Marlins park Attracts Fans, Continues to Win

Gaby Sanchez is important to hit a home run in the bullpen for the visitors to the right field wall in the second period, and all eyes in the Marlins new park are glued to the big talk about the sculpture Home, fans were expecting It comes to life for the first time.

He did not. Nothing. Just bizarre, carnival-style 70-foot building sits, looking back, in the frozen silence is turned off. This was expected.

Right.

At least they have something to preserve the real opening day, Wednesday.

Have you heard about the Long Goodbye? Introduction to South Florida Marlins in the new stadium in Little Havana was a long hello.

Spring Sunday's game against the Yankees was the fourth of five "easy opening for the new park after the game in high school and two teams split against Marlins uniform exposure and RPF. Another exhibition will follow with the Yankees on Monday night before - in the end - for real value of the first regular season opens on Wednesday evening.

The sculpture will be Home Run for the first time that night, pasta Marlins should be enough to call it animation.

"Soft opening" was smart in terms of gradual preparation of the stadium staff to handle the crowd more and more. Gate Sunday was 27,152 for the Marlins "10-8 loss to New York in the first part of the park between two major league teams.

Monday will be the highest level of 30,000, or about 80 percent of capacity.

But this parade even soft opening a few weeks, but can not make the Opening Day feel a little less special than it would if it was the first time, fans are entered the place. Of course, Marlins themselves have responded to every question imaginable media about the new stadium and are ready to go.

After these two events the Yankees, and then one day match against St. Louis, Marlins hit the road for a week, traveling first to play the Reds.

"It's a crazy week," manager Ozzie Guillen said after the game on Sunday. "After Wednesday I hope we all leave and return to normal life.

"I just want a series of Cincinnati in the future."

He wanted to pass by distracting ads and the three home games, get constant questions about the new stadium, and settle into a rhythm and tempo of the longest season in sports. "

"After these three games, all the rest," as Sanchez on the spot.

Players understand and appreciate that the Marlins "big star right now in the stadium, the novelty and newness of it - Sculpture Home Run kitsch to two 450-gallon aquarium to form a safety net for home plate.

This is the only place in America where the best kind of sport in the house belongs to the flycatcher-wrasse, orange-shoulder, smell, and porkfish redfin butterfly swimming languidly in the circle on the deck.

Two hours before the game, to let the fans, Kevin Mathis Aquarium flowers brushed clean tanks built into the thick glass resistant to errors.

"The ball hit the tank will catch fish, but very briefly," Mathis said. "Just as if a small child knocked on the glass aquarium at home."

In any case, the new watch tropical fish attackers will gradually disappear, as the smell of a new car comes out, that the sculpture gradually Home Run.

Improvements that do not fade, is a retractable roof, which transformed what was a hot humid Sunday for those who like cooking in a pleasant moment in the air conditioned comfort.

It's not just you who love the internal fan alternator. Players do the same.

"That's fine, not changing your sweater all three races," said Sanchez, bottom first.

Catcher John Buck is even used to change his pants during home games. On Sunday, "I think people my knitting feels good and cool now. Sense of Foreign Affairs."

Comfort, eliminating delays and rain curiosity factor of the new stadium is good for the crowd throughout the season, a girl, but over time the story will be less and less and more baseball stadium hosts inside.

Marlins park and a large cost of the manager of the club and star star free agents have made Miami baseball team is "it". Showtime is a chronicle of the team, Marlins star of her reality show franchise. MLB network cameras were there. Baseball Today ESPN will broadcast live from the park on Wednesday. Most preseason prognosticators expected to Miami to the playoffs.

This team must stand up and answer this deception.

Marlins need to win.

The new stadium will be the crowd. The team is responsible for ensuring that the crowd back.

New closer Heath Bell has compared the experience of baptism in the excitement of a new fleet of new car ownership. He should know. Bell went to the 2006 Nissan Altima all until recently when his wife convinced him he needed to treat to attract more "South Beach". So he bought a new Audi R8 sports car.

"It's colorful. This bright. This is Miami," said Bell, which means that both the approximate and machines. "You want to push it, then -. Just try it"

Guillen has chosen a different metaphor.

"It's a new house, new toy. Hopefully, we use the new right toy," said Director of diamonds in Little Havana. "Winning all. Justification ended. You can have a nice house with a beautiful view, but if people in the house stink, it is not beautiful. "

Sunroof and air conditioning will keep fans comfortable Marlins.