TheMetalTango

Okay, anyone else wanna stab the fans in the stands? those people cheering for the Rockies. I mean, it's nice to have other team fans in the stands, but I don't want to hear them.

Worst team, huh? That's fine, we'll just be the ones in first place soon enough with the Phillies going down, down, down. :thumbup

'03 and the begining of '04. What sucks, but it's a good thing too, is that we're being counted out. I have some Yankee fans in my family (puke - and they are all sure that it's gonna be Muts vs Yanks this year.) who think we won't get anywhere. Right now, we need to keep them bats moving! Our bullpen, after the ASB is getting really good and now with our starting rotation, I think we're gonna start climbing back up to number 1. What we need to do is hit and not think, always about a homer. Homers are nice, but, just a single is all you need sometimes. You can't help your team if you strike out a lot.

You know what Hanleys problem is when there is RISP the problem is like was it 1 day ago with the bases loaded the only thing he had in mind was to hit a Grand Slam beacuse he dosent have one yet.thats his problem right know he needs to focuse more to hit singles or doubles and not only HOMER HOMER HOMER every single time if he does that he will be fine. I agree and its a general problem that we've had with the bats. As Tommy and Rich usually say "it's about the little things" with bases loaded, any hitter would want to get a GS, but it's not helping the team if the ball goes no where or, the thing that pisses me off the most, not swinging at the third strike.

Assuming it's not a West Coast (10pm EDT) game. UFCs, TUF, Burn Notice, anything cool on Discovery, History or Food Network. I will not watch the News, drives me nuts.

How come nobody besides Ch.10 is reporting this story? I've seen nothing from the Herald or Sun-Sentinel. I happen to believe that Channel 10 is against the Fish. Early yesterday morning (okay, maybe not that early but when you go to bed at 4 am, 9:30-10ish is early ) they had some dude with suit and a nice comb-over, talking about the ballpark and how we should THANK Braman for considering our TAXPAYER dollars. (Pisses me off every time I hear the whole "our taxpayer dollars" things because they do not accurately tell the public where those tax dollars are coming from.) I'd like to thank him with my fist in his face.

I guess I'm supposing Home Land Security would have something to say about a train running under a stadium filled with 35,000 people as too much an unprotectible target for terrorists. As for the size and a hypothetical Wrigley, you're forgetting there's a retractable roof to add to the footprint, chillers, etc. But is all ridiculous anyways because the taxable nature of the project makes it financially impossible anyways. And that the Marlins have stated that they want it to have a smiliar outfield like Dolphins Stadium now. A "pitcher's ballpark".

SERIOUSLY! I didn't think that the plot of land that the arena was on would be big enough to hold a new baseball park. does anyone know what the legal hurdles would be for the Marlins to put the stadium there. That location is much better than where the orange bowl was. My understanding was that the land was too small. (It was purposed once as well since nothing is going on there.) The traintracks are there as well (not sure if they are used or not) and availability for parking is kinda a pain. Of course, they can always build parking up and do a whole garage. The area around Miami Arena sucks though. It's one of those (go packing a .45 cal) areas that are shady to go to. Of course, Miami dade is trying to clean that up but, if Braman's suit goes through and the county doesn't get funding for transit and to extend the Omni district (not sure if the Miami Arena would be part of the Omni expansion though) that area probably won't get cleaned up for a whiiiiiiiiile. I'd hate to see what would happen if the Fish are playing at the same time that some major something or other is going on in downtown Miami. Could be quite a pain to get there. There's also the closing of th 5th street bridge and the subsequent problems with the other bridges to get to Downtown that is a problem. Traffic to downtown for mid-day games, etc. There was also an entity that wanted to put condo's there but it was quashed due to (and it may sound a bit ridiculous but this was the story told to me) the flight pattern of airplanes and that the purposed building would be too high for that area. :blink: I love the OB site. My family still owns homes about three blocks away. (Not the best hoods to live in, but we've had those homes for over 40 years.) And I live in Coral Gables which is easier for me to hit the OB than the Miami Arena. And it's still a pretty central location. Do I love the area around the OB? Hell no, that needs some major refurb and i would love to see those old, historic homes around that area get the refurb that they need. My main thing, I would be ( and I think others here feel the same) royally pissed off if some jackass winds up with the OB site and puts more condos, a gas station, a Home Depot (though that area would do good with a Home Depot ) or some other strip mall to a place that is rich with Football and other entertainment history.

quote] First of all using any public money for private busisnees is crap. I know you want a ballpark but will that solve our problems. The problem is the ownership. He destroyed baseball in Montreal and is doing it here. If he don't get money he will leave. If they want public money period the public should own a fair share of the team. Do you think taxing tourist is going to help the economy? People are sick of taxes and don't want to pay extra when visiting. Tourist are the lifeblood of our economy. Second our site has been spell checked. BTW you need to use spellcheck. Your Dade County public education is not enough. Third we are not asking for money and will not print our members names for security purposes. We will incorporate and provide a physical mail address. Finally if anyone has the money to buy a team they can put it where they want pending votes by other owners. Tampa may have stadium issues and pull a Loria and threaten to leave as well. Who says we can't buy them and move them? Not without a fight first. You Marlins fans need to stick up for your team. Loria may own them now. Remember baseball is here because YOU wanted it. We need to stand up to anyone who threatens it. Clearly Jeffrey Loria is a threat to baseball. Dude, you're the reason why some people climb to the top of bell towers with an AK-47. Your site may have been spell checked but you're using incorrect grammar. And, thankfully, I did not go to public school. I may need to use spellcheck but I am not putting together a site where you're urging people to pay a nice chunk of change for a baseball team. Who says you can't buy a team and move them, it's a mountainous effort. If you love the Marlins so much, you would not be "threatening" to put together an AL team and move them to Palm Beach. I do stick up for my team, but you can't piss on the person who owns them just cause you do not like what happened in Montreal (there's a lot more involved than that little, inaccurate section on Loria. Mainly the strike in 94 which, pretty much, destroyed their chances of getting a new stadium and brought over a firesale. And the fact that Loria's push to use public funds to put in a new park was vetoed because Olympic Stadium hadn't been fully payed for and wouldn't be for a while.) As for the RICO suit and almost all lawsuits that are monetary disputes, we really do not know the truth. The wronged people got some money and we haven't heard about it again. I, for one, would not give my hard earned money to just anyone who starts up a website. You want to make a serious push, incorporate, put together some legal begal contracts for your investors, something that we can take a look at and decide with our lawyers. A contract which states that, if this negotiation were to fall though, we'd get our money back. I invest in several things in this county. Especially when it comes to keeping what little history we have, intact (Vizcaya, etc.). When I invest, I don't do it to some unknown entity.

The funny thing is that they create a site visible by all but didn't bother researching on anything regarding funding. Monies being used for the Miami Megaplan project can not be used for anything else - meaning you can't use it for health care, to raise teacher's salaries nor for schools. Tourist tax dollars fund tourism. FDOT dollars go to transportation and if not use the state takes them back. Regardless to the fact that there have been ideas of using tourism tax dollars to fund schoolastic projects, the real scheme of things is to figure out where our tax dollars ARE going and drop the "oh don't use our tax dollars for the Stadium" crap. BTW - MyMarlins.com - learn to spell! If you want to make a serious push, investors do not take kindly to anonymous persons putting up webpages wih poor punctuation and grammar. And yes, please go ahead and try to start your American Leauge team. Selig would be so proud.

Okay c'mon guys!! RALLY RALLY RALLY!!!!! *takes out the bottle of Aqua Florida )* You know I f***ing hate the Braves. always have, always will, amen.

Odds are 100000/1 for an over-run. It's just a matter of how much.....and who pays. Now the parking garage that the city is building is another story... yeah, I am curious about that too. Is it needed, not really, if they do something similar to the OB and have parkig in the back and the front of the stadium. There is also those two pecies of green/parking on 17th ave and 7th street across from the bar and the ones down on... I believe it's 5th and, what should be 16th ave, right across from the OB land. Then you have a bunch of people who you could pay to park on their front lawns. we used to make a nice chunk of change when the Fins played there. I've heard that the lots would pay for themsleves - aka: ride the metro to get there cause parking will cost you an arm and three legs to cover the lots.

Dark blue or green. Teal is... teal.. Orange is... orange. - Nice in small bursts but annoying in the mid-day sun.

Erm, that picture makes it look like a train station or the coluseum that used to be on SW 16th street and 37th ave. remember that?

It's good to be the underdog, this way they won't see it coming. The Marlins are such a bad team that, you know, we haven't done much in our short history. Just two World Series wins and one against the Yankees? Yup, the Yankees. Hmmm, I think I've heard of that team before. *shrugs*

Do I only have to pick one? :/ Amezaga and Cody. Those two have center fielding down to a science. They are so exciting to watch. Most of our team, past Hanley and now Uggla (only cause of the HRs) is underappreciated.