Quite the crowd at the Marlins' home opener

[Docwaukee]

lol.  It's too late though. 

[disarcina]

"I wonder what their ticket prices are?"

 

One can only imagine what the scalpers are getting -- if there are any outside the park.

 

I can just see this scenario, though, that reminds me of years ago when I was going to school in San Diego -- my sister and her (then) young son (he's 40 or something like that now) -- we were at a Padres game -- this was a few years after they joined the league as an expansion team (guys like Ozzie Smith and Dave Winfield were on the team, though!) -- being all broke back then, we got cheap seats (must have been $5 or $6 back then, perhaps less).......place is empty. They're playing Montreal, the other expansion team. San Diego Stadium (before it became Jack Murphy Stadium and the Qual Com or whatever it's called now).......place was also home to SDSU Aztecs (they used to out-draw the Chargers back then)..........anyway, mid-week night game a throng of about 7,000 (maybe) 'packed' into a stadium that seats 65.000 or more........we're in cheap seats, my nephew is 5 or 6, something like that --- we move through the empty rows and rows and rows of seats to better seats (still the same level -- not like we're going from nose-bleed to behind the dugout) --- the usher sees us and makes us go back to our original seats.........

 

My sister, who has always been a bit sassy, says "hey, you should pay us for being here'  Usher guy in those ridiculous usher uni's (like the ones they still wear at the Big A, but these were in those hideous more yellow than gold and brown colors, was not amused but didn't really care either.

 

I can see the same scene being played out at Florida's ballpark on opening day.........yeah, fans, we love ya........

[Troll Daddy]

That reminds me of the old days at the Big A. Where you could buy a cheap seat and sit behind home plate. Well maybe not quite as bad as Florida.

[2002_halos_II]

Far as I can tell, the ushers only check the loge tickets at the Big A. Last season for the BoSox game there were like 20 people in section 249  until about the 5th inning....

[TXNick]

They did a groupon to sell opening day tickets.

[Vegas Halo Fan]

There would have been more people but Jeff Mathis is out, so his family didn't go.

 

Looks like Pack the House Night in Miami. If they hadn't built that new ballpark, their attendance would have really sucked.

 

At one time Jeffrey Loria was looking long and hard at Las Vegas. Thanks for passing on us, Jeff.

[ELEVEN]

That team could really use a Hello Kitty night.

[mancini79]

Marlins gave their fans a great showing with 2 hits...against Maholm...Paul Maholm. 

[jshep]

This might be my favorite fact about the 2013 Marlins:

 

Via thebiglead, the Marlins’ home run sculpture cost close to $2.5 million to build.
– That’s more than 22 of the 25 players on the Marlins’ roster are making this year.

[Second Base]

I don't envision a professional sports team gracing Las Vegas with it's presence.  Too much can go wrong.  This isn't to say trouble can't find you in every city but it just seems like Vegas is the one city that would have the most unnecessary drama surrounding the team. 

[OregonLAA]

Marlins gave their fans a great showing with 2 hits...against Maholm...Paul Maholm. 

I believe he has been very solid since going to the Braves

[HaloFan85]

I think we went over this once before. The places that would be in the best position to support an MLB franchise are Portland, San Antonio and one of the Carolinas. Off the top of my head I can't remember all the ones we listed. I think it was a thread on the older forum. Still, I'd love to see a professional team in Portland, would become an immediate rival with Mariners. The Carolinas are also intriguing, see how much they support college ball and minor league ball.

Cities I remember being mentioned in the past for possible expansion were Portland, San Antonio, Charlotte, Salt Lake City, and possibly even Montreal again.

[CaliAngel]

This might be my favorite fact about the 2013 Marlins:

 

Via thebiglead, the Marlins’ home run sculpture cost close to $2.5 million to build.

 

Without a doubt the UGLIEST sculpture to ever cost $2.5 million.

 

Does the Marlins owner get paid if fans don't show up?

[Streetkid]

Any pictures from last year?

[Blarg]

[yk9001]

 

 

 

Not to be all Lifetime-ish, but it really doesn't look that bad.