Florida Marlins will never go away. Even if they do change it.

I don't like it, why is it most teams have names of states, we will be one of the lonesome teams with a city, very odd, but it's alright aslong as they stay here, so I approve.

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"Most Teams" have state names? I'm confused. Out of 32 NFL teams only four have "regionalized" names (Arizona Cardinals, Tennessee Titans, Carolina Panthers, Minnesota Vikings). Out of 30 NBA teams only four have regional names (Golden State Warriors, New Jersey Nets, Minnesota Timberwolves, Indiana Pacers). Out of 30 NHL teams only five have regional names (Florida Panthers, New Jersey Devils, Colorado Avalanche, Minnesota Wild, Carolina Hurricanes). And finally, MLB only has four regional team names (Florida Marlins, Texas Rangers, Minnesota Twins, Colorado Rockies).

 

I just don't understand your reasoning that "we will be one of the lonesome teams with a city". Perhaps my sarcasm meter is turned off. But if you were serious, what I wrote above disproves your point.

 

As for my opinion, the team should have been the Miami Marlins from the beginning. That was the historical name for baseball teams in this area for over fifty years. The "Florida" name, in my opinion, was just Huizenga's plot to not have anything named "Miami" in any of his teams because he really doesn't like Miami (being that he's a "Broward Guy").

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You forgot the New England Patriots.

i hate miami marlins.

 

 

if the city of miami is that full of themselves that the team must be renamed after the town then thats a joke.

Well, I like Miami Marlins.

Seems like it was always a bargain chip, and many at the state level weren't fooled or cared.

i hate miami marlins.

 

 

if the city of miami is that full of themselves that the team must be renamed after the town then thats a joke.

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Yeah, I agree totally. Florida Marlins just sounds so much more natural at this point, it'd be stupid to change the name of the team to satisfy the city.

I don't like it, why is it most teams have names of states, we will be one of the lonesome teams with a city, very odd, but it's alright aslong as they stay here, so I approve.

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it wasn't always like that, most of the teams with state names (marlins, rockies, d-backs, rangers) are expansion teams who, as a result of their more marketing-savvy era, are trying to appeal to the largest fan base possible. same thing in the NFL (carolina panthers, or the cardinals switching from phoenix to arizona). i personally think of it as a fairly transparent marketing ploy and would rather them just be the miami marlins.

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You greatly underestimate the amount of Marlins fans that live in N. and C. FL and like to think of the Marlins as Florida's baseball team. There is a reason the Marlins have a larger percentage of the state's baseball fans than the Dolphins have in football. The Bucs and Jags are closer to a lot of non-south FL fans and they dropped the Dolphins for those teams. The DRays easily trail the Marlins and Braves in terms of support from MLB fans in FL. If they became the "Miami Marlins," I think you'd see the Marlins lose their share of fans to the DRays once they get a real owner that cares about winning.