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As a Nationals season ticket holder, I can tell you that Nationals Park broke ground in May 2006 and was opened by late March 2008. And you don't have to worry about the winter preventing construction (although rain or, even worse, a hurricane could slow things down). As long as you break ground by early 2009, you should be ready for opening day 2011. With the economy the way it is, I would be more worried about obtaining the money. Good luck. true, but the difference between the nats ballpark and ours is that the nats dont have a retractable roof. that adds time to construction. and yes, we can play a half a season in dolphin stadium then switch. its happened a bunch of times before: seattle did it most recently. the heat even did it, they moved from mia arena to aaa after the first of the year.

YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEES! But it's not for any of those reasons. We didn't need Manny and I feel we were giving up too much. Giving up what exactly ? A bust 1st rounder ? We'd have a chance to get 2 1st round picks in next years draft when Manny deserted us after the season. The Marlins would have made a statement to their players that they are serious, instead the players now know that this front office will never be about winning, but just about being as cheap as they can. Only an ignorant person would call a 24 year old, already in the big leagues a bust. :whistle Being 24 and being in the big leagues isn't a reflection of talent, its a reflection of our needing someone cheap and affordable to play right field. What about Hermida's 2nd half #'s last year? Is that a reflection of talent? How about waiting till a player reaches his prime before calling him a bust? i am very happy you get to keep your sig :notworthy

YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEES! But it's not for any of those reasons. We didn't need Manny and I feel we were giving up too much. Giving up what exactly ? A bust 1st rounder ? We'd have a chance to get 2 1st round picks in next years draft when Manny deserted us after the season. The Marlins would have made a statement to their players that they are serious, instead the players now know that this front office will never be about winning, but just about being as cheap as they can. Only an ignorant person would call a 24 year old, already in the big leagues a bust. :whistle Being 24 and being in the big leagues isn't a reflection of talent, its a reflection of our needing someone cheap and affordable to play right field. you really are selling hermida short. did you even watch the cubs series?

YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEES! But it's not for any of those reasons. We didn't need Manny and I feel we were giving up too much. Giving up what exactly ? A bust 1st rounder ? We'd have a chance to get 2 1st round picks in next years draft when Manny deserted us after the season. The Marlins would have made a statement to their players that they are serious, instead the players now know that this front office will never be about winning, but just about being as cheap as they can. you actually consider hermida to be a bust? they made the statement that they were serious by doing everything they could to get him, and then made an even bigger statement about how smart they were when they didnt get caught up in the heat of the moment and overpay for a player who we didnt need in the first place.

Yes, short term only and possible disruption of team chemistry. Nevertheless, Marlins are in need of a marquee player, if nothing else to bring the fans out. No Cabrerra's on this squad and I think it's reflected in fan interest/attendance. we have a marquee player, and he also happens to be named ramirez

I'm broke, but I will try to get some tickets for tomorrow. then rob someone. yes, its that important. (hopefully everyone who reads this has a sense of humor and realizes i am only kidding about the robbery part)

everyone with half a brain knows it isnt a legal arguement, but the braman team is going to try their hardest to argue that it is. the reason why they are taking that approach is that it is the only one left for them. this trial has become a complete joke and a total waste of money.

Why couldn't we have built a new version of the Roman Colosseum.That would of have been nice. only if we have david samson and norm braman fight to the death in the outfield

The Marlins and the City and County should not settle anything with this idiot. Beat him in court so he will shut the heck up for good! Regardless if they could win or not, settlement is always preferable to a court case. Hopefully something can be worked out. exactly. a settlement also keeps braman from going after the stadium again, whereas if he loses in court he will probably try to appeal.

tomorrow's the big day For sure? Big day = court day... I am actually pretty excited Can it really be over by Thursday? What is going to happen? I hope it gets thrown out, but if not I hope its settled same day. even if the trial ends in one day, the judge usually doesnt give her decision right then. i would guess next week we will know the outcome. not like it really matters... we know braman has no shot at winning

No, but that second one looks like a plan for when they were going to build a soccer stadium on site in addition to the ballpark. That is no longer happening. That other stadium, I believe, was the OB that was going to be renovated. These are all from the old plan of building the new stadium next to the OB. Don't turn off the lights on a Soccer stadium yet for Miami. why you know something? we have to wait until 2012 now... we passed the june deadline.

this could all be taken care of this guy is whacked.... i mean... GO MARLINS! ummm, probably not a good idea to post stuff like this... where do you think the first place the cops will look on the internet if braman happens to wind up dead this weekend? just keep that in mind in the future.

ok wtf... where the hell is the article? everyone is talking and excited but nobody has an article. just one guy went on and said volstad has been called up. i dont buy it. if someone has a link could you please post it? that would make me feel a whole lot better. but if it is true i am pretty damn excited.

thats three millers we have on the active roster... two who's first name start with a j. wonder how thats going to work out...

Cabrera was in the derby and it didn't effect him at all so? it doesnt affect everybody, obviously. but there are well documented cases of seasons turning to shi'ite because of slight alterations to a swing that can occur to swinging for the fences over and over and over again. he could also very easily pull a muscle or something its just way too much of a risk for something that adds absolutely nothing to our quest for the nl east. yeah, it would be very entertaining, id love to see him win, but it makes absolutely no sense. every single person here will be bitching to no end if he hurts himself or if his production drops afterwards. they should probably do away with the derby entirely... but they wont because too much money is made off of it.