love Gammons, amazing baseball mind him and Boog both used to be great together I could listen to them talk baseball all day long

What's wrong with talking about the Rays bad attendance?

 

They are neck and neck with the Yankees and can't draw. That should be discussed.

 

At least Marlins fans had the open-air stadium to use as an excuse.

 

 

 

To be fair...I've been to the Trop, and it sucks, as well. It looks like a dump.

Are we really that spoiled by the new park era that "niceness" of the facility (or lack of) is reason for fans not to attend games of a postseason lock team that has occasionally had the best record in MLB? It's rain proof and climate controlled. I can understand that it might not compare to the newer parks of the last decade but it's lack of flatscreen TVs and build-a-bear stations shouldn't be a real deterrence from seeing a high class team.

 

I'm just saying that that could be their excuse.

The lack of a roof here is a sh*tty excuse, as well. It doesn't rain everyday here, and the Marlins won't draw in terms of attendance if the team continues being an average/slightly above average team, regardless of the stadium.

 

The state of Florida, in general, sucks for sports. (unless if you're in the playoffs, or bring in amazing star athletes like the Heat have done).

 

It's a pretty good excuse, actually.

 

See, I went to a game 2 week ago where it rained on and off (before, of course, the rain delay..) I got sick and felt like sh*t for a week. You can sure as hell bet that I won't be going back this year. It's a total inconvenience that makes people hesitant. Along with that is how ugly that piece of sh*t stadium is and how far it is.

 

 

Attendance in the new stadium won't increase significantly unless the Marlins get a lot better, in terms of win/loss results.

Sellouts in football are complete lies.

 

 

Agreed.

The lack of a roof here is a sh*tty excuse, as well. It doesn't rain everyday here, and the Marlins won't draw in terms of attendance if the team continues being an average/slightly above average team, regardless of the stadium.

 

 

Not if you're one of the many Marlin fans who make the trip from Palm Beach County. Who wants to drive all the way to Miami Gardens when there is a threat of rain almost every night in the summer months? Even if the game doesn't get called, there is still the chance of rain delays, meaning games are getting over later and we still have to drive home and go to work the next morning.