Would baseball be better without the Marlins?

Question

It seems miami does not care for baseball.
Talent would be less diluted.
Other teams would not have to make profits for them.

Answer 1

Agreed. The same situation applies in Tampa Bay. Talk about a ballpark that's miles out of the way, Tropicana Field is it! Terrible location and an extremely dreary place to watch a game. Lowest attendance in baseball as well.

I'm not so sure about this odd and even number of teams in each league but there was some talk about moving one or the other franchise to the Orlando area. With Disney and all the other attractions putting a major league franchise in that area makes sense. Personally I'd love to see it. I live a half hour north of Orlando so that would be great.

I'm sorry that the Marlins ever won two world series. It seems like a waste. The people of Miami could care less about baseball and the owners always seem to thank the few fans they have with a fire sale every few years just to keep the payroll down.

People might hate the Yankees, Red Sox and a few other big hitters in the league but at least those franchises have never been a burden to baseball.

Answer 2

I think either the Marlins or the Rays need to be moved, perhaps even both.

If you think about it a decent chunk of the Florida baseball fan base is retirees and the vast majority of those already have their teams so they aren't going to support a team that is basically ran like college sports. IE no player around longer then four or five years.

I also think that if you can't afford to have a payroll above 30 million the owners need to be removed and the team moved.

The way Florida is ran its a team for bandwagon fans and not the hard core.

And there are probably multiple markets that could support either of those teams better then the Florida markets do.

Vegas or a third NY team come to mind. (a third team would cut into the Yankee profits a little pulling them back to the pack)

Answer 3

Hey the best business practice is to devlop the product and make a profit from it's sale. The Marlins signed Cabrea, and Willis young they got a World Series out of them and made money. The well is running dry so what better way to earn a buck. Fire sale it worked before they farm really well, so I would say in 3-4 years they will be back in the hunt again.

Answer 4

Perhaps baseball would be better if the Marlins were in a city that actually cared it had a baseball team...

Answer 5

Thats just nonsense, 2 World Series rings in 14 years isnt bad. Producing the likes of Livan Hernandez, Quivio Veras, Luis Castillo, Edgar Renteria, Juan Encarnacion, Juan Pierre, Miguel Cabrera, Josh Beckett, AJ Burnett, Dontrelle Willis, this list goes on... how is that bad for baseball?

Answer 6

It baffles me how they almost have a smaller budget then A-Rod makes a year, but they are great talent evaluators, and they are just going to keep doing this, once their players become "expensive" trade them for prospects.

But they do get only about 1,000 people at their games, why does Florida need two really bad baseball teams, isn't one enough.

Answer 7

Baseball would be better off without allot of the smaller market teams.

Answer 8

Revenue sharing is going to happen whether the Marlins turn out fans or not.
Why don't you get rid of the Royals and Nationals while you're at it?
Come on, get real here.

Answer 9

well this is how the Marlins work,they win a world series,then they spend a few years rebuilding and do it again. but seriously it is a great way for the sox and yanks to get a look at guys that they want. the players for the marlins get to work against major leaguers and when the yanks and sox are ready they jus take them,lol

Answer 10

They're one of the best pools for talent in the minors!

Pudge, A-Rod, D-Train, Cabrarra, the list is endless since '93.