Yankees fans say bend over and Samson asks how far

by jrhana on Jun 23, 2009 12:09 PM EDT

"It was a great weekend. A lot of people came because it was the Yankees," Samson said. "It's our hope that they will come back. We made a great effort to be inclusive of all fans. We want everyone to enjoy themselves."

Yeah those Yankee fans will be back. In 6 years. When the Yankees return.

What does Samson care? He's up in his air conditioned luxury box.What does he care? The Yankee fans just paid for Dan Uggla's salary

Samson's made his message crystal clear: He cares more about 40,000 Yankee fans than he does about 6,000 Marlins fans.

Why is it that Hook LIne and Sinker seems to be the only one who will say the truth. That it was not pretty. It was downright ugly. It was like having your home filled with rude ugly people you can't stand making a lot of unpleasant noise. Like he says the empty stadium is much better. (Incidentally if you look at his picture, I'm one of those little black dots by the first base dugout)

It is totally humiliating and degrading to depend on Yankee fans to fill your stadium. The Marlins are a national laughing stock. Not the team's play but the lack of fan support.

As I was leaving the stadium. I saw one Marlin fan amid a few hundred Yankee fans. The Marlin fan was giving the Yankee fans a hard time. After all the team with the largest payroll had just been beaten 2 out of 3 by the team with the smallest payroll in front of a large Yankee crowd.

And then the Yankee fan (young guy) started yelling over and over "you're going to build a new stadium and you'll be lucky to have 10,000 people". LIke it was the fault of the Marlins fan.

It is the fault of the Yankee fan. He is the one who is not supporting his home town team. You can't blame the few thousand Marlins fans. They were doing their best.

I gotta laugh whenever I hear people say why every city has people that support other teams including the Marlins

Like you can compare 3 guys in Marlins gear sitting in San Diego with 40,000 Yankee fans totally dominating Landshark Stadium.

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How many different fanpost titles do you have?

For the same rant every time. I’d rather see 0 butts in the seats at every home game the rest of the year than see another post like this.

by jrsyeagle on Jun 23, 2009 1:12 PM EDT reply actions

In Due Time...

I’m 22 and there are a lot of true Marlins fans my age and close to it. We grew up watching the team and it will always be our team. It takes time to build a fanbase like that, especially in Miami where there are so many different people from different places. It takes a while for them all to converge on one idea. I still have faith in the fish’s attendance success.
All in due time…

Album coming soon

by Han The Man And The Band on Jun 23, 2009 1:31 PM EDT reply actions

I agree

by GMFB on Jun 24, 2009 8:30 AM EDT up reply actions

That's it. I'm calling a plastic surgeon.

We’ll fix this.

Hook, Line Drive, & Sinker

by GameFish on Jun 25, 2009 4:55 PM EDT reply actions

I think that goes well beyond plastic surgery.

by Fishcrazy on Jun 25, 2009 5:15 PM EDT up reply actions

Rectum?

Damn near killed ’im!

by Chin Music on Jun 26, 2009 10:19 AM EDT reply actions

I don't see the big deal about other teams' fans in our stadium.

It happens everywhere. There’s probably no big-league city in America that doesn’t have a large contingent of Yankees fans waiting to buy tickets.

It certainly sucks to have as many (or more ) people rooting against you than for you in your own stadium. But it’s a free market. If Yankees fans buy the unsold seats, or pay for scalped seats, more power to them.

Their money is still green, and they’re helping fund a rival team. (Or technically they WOULD be if we got any stadium revenue; you get the point, though.) It’s a win-win.

by Fishcrazy on Jun 26, 2009 1:52 PM EDT reply actions

Its the fucking transplants

Can't stop to save my soul
I take the leash that's leading me
I'm bleeding me, whoa!

by Patssuck456 on Jun 26, 2009 10:20 PM EDT reply actions

As a die-hard Rays fan

I can relate a hundred percent. For years when the Rays played the Yankees, Red Sox, Tigers, Dodgers, Nippon Ham Fighters, and the softball team from Ocala the Trop would be filled w/ the other team’s contingent. I often wondered at first if all the opposing teams fans had just flown down fro the series or were the fans just a bunch of transplants that had no loyalty to the city that kept them safe. Sadly, in most cases, it was always the second scenario.

It’s a double edge sword for the front office. They want their team to succeed but they also want butts in the seats. As a baseball fan I hate opposing team’s fans filling up a stadium, but as a businessman I totally understand.

I agree w/ above comments about younger generations washing out the band-wagoners. That will happen, just give the Florida area about 10 to fifteen more years. Good luck to your Marlins.

In the name of Shinji Mori, we shall win!

by thebaddancingraysfan on Jun 27, 2009 8:12 AM EDT reply actions

I've posted that before, here and elsewhere.

Forget about the majority of adults. With so many transplants here, they’ve got their loyalties. They may join the bandwagon in a playoff run, or go see a Marlins game just for kicks, but they’re not going to shed 30-40 years’ worth of loyalty to another team just because they move here. Would YOU if you ended up moving to New York, Boston, Philladelphia, etc.?

I’m sure the team is well aware of our “unique” situation here. Everything the team’s doing is and should be meant for the next generation. I don’t know if the Marlins do anything the other clubs don’t do regarding kids’ promotions, but I’m glad that they offer so many kid-friendly giveaways and events.

I do think the stadium will go a long way toward convincing people that the team is for real and isn’t leaving. No one wants to look like a sucker; it’s “uncool” to root for a team known for its firesales.

by Fishcrazy on Jun 29, 2009 10:38 AM EDT up reply actions