On Wednesday, the Marlins welcomed the Braves for a day game. Only 600 people showed up to watch.
You read that right. Six hundred. 6-0-0.
According to the AP, the park was so sparse "home plate chatter could be heard."
That's just sickening. Sure, the Marlins are falling out of the playoff race fast, and the Braves have put together one of the worst seasons in franchise history, but 600? Minor league teams could easily draw more that that!
This is just another case for moving the Marlins out of Miami. A better market, like Portland, OR or even Las Vegas, NV would do wonders for the team.
In Vegas though, you still have the issue of nomadic fans. I'm sure the residents of Las Vegas would embrace them, but like Miami, it's a huge tourist destination, and many of the fans attending the game might just be people passing through and not fans of the home team.
If the Marlins were to move out of the NL East, which is unlikely as they are getting are supposed to be getting a brand new stadium in Miami, the logical move to even out the divisions would be to move the Pittsburgh Pirates into the division.
It's probably a moot point, but something needs to be done down in Miami. 600?!?
