Marlins Scumbaggery

If anyone reading is a Marlins fan, then you're probably the last ones left on the planet. Typically, the city of Miami has AWFUL sports fans, and I will be the very first to point on that blatant bandwagon jumping (GO HEAT!) of the locals. However, how can anyone root for the Florida Marlins when they continually fuck over their fanbase with these trades? Complain all you want about the lack of a stadium or low attendance, but don't give us crap about inability to keep up financially. The Marlins raked in over twice as much as the next team (Dodgers) last season thanks to revenue sharing. And our "financially strapped" owner Jeffrey Loria just dropped a 2o million dollar thank-you to his alma mater.

No nobody is saying you shouldn't give back to your school, but don't give us that crap about not being able to afford a competitive roster. If that were true, then just SELL THE TEAM. Nobody is going to go to your baseball games in this godforsaken town whether it's in Dolphin Stadium or a new stadium Downtown or (god forbid) the Orange Bowl site. I don't care if it's got a retractable roof and a massage chairs, it's just not happening in this town. Therefore, stop jerking us around and trading the only recognizable players on this roster for prospects. Sure theses kids might be good, but then you'll trade them in 3-4 years for MORE prospects, and the vicious cycle will continue. This team will never be above 500 with this attitude. You can't just replicate the magic of 2003 regardless of how many top level prospects you get back for gutting your roster.

Here's to a 45 win season. Count me as one casual fan who will boycott the Marlins from now on, and will stop following them altogether if it ends up that our precious OB was demolished so they could build a half empty stadium for a Double AA baseball team masquerading themselves as a major ball club.