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Post up your predictions of what you think we can do. Be biased, be optimistic, be negative, be logical, do what you wish. I believe 20-14. Prediction (not based on anything but gut): @ Phillies [3 games] 6/1-6/3 [Marlins win series 2-1] (Day off) vs Braves [3 games] 6/5-6/7 [Marlins take series 2-1] vs Rays [3 games] 6/8-6/10 [Marlins lose series 1-2] vs Red Sox [3 games] 6/11-6/13 [Marlins take series 2-1] (Day off) @ Rays [3 games] 6/15-6/17 [Marlins lose series 1-2] (Day off) @ Red Sox [3 games] 6/19-6/21 [Marlins win series 2-1] vs Blue Jays [3 games] 6/22-6/24 [Marlins win series 2-1] vs St. Louis [3 games] 6/25-6/27 [Marlins win series 2-1] (Day off) vs Phillies [3 games] 6/29-7/1 [Marlins lose series 1-2] @ Brewers [4 games] 7/2-7/5 [Marlins win series 3-1] @ St. Louis [3 games] 7/6-7/8 [Marlins lose series 1-2] Total: 19-15

My DirecTV just crapped out with the cloud cover. Sounds like a good thing.

I was at the game last night (great game!) and noticed that some balls were hit very hard but could not clear the fence on the left side. From what I remember, both Marlins HRs in preseason at the Park were in right and right center. Obviously, it can be done on the left side (JD from Houston hit one out) but I saw Stanton, Ramirez, Infante, and Gaby ALL hit shots that just died at or near the left/left-center fence. Luckily Gaby's hit the fence for the walk-off. For those of you that saw it on TV, were those really shots or just pop ups and we were just being hopeful? Also, at this rate, we aren't going to see much of that home run celebration monument in action... only second game, i know.

I wonder what the handicapped parking situation is. My dad has issues walking and it would be nice to be close. Here is what I found out: Handicapped parking at the stadium must be paid by visiting www.marlins.com/parking. Once at the selected parking facility fans with handicapped placard will be directed to any available disabled space on the ground floor.

GET THERE EARLY, FOLKS>>>> http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/03/29/2722543/marlins-park-neighbors-city-hit.html

http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/03/24/2708109/parking-situation-a-learning-curve.html more on parking.

Hit - Reyes Double - Stanton Triple - bonifacio HR - Ramirez RBI - Ramirez Run Scored - Reyes Walk-Off Hit - Ramirez Stolen Base - Reyes Caught Stealing - bonifacio Error - Ramirez Win - johnson

one thing to note---- not all of those surface lots are currently active. but they all will be by the end of the year.

And here is some more info from my buddy in regards to shuttles/trolleys: OK- I got the final word on the rail to trolley thing: a) Option 1: Take Metrorail to Culmer Station and take an Express Shuttle directly to the game. $5 for the rail and shuttle (round trip). That doesn't include any Tri-rail cost if you are doing that (please note- as of now Tri-Rail shuts down at 930pm... that may change in the very near future but has not yet). Another note: If you happen to have a monthly pass or annual pass for Dade County transit, your pass will cover that $5 cost. Test runs show an average of a 10 minute ride to and from stadium. b) Option 2: Take Metrorail to Civic Center Station and get on a free trolley that will take you on a 30 minute loop around the hospital/medical area and then to the stadium. There are six trolleys running that loop... they are smaller than the shuttle noted above so you may have to wait longer to get one. But the trolley is free. Bottom line- if you are taking metrorail... might as well take metro to Culmer station to get to the game. Direct to stadium and back. Only $2 more (rail would cost you $3 anyway). Larger and more frequent vehicles.

One thing I found out is that they will be selling parking passes online in next few days so if you have tickets but not parking you can buy individual game parking passes. Another things is for thos thinking of doing the tri rail to metro rail to shuttle option.... Tri rail shuts down at 930pm so that will only work for day games. More to come. Nothing specific on the day they will go on sell? I want to get 2 more so I have one for each of the tree games I'm going. Correction: It is up right now. If you want to prepay for parking, here is the link.... http://miami.marlins.mlb.com/mia/ballpark/parking_maps.jsp

One thing I found out is that they will be selling parking passes online in next few days so if you have tickets but not parking you can buy individual game parking passes. Another things is for thos thinking of doing the tri rail to metro rail to shuttle option.... Tri rail shuts down at 930pm so that will only work for day games. More to come. Nothing specific on the day they will go on sell? I want to get 2 more so I have one for each of the tree games I'm going. Supposedly the parking passes will be accessible online today. I just went on and didn't see it as an option yet. Called Marlins- they said try again in the afternoon. You probably can call them and see if you can buy one from them or have them direct you to how to get it done, but would wait until later today.

One thing I found out is that they will be selling parking passes online in next few days so if you have tickets but not parking you can buy individual game parking passes. Another things is for thos thinking of doing the tri rail to metro rail to shuttle option.... Tri rail shuts down at 930pm so that will only work for day games. More to come.

http://www.forbes.com/2009/06/22/baseball-manager-ejections-lifestyle-sports-baseball-managers_slide_6.html Enough to rank 6th among active managers sine 2004

Okay thanks for the (mostly) constructive feedback. Will try to get someone who knows parking issue to come on here and answer all the questions posed and correct ny misinformation. Or at least have them send to me so I can post.

thanks to all those that answered the initial post questions. i agree the herald and some other media outlets are only painting the negative. example: Herald in English Headline is Marlins Parking Situation Stinks. El Herald Headline (same story) is Marlins Park Opens with Accolades. Pandering to different audiences. Regardless, there are some kinks to fix. If there are other comments on experiences with parking that have occurred AND/OR parking information you would like to get before you go to your first game post it here and I will get it to the right people. Thank.

that probably would have broken a human's wrist.

I pulled up at 6:45 on the day of the UM game and had no problems. I just parked in one of the Outfield garages. Pulled in, found a spot and took off. Took me all of 3 minutes to get into the garage and into a spot. (BTW, that 3rd person in the 2 person job was head counting for some reason and making sure the tickets were real) The only issue I had was it seemed getting off the 836 the traffic on that two lane or 3 lane road is going to get really nasty. I'll look for alternatives. I'd love it if a Metro Mover was made to connect the Civic Center to the ballpark. That would be perfect for ALOT of us fans who are traveling. Coming from homestead, I'd park at Dadeland and go to the game if a Metro Mover were available. They are doing trolleys from the Civic Center to the ballpark. That's probably what I'm doing for opening day. Yeah, but I read they start the trolley at 6:30 and end at 11:30, that sucks time wise. 630 pm or am. If its 630 pm that bs. You cant even make a trip around the loop in 30 minutes. I'm thinkin it may be am Chris. Here is a quote from the Herald article: Albert Sosa, the city’s capital improvements director, said the trolleys will run from 6:30 a.m. through 11:30 p.m. on a pair of roughly four-mile, 30-minute routes. They circuits form a figure-eight shape from the hospital district to just south of the ballpark. Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/03/01/2669977/new-miami-trolley-goes-live-wins.html#storylink=cpy

i am disable i have decals for car will i be able park close or in garages? did any one want fiu or um see were their have it? i notice city dont charge parking for diable not sure that case in here i am sure i saw disabled access parking in the garages. and i believe you have to prepay for it, at least for now.

I have a real issue with parking. It costs $20 on a regular season gameday. That one is a Marlins issue, not much MPA can do about that. Marlins collect all the revenue from parking. MPA just manages the parking. So if there is a logistics problem, that is more along the lines of where they might be able to help.

my understanding is there are 6200 spots on site - not sure if that is just the garages or the lots also. that translates to about 13640 people if you go by the concept that about 2.2 people go in each car. about 1/3 of the people at full capacity if it is just garages. there are 6 lots as well. traffic in and out is also going to be forced (like at Sun Life) one way or another. here is a map link: http://mlb.mlb.com/mia/ballpark/parking_maps.jsp

I hope this is the right subforum for this.... if not I guess it will be moved to the appropriate place... The purpose of these questions is for me to document real issues and expectations and provide that to the people that will be handling parking at the stadium. I have a contact with the Miami Parking Authority and he has asked me to get as much info as I can. I figured you all are a great target audience. Question 1 is for anyone who went to a preseason game already at the NEW stadium (not Jupiter). Question 2 is for anyone who is PLANNING on going to a game at the new stadium. 1. What, if any, were the problems that you had with parking at the event? Be specific please. 2. What are you realistically expecting from the parking experience - information about parking before you go, amount of time it takes to find parking, distance from the park, access to garage, amount of time it takes to get out, etc? Please use your parking experience at other sporting events as a reference/starting point (Sun Life, American Airlines Arena, etc)? Thanks

ok, how do i do that- have been trying to figure it out for 20 min

hey, relatively new here. saw that there was a request for pics- i got a ton. but some don't quite fit into the album descriptions you have up. for example- there was a south beach wine and food festival event at the stadium about a week before the HS game there- lots of players attended, etc.. how do i get a hold of someone to ask where to upload those kinds of pics, etc? sorry this is SO off topic.

I'm sorry, but you guys,OR Really girls, with the way you're acting, makes you seem incORRigibly pathetic OR Randomly stupid. Get it now?