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Miami pulling a switcheroo on it's fans?
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Posted: 11/13/2012 5:58 PM
Miami pulling a switcheroo on it's fans?
http://deadspin.com/5960320/the-marlins-are-report edly-on-the-verge-of-basically-trading-away-their- whole-team
Craziness.
Edit: Issues inserting a link. I'd just copy and paste it!
Last edited 11/13/2012 5:59 PM by Cochise22
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Posted: 11/13/2012 7:07 PM
Re: Miami pulling a switcheroo on it's fans?
an absolute joke of a franchise. pathetic.
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Posted: 11/13/2012 7:14 PM
Re: Miami pulling a switcheroo on it's fans?
this quote pretty much sums up why the marlins' ownership needs to be removed for the good the game:
"just about any (marlins) player making money is going to toronto," a source told espn.
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Posted: 11/13/2012 7:23 PM
Re: Miami pulling a switcheroo on it's fans?
duckymedwick7 wrote: this quote pretty much sums up why the marlins' ownership needs to be removed for the good the game:
"just about any (marlins) player making money is going to toronto," a source told espn. They got a publicly funded stadium, went about half a season until the started putting everyone on the market. The fans in Miami have every right to be ticked about the fire sale but they got duped into funding the stadium. Fool me twice, shame on me! |
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Posted: 11/13/2012 7:46 PM
Re: Miami pulling a switcheroo on it's fans?
Is there anyway we can call dibs on Giancarlo Stanton if/when they decide to trade him?
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Posted: 11/13/2012 7:51 PM
RE: Miami pulling a switcheroo on it's fans?
A joke, yes. But over the last 15 years, they've won as many world championships as the Cards. I'm not sure what that says.
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Posted: 11/13/2012 8:00 PM
RE: Miami pulling a switcheroo on it's fans?
Well fans dont show up so who cares?
I guess I forgot in 2012 making a business decision makes you a bad person....the team doesnt belong to you...
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Posted: 11/13/2012 8:27 PM
RE: Miami pulling a switcheroo on it's fans?
grayssportsalmanac wrote: Well fans dont show up so who cares?
I guess I forgot in 2012 making a business decision makes you a bad person....the team doesnt belong to you... you tell'em grays...the Marlins are a brilliantly run franchise by super smart business men...all you socialists just hate 'em because they have more money than you!
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Posted: 11/13/2012 8:32 PM
RE: Miami pulling a switcheroo on it's fans?
HomerHankyHater wrote:
grayssportsalmanac wrote: Well fans dont show up so who cares?
I guess I forgot in 2012 making a business decision makes you a bad person....the team doesnt belong to you... you tell'em grays...the Marlins are a brilliantly run franchise by super smart business men...all you socialists just hate 'em because they have more money than you! haha, well im not going that far...Im just saying that they tried last year with big names and they failed, the fans gave them about a week to prove themselves and then stopped coming. If nobody is coming anyway, a rebuilding period is a perfectly reasonable business decision, and might be the best thing for the franchinse in the long run... Edit: I will say that depending on contracts signed for corporate boxe/suites etc. I could certainly understand how they could be upset..
Last edited 11/13/2012 8:34 PM by grayssportsalmanac
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Posted: 11/13/2012 8:49 PM
Re: Miami pulling a switcheroo on it's fans?
Cochise22 wrote: Is there anyway we can call dibs on Giancarlo Stanton if/when they decide to trade him? No.
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Posted: 11/13/2012 8:58 PM
Re: Miami pulling a switcheroo on it's fans?
I'd think Bud would halt this trade for the reasons cited early in this thread. After campaigning for and getting a public-funded stadium, the commissioner's office has some of its credibility at stake.
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Posted: 11/13/2012 9:19 PM
Re: Miami pulling a switcheroo on it's fans?
some great twitter reactions..these are real, have to love it  "Alright, I'm pissed off!!! Plain & Simple"- mike stanton
to which bryce harper tweeted:
you can always come play for the Nats!," "We will take you anytime! Get some red, white, and blue in your life!"
"I'm not gonna do whatever body thinks I'm gonna do and freak out! Ugh, I need a bath."- Logan morrison
"Its a good day to be a bluejay!"- jose bautista
and for some reason my favorite..
"huh?" -ricky nolasco
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Posted: 11/13/2012 9:51 PM
RE: Miami pulling a switcheroo on it's fans?
blingboy wrote: A joke, yes. But over the last 15 years, they've won as many world championships as the Cards. I'm not sure what that says. Jeffrey Loria can claim only one of those titles. During the first one, he was still ruining baseball in Montreal.
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Posted: 11/13/2012 10:04 PM
RE: Miami pulling a switcheroo on it's fans?
Domeboys wrote:
blingboy wrote: A joke, yes. But over the last 15 years, they've won as many world championships as the Cards. I'm not sure what that says. Jeffrey Loria can claim only one of those titles. During the first one, he was still ruining baseball in Montreal. By the way, are those the only times they made it to the playoffs over that span? Yes, winning championships is the ultimate prize, but it sure makes it enjoyable watching the Cardinals competing year in and year out to play in October. If you want a fan base you need to win consistently (unless you're the Cubs). |
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Posted: 11/13/2012 10:19 PM
RE: Miami pulling a switcheroo on it's fans?
Yes. Oddly, the only two times the Marlins made the post-season, they won the World Series - 1996 and 2003.
(Loria didn't buy the Expos until 1999 and swapped his way into Miami in 2002.)
Last edited 11/13/2012 10:19 PM by Domeboys
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Posted: 11/13/2012 10:29 PM
RE: Miami pulling a switcheroo on it's fans?
It's also important to remember those two Marlins teams were constructed mostly by Dave Dombrowski and under ownership. The 2003 title was won predominately with Dombrowski's residual acquisitions and draftees and well before Loria would burn the franchise to the ground and swindle an entire city out of public funds. It's going to be a really long time until that franchise sniffs another title. The Marlins aren't a magic franchise, they were just a well run, low-payroll franchise with very talented baseball minds in the front office and scouting department. The only thing left now is the low-payroll and a toxic owner.
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Posted: 11/13/2012 11:10 PM
RE: Miami pulling a switcheroo on it's fans?
Domeboys- actually it was 1997 and 2003. The Yankee's beat the Braves in 96.
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Posted: 11/13/2012 11:12 PM
RE: Miami pulling a switcheroo on it's fans?
And if people remember. One of the sites I posted on I was ripping on the Marlins right around the time they had signed Buerhle, Bell and were targeting Pujols. I stated that they would disband this team very quickly and it was an embarrassment to baseball. So they had a master plan of getting people to the park with Latin Players start winning some and then build on that. They gave it less than half a year. It's criminal that they duped the county and the fans. MLB should really take the team back because they are a utter joke.
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Posted: 11/13/2012 11:21 PM
RE: Miami pulling a switcheroo on it's fans?
scadder21 wrote: And if people remember. One of the sites I posted on I was ripping on the Marlins right around the time they had signed Buerhle, Bell and were targeting Pujols. I stated that they would disband this team very quickly and it was an embarrassment to baseball. So they had a master plan of getting people to the park with Latin Players start winning some and then build on that. They gave it less than half a year. It's criminal that they duped the county and the fans. MLB should really take the team back because they are a utter joke. Lets not forget the rodeo clown they allegedly hired to manage! I honestly think they pulled a fast one on their fans. I would suspect that Bud pulls the plug on this trade. They will trade these guys but not in this one deal.
GO CARDS!
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Posted: 11/14/2012 6:30 AM
RE: Miami pulling a switcheroo on it's fans?
cardinalnationhouston wrote:
scadder21 wrote: And if people remember. One of the sites I posted on I was ripping on the Marlins right around the time they had signed Buerhle, Bell and were targeting Pujols. I stated that they would disband this team very quickly and it was an embarrassment to baseball. So they had a master plan of getting people to the park with Latin Players start winning some and then build on that. They gave it less than half a year. It's criminal that they duped the county and the fans. MLB should really take the team back because they are a utter joke. Lets not forget the rodeo clown they allegedly hired to manage! I honestly think they pulled a fast one on their fans. I would suspect that Bud pulls the plug on this trade. They will trade these guys but not in this one deal. I doubt Bud pulls the plug on this trade. He has allowed a lot more lop sided trades to pass without even blinking and this one is really not all that lopsided either. |
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