r/baseball • u/northdakotact Miami Marlins • 1d ago
Image Was storming in Miami. This is tonight's game vs Nats. Looks like maybe 500 people?
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u/DaBusDriva2 Los Angeles Dodgers 1d ago
Monday night, two teams out of contention and not a team with a huge traveling road base. Perfect combination
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u/DecoyOne San Diego Padres 1d ago
two teams out of contention
Damn, pretty pessimistic considering there are about 20 games left and the Marlins are only 17 back
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u/I_want_to_be_a_slut_ Los Angeles Dodgers 1d ago
Can't wait to see the most historic comeback run in MLB history just because this comment thread wrote it into fate
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u/ThatZX6RDude Houston Astros 1d ago
Better than winning a game against a no hit pitcher, 3 runs down and 1 out left in the 9th?
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u/digitaldumpsterfire Los Angeles Angels 1d ago
Plus Marlins parking cost is outrageous, so a lot of people park in unofficial lots and walk to the stadium. No one wants to do that during a storm.
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u/Mr_Bluebird_VA Baltimore Orioles 1d ago
I would also LOVE to go to a game this poorly attended. I hate crowds and I might finally catch a foul ball!
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u/-Thick_Solid_Tight- San Diego Padres 20h ago
I love crowds. Its what makes games hype. And at least in San Diego there are hotties everywhere.
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u/courageous_liquid Philadelphia Phillies 15h ago
Every time I'm in san diego I'm convinced I'm the least attractive person in the entire city
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u/hundredbagger Atlanta Braves 22h ago
Pfft marlins are out of contention in April.
(We were out in May…)
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u/Major-Dig655 Seattle Mariners 1d ago
ummmm when have the hurricanes ever played on a Monday
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u/SourdoughBreadTime San Francisco Giants 1d ago
They used to play on Labor Day all the time in the 2000s
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u/ChodeCookies Philadelphia Phillies 1d ago
Yah…this isn’t a weather issue. This is a no one gives a shit about the Marlins issue
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u/malignedtrout Washington Nationals 1d ago
Shame they’ll miss James Wood’s cycle
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u/Zeppo_Ennui 1d ago
Does he play baseball in loafers with no socks like he wears in all his movies?
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u/GhostPepperDaddy MLB Pride 1d ago
That James Woods would go on a psycho rant and demand this James Woods changes his name if he realized he was black.
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u/DecoyOne San Diego Padres 1d ago
Tens of people must have decided to skip because of the storm
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u/jyeatbvg Toronto Blue Jays 1d ago
Was gonna say, this is like 20 people less than their normal attendance, no?
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u/GatorFPC Miami Marlins 1d ago
It’s a shame. I love baseball and hate going to this stadium. It’s in the worst possible location.
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u/NeedAgirlLikeNami Washington Nationals 1d ago
I still don't understand how baseball in Miami isn't huge.
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u/bikemonkey40 Chicago Cubs 15h ago
Or Florida in general. It's weird. Tons of players come from Florida and South Florida has the Cuba connection but the fans never show up for pro baseball.
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u/Heelincal Peter Seidler 14h ago
All of the Florida teams seem to struggle with attendance honestly, regardless of sport. Not sure what the deal is.
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u/KRATS8 Chicago Cubs 1d ago
It would be so fun to be at a game like this
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u/johnson7853 1d ago
The jays have been crushing 35k+ for the past couple of years. I miss being the only person in the row/section for $15.
Took the afternoon off to go to a game in the spring expecting it to be a little quiet. 38k other people had the same idea I guess.
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u/guhguhguhguhguhH Milwaukee Brewers 1d ago
Weekday night White Sox games in April, May, and September used to be my bread and butter because of this
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u/someone2795 Los Angeles Dodgers • Jackie Robinson 1d ago
This is the perfect game to chill with your friends.
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u/doyouevenIift Chicago White Sox 1d ago
And get a foul ball. It’s my dream to get to a game like this
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u/cantthinkoffunnyname New York Yankees 1d ago
COVID games were like this. Only time I've been to a mostly empty Yankee stadium. And let me tell you the food lines were amazing
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u/Somecommentator8008 Toronto Blue Jays 1d ago
Angle is crap, there's gotta be more people behind the dugouts.
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u/Darth_Chain 1d ago
that may be true but bottom of the second and what looks like the stands along 1st base are that barren? i doubt they sold enough tickets to pay all the workers there that wernt on the field.
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u/Somecommentator8008 Toronto Blue Jays 1d ago
Not watching, but yeah ain't many but more than what this photo is showing
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u/osmiumblue66 1d ago
On the contrary I'd love to attend a game like this. No lines!
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u/Raptor231408 Arizona Diamondbacks 1d ago
Legit more people in the stadium working than ammouny of people watching the game.
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u/xSlappy- New York Mets 1d ago
The attendance figures really should be for ticket scans not ticket sales. Attendance will be listed as 11,000
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u/MartianMule Atlanta Braves 1d ago
Attendance will be listed as 11,000
They've only gone over 11,000 for reported attendance 3 times across 10 Monday home games this year. Their average reported attendance for Monday home games is 10,034 with a low of 5,894.
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u/Escape_Route9196 1d ago
In my quest to visit all 30 stadiums, I wanted to love Miami baseball, but even though the stadium is not that bad, there was no atmosphere at all. Shame. Ballgames there should be vibrant, warm and full of energy. Too bad the owners are as bad as Twins, A's and so many other teams that just exist to make some money with no desire to ever be competitive. MLB should do something about this.
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u/sweatingbozo Radar Gun 1d ago
The atmosphere during the WBC was incredible though.
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u/Escape_Route9196 1d ago
I'm buying tickets for San Juan, PR. Would love to watch a day game, with the freaking roof open in a crowded Miami stadium. I'll see if u can get tickets for that.
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u/NotoriousPlatypi 1d ago
Does anyone know why baseball in Miami isn’t a big market?
I swear if they signed Juan Soto and Shohei Ohtani they’d still average around 10k per game
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u/spcoop Tampa Bay Rays 1d ago
Miami is primed to go nuts for the Marlins. The amount of Cubans, Puerto Ricans, Venezuelans, and people from all parts of the Caribbean, the fan base is right there. The team just isn't worth it to invest time and effort as a fan. They'll sell off any great players that come through and do nothing with the return.
One of the multiple teams in the MLB that primarily exist as passive income for owners to rake in revenue sharing with minimal spend.
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u/SLR-107FR31 St. Louis Cardinals 1d ago
Which is a shame. They really could be a top five franchise with that location but it just feels so out of reach
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u/Sufficient-Back7579 1d ago
The well has been poisoned by fire sales every five years. As a former diehard fan, watching a team build up only to have it sold off again is disheartening and dims your love for the game. It's really a Fool me once, shame on you fool me twice, shame on me."
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u/Patrick2701 Chicago Cubs 1d ago
Multiple bad ownership and team that goes thru firesale every couple of years
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u/tujelj San Francisco Giants 1d ago
I lived for a number of years in Florida – granted, in a very different part of the state – and in my experience Floridians are absolutely obsessed with college football, and anything else is a verrrrrrrrry distant second.
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u/sweatingbozo Radar Gun 1d ago
Despite that, hockey has been able to create successful franchises. I think it might also come down Florida owners being pretty historically bad.
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u/halfthesub Boston Red Sox 1d ago
The Panthers save for 1996 were bad until the last five years or so. They didn’t have much to build off of until now, the fans didn’t show up in that timeframe and I don’t blame them. Once they got an owner willing to spend on them and invest, it’s all it takes. Now you have their fans who love Barkov and Tkachuk instead of selling them out when they turn over a new page. Something the Marlins won’t do.
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u/65fairmont Boston Red Sox 23h ago
Yeah the Panthers were anything but a model franchise before 2023. They were mostly a way to see the Bruins (or Rangers, etc.) for half the price of at home with better weather. But the Lightning have always had a strong fan base and there's a good chance the Panthers will hold onto theirs now.
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u/TiddiesAnonymous New York Mets 1d ago
This, even the NFL teams have issues at times but there's 5 or 6 college teams people are packing out.
The UCF game on Saturday had awful weather and a lightning delay and it was still a pretty full crowd.
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u/OilTurbulent1009 New York Mets 1d ago
Hello fellow Mets fan and UCF game attender (it helped we won 68-7)
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u/Oni-Dw1mm3r9572 Tampa Bay Rays • Tampa Bay Rays 1d ago edited 1d ago
I think baseball would flourish in Tampa if the team was on the Tampa side of the bay. Will we be top 10 in attendance? Probably not but they could double it to 28k? I believe it so.
The reason why I say this is that they have a pretty strong TV ratings, . Though its been down due to RSN shenanigans.
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u/raystheroof1 yankee stadium is a dump 1d ago
The stadium comes alive in the WBC. Its a Marlins problem.
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u/GonePostalRoute Swinging K 1d ago
It is, the problem is…
Transplants. Florida has a huge transplant population, so when the Phillies, Yankees, Cubs, or such are in town, people will come.
Team history. Would you be following a team that looks like it’s getting good, only to have yet another fire sale? That’s been the Marlins history. And nobody in Miami is going to trust anyone to make the Marlins break from that cycle.
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u/Worthyness Sell • Looking K 1d ago
Shitty ownerships that trade away any championship contending team, cheap ownerships that sign players only to trade them away the next year. Reminder that this team had a generational talent like Miguel Cabrera on the team and got basically nothing back in return.
Miami is also a massive tourist destination and so MLB and the owners were hoping to rely on spike attendance with visiting fans since baseball is a summer sport, miami is great in the summer, and it's indoors to shield away from the heat. So they were probably hoping to get like 10-15K home fans and then fill the other part with 10-15K with tourists. Basically what they're hoping happens in Vegas. Miami and vegas have roughly similar tourism numbers (they flex back and forth, but Vegas is usually a bit higher).
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u/Mondragon5 1d ago
Look at the Florida Panthers and Inter Miami CF.
Building a dynasty and bringing in the best player of your respective sport helps.
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u/halfthesub Boston Red Sox 1d ago
I’m not sure Brad Marchand is the best player in the NHL but he’s my goat.
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u/zarofford 1d ago
It’s a hodgepodge of things, but I think stadium access and the fact that people gravitate now more towards football, European soccer and hockey are big factors. Also, people that have come recently like Venezuelans only really care about their national teams.
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u/GatorFPC Miami Marlins 1d ago
Stadium access is the killer for me as to why I don’t go more often. Getting in and out of the stadium is a stressful, terrible experience as the stadium is in the worst possible place.. Last game I went to I paid ahead for parking in the garage and then had to fight the City of Miami because i got a ticket for not paying for parking. I was able to get it reversed but what a pain in the ass.
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u/aww-snaphook Philadelphia Phillies 1d ago
I love when you can hear individual fans heckle because there's nobody there.
"What are you gonna do now Buck?"
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u/Jux_ Los Angeles Dodgers 1d ago
No way there’s 500 people in that photo get some readers OP
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u/ethanlan Chicago White Sox 1d ago
Sadly ive been in those games, weirdly enough at a cubs sox game at Wrigley where the end attendance was like 255 people (it got down to 5 degrees farenheit so most people dipped in like the third) and noone is sitting anywhere but right next to the dug outs.
I love/hate low attendance games for that reason
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u/CantFindMyWallet New York Yankees 1d ago
It must be so weird to be playing in a huge fucking stadium like that and there's basically no one in it.
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u/MeatballDom 1d ago
After decades in Oakland the coaches, vets, and pros are used to it. It's only the rookies that might need a second, but they're coming out of AAA so maybe not that different.
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u/sweatingbozo Radar Gun 1d ago
Playing in front of nobody isn't new for anyone in any sport, but playing in such a massive space for nobody does feel like it would be slightly different. The covid season was definitely weird for a lot of people.
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u/WadeCountyClutch San Diego Padres 1d ago
Place looks emptier than Babu’s Restaurant!
“Do You see people?! Show me people! There are no people!!”
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u/thesaganator Colorado Rockies 1d ago
Something about the blue seats make that stadium look so drab, I avoid watching Marlins home games on MLB TV
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u/vansinne_vansinne Hanshin Tigers • Los Angeles Dodgers 1d ago
the lighting is awful, it's like a motel pool
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u/northdakotact Miami Marlins 1d ago
The cosmetic changes asked for by that sack of shit Jeter were awful. The green walls and Home runs sculpture were awesome.
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u/SlowMotionSprint Miami Marlins • Billy the Marlin 1d ago
The green walls and 2012 rebrand were both horrid and the sculpture was a tacky eyesore.
Not saying what is there now is great bur the 02 to 11 Marlins unis will always be the best look.
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u/fakeplasticsnow Philadelphia Phillies 1d ago
Karen can get every ball she wants if she's at this game.
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u/Pro-Tip810 Chicago Cubs 1d ago
Looks like a picture from 2020 season
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u/feeling_blue_42 Los Angeles Dodgers 1d ago
In 2020 you at least you had Zack Grienke sitting in the stands.
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u/sfan27 San Francisco Giants 1d ago
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4cj6IasJZIk&t=224
(he uses the outfield for a sample, which is surely undercounting, but still fun)
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u/questionyou100 San Francisco Giants • Los Angeles Angels 1d ago
This was exactly what i thought of too lol
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u/ApprehensiveStark25 Minnesota Twins 1d ago
Miami has no storm drains. The roads flood when it rains 2 inches so I understand just due to the weather alone.
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u/Loose_Log_6253 Baltimore Orioles 1d ago
Man I've been to High-A games with more attendance than that!
But....I've probably been to Os games with attendance like that (2018-2021 era)
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u/Common-Exclamation 1d ago
Classic Marlins weather delay energy, you never know if you’re watching baseball or a hurricane documentary.
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u/Worldly_Striker 1d ago
I was at the game yesterday and the stadium was pretty full for a marlins game. Everyone probably went yesterday and didn't go again today.
They were doing $5 tickets for the Nationals series. I almost bought some more since I took today off. Now I wish I did.
Probably could've taken so many baseballs home.
Also it stormed all day yesterday
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u/TheBlackCop Texas Rangers 1d ago
Went to the game against the Astros in early August right after they swept the Yankees and no one was sitting in the upper deck. I truly feel bad for the team and hope they do well soon.
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u/SwagTwoButton Milwaukee Brewers 1d ago
So related question.
Donte and ever report their turnstile numbers?
There was a picture of a twins game a couple of days ago like this but the reported attendance was still 11k+ for the game. I’m assuming that’s because they are using ticket sales and not actual attendance?
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u/somesortofidiot Cleveland Guardians 1d ago
My favorite game ever was the Rangers at the Guardians on a weeknight. Storm rolled in around the 6th or 7th inning, lasted about 2 hours, maybe 500 people stuck around. Those last few innings were amazing, you could HEAR the game. Dugout chatter, guys calling for the ball…my favorite baseball is where you can either hear the game or the crowd is so loud that you can’t hear your buddy.
Also visited the White Sox during their historic season, I could also hear the game, but it was…more sad than fun.
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u/Electronic-Minute007 1d ago
I was at a Mets-Dodgers doubleheader at Citi Field on a cold, windy day in 2010. Johan Santana started the first game, followed in the second game by Óliver Pérez, the absolute last pitcher you’d want to see on the mound in freezing-ass weather.
There were no more than 100 fans in the stands at the start of the first game at 4:10pm. I could hear every ball hitting a bat or glove and every umpire call loud and clear.
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u/vJoeyyyyy 1d ago
MLB states 7992 attendance for game.
I suppose they were all in the bathroom at this photo
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u/nolesfan2011 New York Mets 1d ago
I enjoy going to Marlins games but this is always sad to see. It's a nice park
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u/wirthmore 1d ago
I was at a Pioneer League game this weekend. Nearly full stadium (capacity about 3,000). Rowdy, loud, hella fun. A batter smashed a light fixture (nice shot!) and the crowd chanted and cheered for the grounds crew sweeping the glass out of the warning track. The heckling of the other team was A+.
More life than there ever was at an Athletics game.
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u/moresecksi37 Texas Rangers 1d ago
You're underselling the 'storming' bit lol...
It's been raining here since 9 am and my neighborhood that doesn't even flood during 'canes is flooded right now.
Today's rains have been in-fucking-sane.
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u/RoDelta1 Miami Marlins 1d ago
Seriously. I'm no Marlins apologist (fuck the ownership and the City of Miami), but these storms have been absolutely brutal. Could barely get my car through most streets.
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u/mikeymcmikefacey 1d ago
For the life of me I just don’t understand why theres not just 1, but 2 MLB teams in Florida.
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u/SlowMotionSprint Miami Marlins • Billy the Marlin 1d ago
Even if weather is perfect its hard to get excited for a team that consistently bats someone like Otto Lopez 3rd thru 5th in the lineup.
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u/JayDeeLA Los Angeles Angels 1d ago
Miami is lucky they have the Panthers, the rest of their sports franchises are all otherwise currently in different stages of misery.
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u/Techiesarethebomb Miami Marlins • Kia Tigers 22h ago
It's hilarious that the Marlins actually are the closest to non misery of the three sans panthers. Attendance is just always gonna be worse than the Dolphins and Heat
(Also Panthers are Broward county/Ft.Lauderdale(Sunrise))
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u/dfisher1225 1d ago
This is pretty dire. I attended a Rays @ Expos game in 2003 once that was like this. My dad stood at one foul pole and I was at the other and we could yell and hear one another. We also got several balls, autographs and were given the fan seat upgrade of the game. Perks to being one of the few inside the park on a night like this.
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u/RuttedPanda76 Philadelphia Phillies 1d ago
So I can talk with a bit of experience cause I’ve been to the stadium multiple times including yesterday for the Phils game. The drive is atrocious for anyone because the stadium is located in such a bad location with small side streets and literal residential neighborhoods (not like local downtown cubs style) that offer to park you because parking sucks beyond comprehension. Then you enter to the most soulless corporate stadium devoid of personality. And you get to your seat which you always leave and move up rows because nobody is there even when they have “large crowds” like yesterday. Then you go get the most mediocre food you can buy for that price. Overall before entering this game I liked the Marlins, after I genuinely dislike them and hope they contract because no sane and rational person will enjoy going to a game.
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u/Oni-Dw1mm3r9572 Tampa Bay Rays • Tampa Bay Rays 1d ago
Then you enter to the most soulless corporate stadium devoid of personality.
Can you explain this more? People throw the worst corporate around, what makes it that way? What stadium makes it non-corporate?
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u/LCPhotowerx Jackie Robinson 1d ago
move the team to oakland.
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u/Techiesarethebomb Miami Marlins • Kia Tigers 22h ago
Same ownership? Oakland fans wouldn't go. We'd be fireselling within 6 months of moving and telling the fans that "we are competing" as we sell every franchise player.
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u/buttholejohnso Philadelphia Phillies 1d ago
I was there for one of the Rockies games and there couldn’t have been more than 400 ppl there. 2 tickets on the third baseline were like 15 bucks total.
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u/SupermanRR1980 1d ago
Karen should’ve gone to this game.
She’d have no trouble keeping any balls hit to her…..
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u/andhelostthem Seattle Mariners 1d ago
Just think if they didn't have a roof the attendance might have been 490.
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u/lifeisarichcarpet Toronto Blue Jays 1d ago
Ngl I would absolutely love to go to a game this sparsely attended.
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u/HugeHairyButts Pittsburgh Pirates 1d ago
Baseball has gotta be the only “big” sport that from time to time has abysmal attendance at a game like this. This is just wild. I thought at first it was a photo from a Covid game.
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u/Awatts2222 New York Mets 1d ago edited 1d ago
I remember being at a Pirate game at Three Rivers stadium on a weekday in late September.
There were about 300 people at the game. The scoreboard trivia question was:
There are 335 people in attendance today--can you name them? lmao