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With first place at stake, it's amazing that there were only 29,000 fans at the game (72% full). Probably 1/3 were Sox fans. Don't the folks down there care that the Rays finally have a good, young, contending team?
the only sport fla cares about is football.
spring training is full because its filled with people from the northeast who are redsox fans. most baseball fans in fla are northeast people in my opinion.Maybe, but I think it might also have something to do with all the spring training. Those tickets are steep and they still draw. Football is king in Dallas, but they still manage to fill stadiums for the Rangers or Mavericks. Houston has problems drawing (forgot what team/basketball?) but not the football team, go figure.
the only sport fla cares about is football.
how could you say that, they average a whole 600 people per game for the Marlins
spring training is full because its filled with people from the northeast who are redsox fans. most baseball fans in fla are northeast people in my opinion.
who said north eastern people in fla dont support sports? i didnt. let me try again. fla has crappy fans when it comes to baseball. thats a fact. all anybody has to do is look at the marlins and the rays attendence. spring training is filled with people from the north east on vacation. spring training is irrelevant anyway. in general fla is a football state.There are a whole lot of northeasterners in Fl, but it doesn't mean they won't support a team. The hockey team in Tampa does very well with selling seats and we are talking playing on ice in the sunshine state.
who said north eastern people in fla dont support sports? i didnt. let me try again. fla has crappy fans when it comes to baseball. thats a fact. all anybody has to do is look at the marlins and the rays attendence. spring training is filled with people from the north east on vacation. spring training is irrelevant anyway. in general fla is a football state.
its not a stretch at all. fla doesnt support major league baseball. the reasons why fla doesnt is another discussion. of course there are reasons. the only time the rays get a good crowd are when the sox or the yankees are in town. cmon. the problem with the marlins is nobody gives a sh!t. I've been in fla plenty . and your right they do have a great youth baseball system but what does that have to do with supporting there major league baseball teams? they dont. the rays have been in first place all year and nobody down there cares. even the rays players have commented on it.To say a whole state has crappy baseball fans, thus will not support a baseball team is a little stretch. I'm not sure what the problem with the Marlins is, one problem with the Rays is that they built the stadium in the wrong town. If you have ever lived in Florida, then you would know that Florida has a huge youth baseball system. Its' not like they grow up and divorce baseball for football.