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Marlins beat Braves in front of 600 fans (AP)
Marlins beat Braves in front of 600 fans (AP)
Hanley Ramirez homered and doubled to lead the Florida Marlins past the Atlanta Braves 5-3 Wednesday in front of an incredibly sparse crowd of just 600 fans. Fewer than 600 people were in Dolphin Stadium's bright orange and aqua seats for the first pitch, leaving most of them to reflect the afternoon sun.
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Thursday is the New Wednesday Daily "Linkin' Logs" (9/4/08)
The Bad News Bloggers — ... the first of many pieces of evidence proving Terrance Newman sucks... Proof God Hates Philadelphia...even Toronto is still celebrating (in denim!) Carlos Zambrano (and the Cubs' hopes) are in trouble, So's Rich Harden and that's no no-no for C.C. Jason Giambi + Bathroom Door = Hilarious Injury (Could be worse, He could be Clint Barmes) The Marlins beat the Braves last night (big deal...) infront of 600 people at Dolphins' Stadium From AA, Stupid Touchdown Celebrations (Ickey ...

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Ramirez, Marlins beat Braves in front of 600 fansBoston.com -- Baseball News
Hanley Ramirez homered and doubled to lead the Florida Marlins past the Atlanta Braves 5-3 Wednesday in front of an incredibly sparse crowd of just 600 fans.