ups at the World Baseball Classic.
According to The Sports Xchange, Lindstrom hoped to play catch tomorrow for the first time since suffering the injury a week earlier. The fireballer has been clocked at over 100 miles per hour - he hit 102 at PNC Park last season against the Pittsburgh Pirates - and was in line for the closer’s job before the injury. Leo Nunez is expected to inherit the closer position if Lindstrom can’t recover in time for the season opener.
Last year, Lindstrom converted five saves in six chances - all five saves coming in the month of September - and recorded a 3.14 ERA and 43 strikeouts in 57.1 inning pitched.
WBC, A-Ok for Cantu
Jorge Cantu returned to Marlins’ camp healthy - unlike his less-fortunate teammates Lindstrom and Alfredo Amezaga, who left the event with a sprained knee - and raved about his experience at the event, which was music to his ears. More specifically, mariachi music to his ears.
"You're talking about mariachis playing, music playing, every game," Cantu told Alden Gonzalez of MLB.com. "There's always something going on different. The other team was like, 'What's going on, why is music playing while we're hitting?' It's just different down [in Mexico].
"We played our hearts out," Cantu said of the club‘s first round elimination. "We did all we could. It was a great time, great experience, great pride, a lot of honor to do that. And just to play in front of the Mexican crowd, it was something unbelievable."
Saturday, March 21, 2009
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