Tuesday, March 13, 2012
More Photos
Here's another picture of the home run contraption
Here's the best shot I got of the fish tanks
Here's some artwork over the entryway
And this is what the outside looked like.
Watch out for falling letters, though.
Here's the best shot I got of the fish tanks
Here's some artwork over the entryway
And this is what the outside looked like.
Watch out for falling letters, though.
Some BallPark Photos
The Ballpark is kind of impressive.
Here's the back of the weird home run thing in left center...
...and here's some of its mysterious workings.
The best thing about the park is how the concourse opens out to the field, so that it's easier not to miss some action while waiting for grub.
The next best thing is the many condiment bars - sneak in 2 pieces of bread and a can of sardines and you can pile on the flavor.
Here's the back of the weird home run thing in left center...
...and here's some of its mysterious workings.
The best thing about the park is how the concourse opens out to the field, so that it's easier not to miss some action while waiting for grub.
The next best thing is the many condiment bars - sneak in 2 pieces of bread and a can of sardines and you can pile on the flavor.
Thursday, March 08, 2012
Half The Fun Is Getting There
The article in today's Herald pertaining to the parking situation at the new ballpark during last night's game was reposted in toto by the other two local fishwraps, in all probability because those papers' reporters couldn't get their cars through all the traffic.
The article discussed how, in the stadium's first game with prepaid parking, people who didn't prepay had to scramble to get spots anywhere they could find them - some for as long as an hour-and-a half.
I had it better. I went to the game, and I actually had prepaid parking, and at 6:30 PM it took only 25 minutes to go the three blocks from southbound 17th Avenue into the entrance of the south garages, which is where we were directed to. No left turn lights, cars backed up into the blocked intersections, cars stuck behind the locals' cars parked along the sides of the street, one possible cop on the corner waving drivers in to drive through the turn lanes, and then getting into the garage and discovering that the parking spaces are all sized for Fiats and Smart cars.
Yeah, it was great. It was so great we actually somehow made it into the building. I'll post some pictures of it later.
Meanwhile, if you got tickets for the Yankees series, better start heading over there now.
The article discussed how, in the stadium's first game with prepaid parking, people who didn't prepay had to scramble to get spots anywhere they could find them - some for as long as an hour-and-a half.
I had it better. I went to the game, and I actually had prepaid parking, and at 6:30 PM it took only 25 minutes to go the three blocks from southbound 17th Avenue into the entrance of the south garages, which is where we were directed to. No left turn lights, cars backed up into the blocked intersections, cars stuck behind the locals' cars parked along the sides of the street, one possible cop on the corner waving drivers in to drive through the turn lanes, and then getting into the garage and discovering that the parking spaces are all sized for Fiats and Smart cars.
Yeah, it was great. It was so great we actually somehow made it into the building. I'll post some pictures of it later.
Meanwhile, if you got tickets for the Yankees series, better start heading over there now.
Monday, March 05, 2012
Historical Play Ball!
Today the Fish win their first baseball contest of the year, and the new stadium hosted its first-ever attempt at a ballgame.
Sunday, February 26, 2012
In And Out
Here is a probably incomplete list of who joined and who left the Marlins club during the off-season...
Not with the Org. Now with the Org.
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Ozzie Martinez Ozzie Guillen
Jhan Marinez Ricardo Andres
Brian Sanches Joey Cora
Vinny Rottino Gary Thurman
Perry Hill Wade Le Blanc
Joe Thurston Heath Bell
Brandon Hyde Robert Ray
Darin Downs Donnie Webb
John Baker Jake Jeffries
Burke Badenhop Aaron Rowand
Manatees Jose Reyes
Mermaids Mark Buehrle
Jose Lopez Nick Green
Corey Hart Bobby Ramos
Chris Volstad Brendon Sagara
Elih Villanueva Carlos Zambrano
Clay Hensley Chad Gaudin
Brad Davis Donovan Solano
Terry Tiffee
Gil Velasquez
Rob Delany
Austin Kearns
Gary Glover
J D Nartin
Beau Jones
Alberto Bastardo
Monday, February 20, 2012
In Other News...
We drove by the new stadium last week. On the outside there is still much construction equipment and scaffolding surrounding the project, with its first public event coming in two weeks. It was a weekday around 2:30PM - and traffic was a crowded, stop-and-go, lane-changing mess along 7th Street and 17th Avenue, two main arteries that lead into the park. Turning onto a side-road near the west side of the stadium we faced one of the guarded construction gates; turning left from there we immediately faced a chicken crossing the road.
Scott Cousins continues the team's numerological experiments.
Michael Jong "celebrates" ten years of Jeffrey.
A Met fan's perspective on Gary Carter.
And spring training gets going this week.
Scott Cousins continues the team's numerological experiments.
Michael Jong "celebrates" ten years of Jeffrey.
A Met fan's perspective on Gary Carter.
And spring training gets going this week.
Monday, February 13, 2012
Stuff That Happened
More rumor talk goes for naught, as Cespedes takes one look at the new ballpark's home run celebration 'feature' and signs with an AL team that's 2500 miles from Miami.
Boni may still be smiling.
Carl Barger's family isn't smiling.
Josh says he's healthy.
Infante arrives at camp pre-injured.
Boni may still be smiling.
Carl Barger's family isn't smiling.
Josh says he's healthy.
Infante arrives at camp pre-injured.
Tuesday, February 07, 2012
More Notices
The auction for Reyes' hair ends today. (nbcmiami)
Jeffrey's probably looking for something to auction off for extra cash now that Anibal won in arbitration. (gmanetwork)
And the Marlins may need to have Oviedo pitch through Skype. (foxsportsflorida)
Jeffrey's probably looking for something to auction off for extra cash now that Anibal won in arbitration. (gmanetwork)
And the Marlins may need to have Oviedo pitch through Skype. (foxsportsflorida)
Sunday, February 05, 2012
This Week's Stuff
The Marlins enforce their "strict grooming policy" on Jose Reyes...
...just as the newly-installed grass will be allowed to grow long and shaggy...
...which may allow LoMo to do some smooth LoMoing;....
...meanwhile Anibal finds out on Monday how much green he will be rolling around in.
...just as the newly-installed grass will be allowed to grow long and shaggy...
...which may allow LoMo to do some smooth LoMoing;....
...meanwhile Anibal finds out on Monday how much green he will be rolling around in.
Sunday, January 29, 2012
End-of-January Notes
David Samson was projected to have a David Samsonish kind of a weekend. (sportsbusinessdaily)
Before that, Samson announced the stadium's name is "Marlins Park", up until some corporation coughs up continuous cash. (cbssports)
The stadium impresses fans on Saturday (with photos). (trb)
Buehrle and Mrs. Buehrle fight to let their pit bull live in Miami-Dade county... (sun-sentinel)
...as the state gets closer to rescinding the ban... (miaminewtimes)
...which would then make the only problem with living in Miami being the fact that you have to live with Miamians. (nbcmiami)
Before that, Samson announced the stadium's name is "Marlins Park", up until some corporation coughs up continuous cash. (cbssports)
The stadium impresses fans on Saturday (with photos). (trb)
Buehrle and Mrs. Buehrle fight to let their pit bull live in Miami-Dade county... (sun-sentinel)
...as the state gets closer to rescinding the ban... (miaminewtimes)
...which would then make the only problem with living in Miami being the fact that you have to live with Miamians. (nbcmiami)
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Prince Signs With (Surprise)
Wonder why I don't do much rumor talk here?....
http://eye-on-baseball.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/22297882/34555236
