Sad situation. I can recall an exhibition game a couple of years before South Florida was awarded a baseball Franchise where 50,000 plus fans were chanting “we want Major League Baseball “. And the first season of Marlins home games where
the stands were full and I believe the Fish
had over 2 million in attendance for the
season. Many people thought this was going to be a great market for baseball.
Then came the baseball strike and then
the fire sale in 98. Then all the rain delays
and I believe a beautiful new stadium in the wrong location. It’s a a crying shame.
Glenn, honestly, this is a very sobering poll, as much for your analysis of it as it is for the sentiment of fans like myself.
It just seems like the more things change the more they stay the same. We are literally running in circles and getting nowhere.
I understand why so many people stay away from the stadium and don’t support this team and won’t support this team. When have they ever show they can be relied upon to build and maintain a winning, hell, even a respectable, franchise?
It is just a shame. I certainly don’t put this on the shoulders of Peter Bendix. He just got here and if he can replicate the Tampa Bay way here in Miami, that could change everything.
The question is, will the owner be willing to provide the support, financial, and otherwise, to allow Peter to implement that way of doing things?
I don’t know. But this team is my baby as far as sports franchises go I have loved them since before they were born I have supported them since the moment, even before the moment we were awarded the franchise on July 5, 1991.
My family even has a memorial stone at the stadium in memory of my father, who was also a huge fan of this team.
So, I’m not going anywhere. I just hope the team changes its trajectory, and becomes so much more than it has been in the past.
Sad situation. I can recall an exhibition game a couple of years before South Florida was awarded a baseball Franchise where 50,000 plus fans were chanting “we want Major League Baseball “. And the first season of Marlins home games where
the stands were full and I believe the Fish
had over 2 million in attendance for the
season. Many people thought this was going to be a great market for baseball.
Then came the baseball strike and then
the fire sale in 98. Then all the rain delays
and I believe a beautiful new stadium in the wrong location. It’s a a crying shame.
Glenn, honestly, this is a very sobering poll, as much for your analysis of it as it is for the sentiment of fans like myself.
It just seems like the more things change the more they stay the same. We are literally running in circles and getting nowhere.
I understand why so many people stay away from the stadium and don’t support this team and won’t support this team. When have they ever show they can be relied upon to build and maintain a winning, hell, even a respectable, franchise?
It is just a shame. I certainly don’t put this on the shoulders of Peter Bendix. He just got here and if he can replicate the Tampa Bay way here in Miami, that could change everything.
The question is, will the owner be willing to provide the support, financial, and otherwise, to allow Peter to implement that way of doing things?
I don’t know. But this team is my baby as far as sports franchises go I have loved them since before they were born I have supported them since the moment, even before the moment we were awarded the franchise on July 5, 1991.
My family even has a memorial stone at the stadium in memory of my father, who was also a huge fan of this team.
So, I’m not going anywhere. I just hope the team changes its trajectory, and becomes so much more than it has been in the past.