Recent Comments
melissamld 06:49:12 PM May 21 2008
Florida is depressing? enjoy the fat white folk and tornadoes in the mid-west. I am going to watch a beautiful sunset over the gulf of mexico and drink a margarita on the rocks!
jimkelly196 12:05:03 PM May 18 2008
You're right. Florida is a very depressing place. Nothing but heat, humidity, mold ,overcrowded, overbuilt with condos, rain virtually every day followed by more heat and humidity, etc. Football is king in Florida. That team in St. Petersburg can try changing everything but they are admitting thay can't attract fans by planning a new stadium that has about 25% less seating capacity as present one. Should probably make it 50% less.
thummer42 07:31:54 PM May 17 2008
Mr. Armstrong!
You are at your best again! As I have said many times, you and John Feinstein are in a class of your own. However, Colin Cowherd is slowly sneaking up on you two.
maddoc2054 01:48:52 PM May 17 2008
the Rays need a new stadium (with a retractable roof), not in Tampa but on the East side of the I-75 and I-4 intersection; the Marlins not drawing in Dade county are doomed
presz2 09:35:14 AM May 17 2008
The rays need a domed stadium in TAMPA. I would go to more games if I didn't have to buckle up and drive on the Central Speedway,I75 and 275 all the way to St Pete. I live north of Tampa and there is a large fan base in this area. The owners should realize that Traffic, Parking, and HOT HUMID HEAT especially during the baseball days of summer will keep fans away. Even the Red Sox or Yankees would not draw if they were based in Florida in the summer. Look at some of the attendance during spring training when teams play in cooler weather. There is something magical about being at a live ballgame, with its sights,sounds and smells. The fan must be made to feel comfortable. The owners are facing tremendous competition from the Best Seat in the House, YOUR AIR CONDITIONED LIVING ROOM WITH BIG SCREEN TV!!
gihellman 10:13:53 AM May 16 2008
Funny, because the Marlins are showing a profit, even if some of it is from revenue sharing. They also prove over and over again that a young, inexperienced, hungry TEAM can more than hold it's own against teams with bloated, pampered, and over paid veterans.
There are lots of reasons the Marlins don't draw better. Most people in South Florida don't have a history of baseball with a relatively new team, ticket and parking prices are high, there's lots of other fun stuff to do, the population is spread out, its tough to totally warm to a team that turns it's stars over so quickly, and most of all......it's hot, humid and wet too much of the time.
I believe attendance will increase dramatically with a domed stadium at the site of the old Orange Bowl. It's a half a billion dollar gamble, but everyone but the fans will make money from it.
GO MARLINS.........
pladd 10:40:15 PM May 15 2008
Baseball doesn't work in Baltimore, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Kansas City, Milwaukee, Minneapolis, Oakland, Pittsburgh, San Diego, Seattle, Texas and Toronto, either.
Baseball sucks The Big One.
gamay9 05:59:13 PM May 15 2008
alzoss: You'll be old some day too unless you keep mouthing off. I go to as many Milwaukee Brewer games as possible. When Milwaukee played in Miami I was appalled by the dinky crowds; I could count the number of fans as the TV camera scanned. But our team's game announcers did not once criticize Miami fans for low attendance even though we average 40,000 per game. Of course, Milwaukee has a beautiful convertible roof stadium with wide concourses and parking galore; plus great food and a central location.
There aren't THAT many elderly people in Miami to affect the crowd that much.
There ARE a lot of mo-fo-bro's and spics but I counted count many of them either.
