Comments on: Who’ll buy the Marlins a new stadium? http://umpbump.com/press/2007/02/05/wholl-buy-the-marlins-a-new-stadium/ In-your-face baseball commentary Sat, 07 Nov 2009 23:15:35 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: JD http://umpbump.com/press/2007/02/05/wholl-buy-the-marlins-a-new-stadium/comment-page-1/#comment-52233 JD Mon, 05 Feb 2007 21:37:48 +0000 http://www.umpbump.com/press/wholl-buy-the-marlins-a-new-stadium/#comment-52233 Actually gary that is a prototype from 2003 that was made for the Marlins stadium that would have sat next to the Orange Bowl. I'm very encouraged that we have Crist in office who is making a concious effort to keeping baseball in South Florida. I am worried that a domed stadium in South Florida would not improvement the attendance. The problem with South Florida is not really the weather, but the fare weather fans. Unless there is a good product on the field, they won't show up. Even the Phins attendance takes a hit when they suck. Heat fans do not show up uuntil half way through the game. I'll tell you this much, throw a dome on the Marlins stadium and I'm at 75% of the home games easy. Actually gary that is a prototype from 2003 that was made for the Marlins stadium that would have sat next to the Orange Bowl.

I’m very encouraged that we have Crist in office who is making a concious effort to keeping baseball in South Florida. I am worried that a domed stadium in South Florida would not improvement the attendance. The problem with South Florida is not really the weather, but the fare weather fans. Unless there is a good product on the field, they won’t show up. Even the Phins attendance takes a hit when they suck. Heat fans do not show up uuntil half way through the game.

I’ll tell you this much, throw a dome on the Marlins stadium and I’m at 75% of the home games easy.

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]]> By: gary http://umpbump.com/press/2007/02/05/wholl-buy-the-marlins-a-new-stadium/comment-page-1/#comment-52232 gary Mon, 05 Feb 2007 21:13:21 +0000 http://www.umpbump.com/press/wholl-buy-the-marlins-a-new-stadium/#comment-52232 I like that Crist is a "former minor league baseball attorney," I guess not everyone can get that call up to the the bigs. Not to nitpick, but that's a picture of RFK not Dolphins Stadium. I like that Crist is a “former minor league baseball attorney,” I guess not everyone can get that call up to the the bigs.

Not to nitpick, but that’s a picture of RFK not Dolphins Stadium.

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]]> By: Sarah Green http://umpbump.com/press/2007/02/05/wholl-buy-the-marlins-a-new-stadium/comment-page-1/#comment-4126 Sarah Green Thu, 01 Feb 2007 16:00:49 +0000 http://www.umpbump.com/press/wholl-buy-the-marlins-a-new-stadium/#comment-4126 I think the question that needs to be asked is, "Why does MLB have an obligation to 'serve the public?'" After all, baseball is a business. Boxing doesn't serve the public by putting all the good fights on pay per view. The NFL doesn't serve the public by blacking out games that aren't sold out. The NHL didn't serve the public by moving its games to Versus. So why is baseball held to a higher standard? The answer is simple. Baseball has been allowed to opperate in violation of anti-trust laws for years. So legislators expect them to go the extra mile to not screw over fans, aka voters. You can bet that Kerry is going to mention the phrase "anti-trust violation" about a dozen times when he sits down with reps from the FCC and MLB. There's a lot of reasons to be pissed at John Kerry, but I don't think this is one of them. I think Kerry just has some free time on his hands, since he's decided not to run for president, and he's decided to hold Bud Selig's ass to the fire. Thank god somebody's doing it. I think the question that needs to be asked is, “Why does MLB have an obligation to ’serve the public?’” After all, baseball is a business. Boxing doesn’t serve the public by putting all the good fights on pay per view. The NFL doesn’t serve the public by blacking out games that aren’t sold out. The NHL didn’t serve the public by moving its games to Versus. So why is baseball held to a higher standard?

The answer is simple. Baseball has been allowed to opperate in violation of anti-trust laws for years. So legislators expect them to go the extra mile to not screw over fans, aka voters. You can bet that Kerry is going to mention the phrase “anti-trust violation” about a dozen times when he sits down with reps from the FCC and MLB.

There’s a lot of reasons to be pissed at John Kerry, but I don’t think this is one of them. I think Kerry just has some free time on his hands, since he’s decided not to run for president, and he’s decided to hold Bud Selig’s ass to the fire. Thank god somebody’s doing it.

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