That headline isn't 100% accurate -- there were
some people watching them lose last night to the Nationals, but only a small fraction of the announced attendance. As
Larry Brown Sports spotted in the
Miami Herald:
The announced attendance Monday at Dolphin Stadium was 12,345, but the crowd was estimated at about 1,000 and after a 40-minute rain delay in the seventh, there were probably 200 fans left in a stadium that seats more than 67,000 for baseball.
''Yeah that's very [tough],'' Olsen said of the tiny crowd. ``We go into New York and Philadelphia and there's 40,000 fans and we come here and there's two. It's very tough.''
Wow, just ... wow. I know the crowds rarely turn out in Miami, but that's mind-boggling. Can someone tell me why
a new stadium (with presumably higher ticket prices) is going to suddenly make baseball in Miami seem viable instead of laughable? And why a community that quite clearly couldn't care less about Major League Baseball should be expected to pitch in hundreds of millions of dollars to build it?
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Reader Comments ( Page 1 of 1)
1. Let's be honest, with only a thousand fans in the stands, the quality of your groupies is pretty lame. Miami notwithstanding.
Posted at 4:01PM on Sep 11th 2007 by nickstoli
2. u no thats a shame i love the marlins and i dont get why so many people dont come watch a major league baseball game for 15 $. if i could i would go to every game i mean we dont have the best baseball team around but there young and exciting and especially miguel cabrera, just wait in a few year when the marlins get some money well bring in some stars anyways go Marlins!!!
Posted at 4:06PM on Sep 11th 2007 by Chris Finch
3. I feel bad for the few real baseball fans that show up, because they are gonna lose their team someday......
Posted at 4:44PM on Sep 11th 2007 by Greg
4. look the reality is that south florida is a bandwagon sports town. The Marlins put out a decent product out there, they have two of the best young players in baseball in Hanly Rameriz and Miguel Cabrera. It's too bad they will be playing somewhere else in a couple of years.
Posted at 6:24PM on Sep 11th 2007 by Bob
5. Historically, that is a bad sports town, but legend has it that the Marlins don't draw beacuseof the constant possibility of rain. Isn't the new joint supposed to have a retractable roof? Would like to hear from a So. Fla blogger.
Posted at 8:07PM on Sep 11th 2007 by Grer The Sarcastic Bastard
6. Could also be because the moment the team does well, they owners dismantle it and sell the players off to the highest bidder. Doesn't exactly inspire fan loyalty.
Posted at 8:40PM on Sep 11th 2007 by Don
7. The weather is terrible in south floriday--get this
the maryland / floriday international football game
at the Orange bowl sat had 5000 fans. With the heat
and humitdity who would go to anything? Floirda
fans may not care about any sport and who would
blame them with the weather factor
Posted at 9:05PM on Sep 11th 2007 by drozicer
8. hey my wife and I were attending games on a regular basis until the marlins and yankees were in the world series and then we could not get tickets unless you paid through the nose the regular season games avg. about 10,000 all of a sudden you can't get tickets thanks but no thanks
Posted at 9:41PM on Sep 11th 2007 by jim
9. Football season has started and the Marlins are not going to get the Dolphin and Hurricane fans to spend money on the Marlins.
Posted at 10:13PM on Sep 11th 2007 by George B Vieto