PeteU

I don't know about you but when I'm driving around I don't see teal all over the place. There is only ONE place in south fl you can see some teal, and its south beach. Hardly a true representation of Miami. Hints of teal I'm all for, but too much just looks tacky. So the only thing in South Florida that is representative of the color teal is the beaches along the Atlantic Ocean....which anyone can tell you is the first thing people think about when the words "South Florida" are mentioned. I'm sorry, I don't get where you are coming from.

http://www.seats3d.com/mlb/florida_marlins/ Dare I say that other than winning the World Series twice, this has to be just about the coolest things the Marlins have ever done.

If anyone is home and has access to the MLB Channel, they are replaying Game 3 of the 2003 NLDS vs the Giants. Right now it's in the 4th inning. Hands down the best baseball game I have ever witnessed in person. I can never forget what an up and down game that way. After the Giants went ahead in the top of the 11th, it felt like it was all over. Then Cruz dropped the fly ball and got things going. Marlins loaded the bases but there was a force at home for the second out. Then it was all up to Pudge who homered earlier in the game. He gets two strikes against him. I remember being on my feet the entire game screaming my head off, waiving the rally towel, and watching everyone stand up one last time, almost knowing that as bad as it seemed we knew something great was going to happen. The ball was pitched, we hear Pudge hit it and everyone instantly knows it was going to be a base hit even before the ball lands safely in right field. Tying run scores easily and winning run slides in under the tag. All I remembered seeing at that point was a throng of black Marlins jerseys stream out of the dugout and swarm home plate. I'm high fiving everyone in my vicinity, total strangers. Walking down the dual spiral ramps from the upper deck I can never forget the "Let's Go Marlins" cheers, and every time the fans on one side of the ramp came across the fans on the other side of the ramp, you would just have this huge eruption in cheers. It literally gives me chills describing how that game felt. I'm not lying when I say it was literally one of the most exciting experiences of my life.

Over on the Baseball-Fever.com message board for ballparks, there is a movement by some Marlins fans to petition the Marlins to consider teal seats instead of the proposed dark blue seats, in order to match the team color. There was a similar movement by Cardinals fans before Busch Stadium III opened, as the original plans had green seats instead of Cardinal Red seats. Eventually the Cardinals ownership agreed to put it to a fan vote, and red seats won. Anyways, someone did an edit of the plans and put together what the new Marlins Ballpark would look like with teal seats, and I posted them above. I think it looks pretty nice, a lot more interesting and true to the Marlins and the South Florida area than the boring blue that is planned. If you like the idea of teal seats as well, email David Sampson at [email protected] to let him know. The link to the Baseball-Fever "Project Teal" discussion is here: http://baseball-fever.com/showthread.php?p=1575142&posted=1#post1575142

Isn't this another Camp Day? Should be 10K kiddies there with about 7 counselors. I gave my tix away. I like kids, but......... I saw a couple of camp groups but for the main part it just looked like regular folks. As someone else noted, the area between first and third bases was pretty well packed in but it was more sparse as it went out further. Paid attendance was 19,000+, and I'd probably say it was about 12,000 who showed up at the gate. Not terrific numbers, but it was a fun time for everyone there.....well at least through the first seven innings. My seats were terrific--Section 150 (directly behind home plate), Row 7. Nice that the regular working class folks had a chance to sit in seats they might not otherwise afford.

Bumping again.

Any idea if you can buy this at the box office and save the service charges? They said on the radio you could buy at the box office and at the Marlins Store, so yes.

The Paul and Young Ron website LINKY says that it is true, but when I follow their link to "Buy Tickets" I get a Ticketmaster page with the full prices for everything. I just got through. Row 7, Founders club--$10, plus $6.60 fees. Sweet. Anyone who can get out of work on Thursday I totally recommend it!

I just heard on the Paul and Young Ron show that the June 11th afternoon game versus the Cardinals will have all 100 level seats on sale for $10 each. Is this really the case? It seems too good to be true, but if it is, I'm there.

Even at 9-1 it's still too early to say anything, but say the Marlins are on top of the NL East at the All Star break. With the new stadium coming (hopefully giving Loria the incentive of more revenue in the future), is there a chance any of the Marlins will be offered long term deals a la Hanley? And who?

The first official interior rendering of Marlins Stadium. I'd still love to see some more detail, but it's a good start.

Awesome. I love the teal at Space Coast Stadium (which they unfortunately switched out after the Marlins moved out) and at the Jacksonville Jaguars stadium, so I think that color scheme would look pretty cool. The Marlins equal teal, and teal equals the Marlins. It should be as natural as Dodger Blue or Cardinals Red.

I was at today's game and I could have sworn they flashed an interior concept shot for about a second on the board. When I got back home, I checked the team site and the new ballpark site but couldn't find a thing. Perhaps it was just in my head....

http://florida.marlins.mlb.com/news/articl...sp&c_id=fla "Making his Marlins debut, Bonifacio had a dream beginning -- four hits, four runs scored, two RBIs, three stolen bases and an inside-the-park home run. It was his first homer in the Majors, and if you blinked, you missed it. Bonifacio, clocked at 3.86 seconds from home to first base, blistered around the bases, prompting the crowd to cheer on a curtain call." Holy friggin Jesus! I knew he was fast, but to see that time is simply incredible! No joke--I was at the game and as soon as I saw the center fielder picked up the ball, I looked back to second, but then had to turn my head as Bonifacio was already rounding third.

Now that things appear to be more official with the official city and county votes of approval, I was wondering if we'll be getting any detailed interior renderings, with--for example--how the place would look if you are standing at home plate. The images they released a few weeks ago were nice, but I want more!