Stick to Orange Juice

Good piece by Murray Chass in today's NY Times concerning the two franchises, and we use that term loosely, in Florida. How the Marlins have not been contracted by now is anyone's guess. They're about to sell off their best parts, again, to save payroll. Can MLB really allow a team to continue to draw crowds smaller than their minor league affiliates?

Tampa Bay, which is dropping the "Devil" portion of its name, isn't much better. They never should have gotten a team to begin with. They built that horrendous dome, which looks like a warehouse, to draw a team. And MLB got suckered into giving them one.

Times Article