Florida Marlins Baseball Has Reached Critical Condition

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 Florida Marlins Baseball Has Reached Critical Condition
"If we built it, will they come?" That is the question the city of Miami seems to have on their minds these days. You see, they have been having a little problem with attendance for a while now. Actually, only two years in the last ten has Florida averaged over 20,000 in attendance for home games. Here is a graph of the Florida Marlin's average turn-out compared to that of the entire National League. It's not like Florida is overcharging for their tickets. You can go online and get a ... [link]

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Florida Marlins Baseball Has Reached Critical Condition
Published 9/5/2008 by Andrew Kneeland (noreply@blogger.com) at Twins Fix: Providing Your Daily Twins Fix
Yes, I know, this has nothing to do with the Twins. Frankly, I have to desire at all to write about the latest loss. If you want a good recap, head on over to SethSpeaks.net. I wrote this for Bleacher Report. "If we built it, will they come?" That is the question the city of Miami seems to have on their minds these days. You see, they have been having a little problem with attendance for a while now. Actually, only two years in the last ten has Florida averaged over 20,000 in attendance for home games. Here is a graph of the Florida ...

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