Fish Flop

Unfortunately for Doc Halladay, he threw a perfect game on the road instead of at home in front of his own fans. More unfortunately for Halladay...he threw it in Miami, where the Marlins struggle to get 15,000 fans to the ballpark most days. Now, the attendance for Doc's perfect game was near 25 thousand, but it's still a shame that Dolphin Stadium was the site of yet another no-hitter (AJ Burnett, Anibal Sanchez, and now Halladay). For Halladay, it probably was more about the feat instead of those he performed it in front of, but it's still a bummer that 25,000 "casual" (casual means "I'm only here to enjoy the weather, what's baseball?" in English) fans got to see it instead of people who care.

But that's not where it ends. This is where the Florida Marlins organization steps in and announces how pathetic they are. A week after, the Marlins front office decided it would be a good idea to sell tickets to Halladay's perfect game. Yes, they wanted to sell tickets to a game that was played a week earlier! Nevermind the fact that you can't sell tickets for future games, lets try to sell tickets for games that have already been played!

Now this is pathetic on two levels. The first is how desperate they are to get an extra buck in Florida. Management started selling the tickets at face value! How pathetic is that? Yea, you don't get to go to the game, but you can still give us face value for the ticket stub! Wow, sign me up! Maybe the organization should focus it's attention to that new stadium and how they're going to draw fans to the park for future games. Nah, I guess that makes too much sense.

Secondly, how pathetic is it that they want to make money off of this game. You don't see them selling unsold tickets to a game where Cameron Maybin hit an inside-the-park homer, or even for a game where Josh Johnson rung-up 13 in a shutout effort. No, they want to sell these pieces of history for a game in which the Marlins were historically futile. Imagine the Pats losing 72-0 next year and Bob Kraft turning around and saying "We were a part of the most lopsided game in NFL history, get your chance to own history!" That's what the Marlins are doing. They are selling their fans "historical memorabilia" to one of the franchise's darkest moments.