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fishstripes.com - 9/4/2008
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It seems the internet is all a flutter with the Marlins actual attendance for yesterday's game.
The Palm Beach Post had this :
In the minutes leading up to the 1:10 p.m. first pitch against Atlanta, reliever Joe Nelson and two other players counted the fans in the stands. The tally was 584. In the press box, the unofficial count was 589.
"We didn't count event staff, either," ...
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Man, Braves fans never show up! Wait...where was the game again?
Right Down Peachtree —
... Yes, there's plenty of other stuff going on, hurricanes and politics and whaddaya call it, "school" and stuff. But still -- 600? Weren't there more khakis-and-Oxford-shirt types looking to scoot out of work for an early-afternoon game? Or is everybody in Miami really an "independent contractor" and "import-export specialist"? FishStripes tries to defend the weak attendance -- and does a pretty decent job, actually -- but the truth of the matter is that FishStripes is chasing a losing cause here. Trust me, FS, I know what that's like. No matter how much you think the fans ought ...
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