Miami, Something new
After the long drive to get to FL the next stop was Miami…
well kind of. I did make a stop in Orlando and went to Disney World with my now ex-girlfriend as well.
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| My then girlfriend and I |
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| The Bobblehead Case |
We arrived at the
stadium just before game time. The Stadium was big and white. It has a
retractable roof which is following a trend of many newer ballparks. There wasn't too much to the outside of it. we entered the stadium from behind left
field and had to go up an escalator to get to the main concourse. The concourse
was open but not very attractive to the eye. There were lots of colors lining
the walls on the concourse yellow,orange, lime green and blue maybe even some
others. I didn't like the colorfulness. It added nothing to the stadium or
atmosphere. There wasn't much on the concourse either. Your typical food places
although not much variety and a few souvenir shops to get Marlins gear, nothing
special though. There was one cool thing on the concourse, a large glass case
full of bobbleheads. The Marlins have many bobblehead nights and the display
case had hundreds of them in it, this was pretty cool to see. There were many
players with multiple bobbleheads such as Mariner’s stars Ichiro and Felix
Hernandez. Left Field at Marlins Stadium is the best part. There is a large
glass wall behind the concourse that is cool looking and there is a large bar
area on the concourse up there as well. Under the concourse there is a party
area, it is a pool and club area during games and after the games the club part
is still open, even to those who didn't attend the game.
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| The Home Run Statue |
In Center Field just behind the fence they have “The Home
Run Statue” This thing has got to be the ugliest piece of any stadium in the
majors. It is just awful. It is very colorful, encompassing all the colors of
the rainbow. When the Marlins hit a home run it goes off with flashing lights,
smoke and many sea creatures that rotate around and move up and own. In my
opinion they should remove this immediately, it belongs in a carnival not a
baseball stadium.
The game was fun at least. There were a few home runs hit by
the Marlins so I got multiple opportunities to see the statue in action, and
the visiting Cardinals were also able to score some runs as well. It was fun to
see the Cards play because they are on my list of favorite teams and they are good
this year and the reigning World Series champions as well. I am not as big of a
fan of them after Albert Pujols signed with the Angels but I still enjoy
watching them and cheering them on and they have many of my favorite players on
their team. However this night the Cards would come up short losing 5-3.
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| View of the glass wall |
