March 30, 20197 yr Tampa is not supporting a good baseball team. The Rays are competitive and smart. There’s no reason for Florida to have two baseball teams, and everyone knows that Miami is a better location than Tampa. Why not contract the Marlins and bring the Rays down here? We can even keep the name if they want...The Miami Rays. Only change that needs to be made is to remove Dewayne Staats as a broadcaster and replace him with Rich Waltz. I’m all in on this idea. Support me, please.
March 30, 20197 yr Author We can also use this thread to support the Rays all season. Great first win tonight, Rays. Tampa/St. Pete do not deserve you.
March 30, 20197 yr you think money their put on new design their will do that you may see Tampa iffff their move too other city outside Florida maybe town want baseball team
March 30, 20197 yr i have feeling erick will posting tampa rays forum soon as former marlins fan if we go 0-4 could happen
March 30, 20197 yr Author i have feeling erick will posting tampa rays forum soon as former marlins fan if we go 0-4 could happen I want to root for a good team in Miami. This would be a good move for Major League Baseball.
March 30, 20197 yr Author Keep us in the AL East so we can get the Yankees/Red Sox crowds here in Miami. Move Pittsburgh to the NL East.
March 30, 20197 yr sad too say erick this rebuild was going happening for next few years we not going be good untill mabe 2025
March 30, 20197 yr erick having marlins let down sorry too say going long season we going tesst to watch baseball or go other sport this team wont easy too watch
March 30, 20197 yr Author erick having marlins let down sorry too say going long season we going tesst to watch baseball or go other sport this team wont easy too watch Honestly, it’s not a big deal. We’ve experienced plenty of losing before. I’m just presenting something that makes sense. And we might as well find a way to have some fun this year.
March 30, 20197 yr Author Drawing 6,500 fans on a Friday night isn’t a good look for Major League Baseball. We are not interested in Jeter’s product. We want the Rays.
March 30, 20197 yr 6,000 what go highschool football even their can get more go highschool football game
March 30, 20197 yr Fuck Jeter he won't be happy until the Yankees move to Miami that is his plan all along buy Marlins make them lose all the games so the team contract then the Yankees will move to Miami because already two teams in New York so Yankees come to Miami and Jeter fucking happy Fuck Jeter
March 30, 20197 yr We are not interested in Jeter’s product. We want the Rays. I honestly don't think the attendance would be good anyway though. The 2017 Marlins with Stanton, Ozuna, Yelich, Realmuto, Gordon, etc couldn't draw fans. Why would a Rays team outdraw that? Yes the attendance in 2017 was better than this year's has been, but it wasn't exactly good.
March 30, 20197 yr I honestly don't think the attendance would be good anyway though. The 2017 Marlins with Stanton, Ozuna, Yelich, Realmuto, Gordon, etc couldn't draw fans. Why would a Rays team outdraw that? Yes the attendance in 2017 was better than this year's has been, but it wasn't exactly good. Hard to say. I do think if you took the 2018 Rays and had them play in Miami the attendance would have been abysmal. The Rays started out the season really poorly. They lost like 12 in a row at one point in April. They traded Chris Archer whom they had been marketing as their ace for several years. The winter prior to 2018 they moved on from Dickerson and Souza both of whom had very nice seasons in 2017. They had big hopes for a couple of young guys who ended up getting TJ surgery in spring training (Honeywell and de Leon). Nathan Eovaldi was traded to an intra division rival. The team put together a mid summer surge around the time most people in Miami are discussing dolphins training camp. So yes the team finished with 90 wins but the way that they won would not have gotten much attention in Miami. Oh and they finished in third place and missed the playoffs. Really good season but not enough to move the attendance mark in Miami if you ask me.
March 30, 20197 yr All Jeter jokes aside, he’s right about consistent winning. The way to draw fans here is to have a core that you know will be on the team and that makes the playoffs fairly regularly. People buy tickets on hope. If there’s no hope the. Nobody is going.
March 30, 20197 yr The other thing about the Rays is that they don’t hesitate to move players on in search of a better return on their salary. This would infuriate people down here in spite of any amount of success.
March 30, 20197 yr I honestly don't think the attendance would be good anyway though. The 2017 Marlins with Stanton, Ozuna, Yelich, Realmuto, Gordon, etc couldn't draw fans. Why would a Rays team outdraw that? Yes the attendance in 2017 was better than this year's has been, but it wasn't exactly good. The problem is that core group never had a winning season. Only consistent winning brings fans. The 97 season has attendance over 2 mil. From 03-05 attendance rose yearly until the 06 fire sale. 2012 with the new stadium and the offseason moves had attendance over 2 million. The attendance experiment can’t ever be resolved unless and until the marlins are able to field a consistent winner. A team that competes regularly. Until that point there’s no reason why attendance should be any higher.
March 30, 20197 yr Author The 2017 Marlins with Stanton, Ozuna, Yelich, Realmuto, Gordon, etc couldn't draw fans. Why would a Rays team outdraw that? Because they win.
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