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QUOTE (GoodAsGould @ Apr 11, 2012 -> 01:00 PM) Honestly I think Lebron and Wade kind of hurt each other, when Wade is missing time Lebron looks like a completely different player. I agree. I really miss the Lebron from cleveland that would just lower his head like a damn bull and force his way into the paint since he's such a physical specimen and draw contact. He's uber passive these days, its extremely frustrating.

De Aza + AJ + The proxy server that held up the entire game so i could watch it on mlb.tv = :headbang :headbang

in before Chelsea finishes out of the top four and miss out on next years champions league along with an offseason of zero signings.. :chair

isn't it weird that every time Hawk calls someone "a good looking young hitter," the guy is actually like... handsome?

QUOTE (LVSoxFan @ Apr 10, 2012 -> 02:11 PM) And now... it is time for people to lay off him. He apologized dozens of times (we didn't get that in Chicago) and he got suspended for 5 games so those people down there need to move on with their lives. Great idea. Also this isn't effecting the entire fan base the way it seems. The national coverage is what blew this into a huge deal. Miami is not Cuba. There was no firing squad waiting for ozzie at his press conference, there weren't burning vehicles, just 200 some people that felt offended by this and needed to be heard while the rest of the city seems to be just rolling their eyes at how crazy this has gotten where ESPN makes it look like no one will ever attend a marlins game again. When ozzie is back from suspension and calls an umpire an asshole we will all be back to laughing at ozzie being ozzie.

5 game suspension, I can dig it. More than 200 protesters showed up to the stadium.. Don't see any season ticket holders though. This thing will blow over in a couple weeks tops unless Chicago fans keep it alive.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Apr 9, 2012 -> 06:37 PM) I really believe the Marlins may whack him if his apology doesn't go well and they can figure out a way not to have to pay him the balance of his contract. .....and then hopefully throw tons of money and brazilian dancers at Tony La Russa and hope he bites!

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Apr 9, 2012 -> 03:56 PM) And there's a big difference having a swimming pool/whirlpool, fountains (like KC), that Disney-esque rock design in LF at Anaheim, smaller diamonds for kids on the concourse grounds or behind the stadiums...and making the experience 90% about non-baseball related entertainment. i would say that 90% of the park is baseball related.. you make it sound like the clevelander bar is an entire floor of the stadium. its just a section for people to enjoy themselves and catch glimpses of a baseball game or some breasts if they so please. its not like people in the upper deck get lap dances by brazilian dancers while a dolphin caresses your genitalia. Any other seat in the park outside of the bar is just as much a baseball experience as any other stadium.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Apr 9, 2012 -> 03:49 PM) but I think it clearly plays into the stereotype that Miami "fans" dont care much about whats on the field or court. oh its not a stereotype. anyone thats ever been to a miami heat game will tell you that. the whole town is all about College Football. people in miami go to things for the spectacle of it, going to a baseball game, with baseball being a slow-paced sport is probably never going to catch on in a huge way with sellouts every night. So in order to help sell tickets you have to add these gimmicks for the not-so baseball fans and also the mass amounts of european tourists that are constantly patrolling south beach. A plain jane steel ballpark with a couple of palm trees in centerfield would never cut it.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Apr 9, 2012 -> 03:40 PM) Ha, makes it look even worse IMO. Baseball related-nope Family friendly-nope. Kind of a joke. .... its miami... I'm pretty sure miami is the worst place to live if you've got the ol ball and chain attached to your ankle. also that section is promoted as a bar and you have to be 21 and over to purchase tickets. i don't see the problem with that. its the adult version of your guys' pontiac fundamentals, or whatever it is now.

Its crazy that the posters on soxtalk are making a bigger deal about this than posters on marlinsbaseball.com.

Nice little youtube video on the Clevelander section of Marlins Park. Looks a lot better in action obviously. (Link NSFW) !

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Apr 9, 2012 -> 03:24 PM) At some point, this thread is going to run into the "SLAM" category, it's almost unavoidable. im okay with talking strictly marlins baseball, giancarlo's good looks and topless bartenders at Marlins park if you are

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Apr 9, 2012 -> 03:22 PM) Muslim Extremist.

QUOTE (Soxfest @ Apr 9, 2012 -> 03:02 PM) So glad OG is gone ................did not take him long to piss off the fanbase. The fan base isn't pissed. A certain population is. Just like how Chicago is supposedly the second largest population of polish people in the world, if a manager in chicago said something detrimental towards the polish population id be willing to bet that wrigley would still sell tickets and the white sox would do the same. Also.. great win by the marlins today! Infante :headbang

This is what the Marlins and their fans wanted, they wanted a yearlong storyline and we got it. It isn't really a problem until it begins to effect the product on the field. Also, I'm taking off my marlins shades when i say this but when i initially read the story i took Ozzie's comments (as boneheaded as they were) as if i were to tell my friends that while i was in Iraq i respected al qaeda because they really took it to us when we were out there. My friends aren't going to bash me and say I'm a muslim extremist. All i was saying is that they are some tough son of a b****es, just like ozzie said he respects fidel because everyone wants him dead and the f***er is still ticking.

QUOTE (Swingandalongonetoleft @ Apr 9, 2012 -> 12:55 PM) My favorite part of this story is that he's getting hell for an opinion of his that isn't popular with a group of people. Can anyone think of another place that punishes people for the expression of their beliefs if they stray too far from, or run contrary to an accepted norm? that was my favorite part of the story too.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Apr 9, 2012 -> 12:35 PM) Old Cubans don't like topless women? they don't like freedom of speech either apparently.

Im not defending ozzie because he is a fool for making those statements but for what its worth Vigilia Mambisa is comprised of mostly elder Cubans that actually fled Cuba during those nasty years. Not necessarily the demographic that purchases tickets to baseball games featuring topless women.

kid from the marlins board says...

Hire La Russa!

QUOTE (HickoryHuskers @ Apr 9, 2012 -> 07:37 AM) Thanks, Ozzie, for ruining a thread that had previously been mostly about pics of hot, nearly-naked women at your new ballpark. have no fear.. (link NSFW) http://bustedcoverage.com/2012/04/06/body-...der-bar-photos/ it looks like the organization is really pushing these body paint girls. that whole part of the park is awesome enough as is. closes at 3am, keeps serving drinks past the 7th inning, get a chance to meet your future ex-wife. what's not to like?

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Apr 8, 2012 -> 09:45 PM) Is that what goes off every time Hanley makes an error at 3B, Bell blows a save, Ozzie curses or Zambrano fights a teammate and/or is ejected from a game? no its what goes off when a sox fan groans about a team that was already slated to be horrendous this season.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Apr 8, 2012 -> 09:39 PM) Sofia Vergara looks like Megatron. It's all about Snookie. What an amazing woman. i like your style

QUOTE (greg775 @ Apr 8, 2012 -> 09:33 PM) I don't see how it can. Look at the trailer. They should just show old stooges shorts at the theatre and people mite actually laugh. or they could show the sox lineup trying to get a base hit with RISP