Marlins fire Joe Girardi

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So it's just a coincidence that attendance dropped after 1994, rose for 1997, dropped again in 1998? Then rose again in 2003 and 2004?

I'm not saying they're good fans, but I think it's pretty clear that they're willing to come out and see games even despite baseball's problems in Florida if there's a decent team on the field.

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what are you talking about?

In 2003 (THEY WON THE WS) and were 28th in attendance with 16,300 per game. They also DID NOT SELLOUT PLAYOFF GAMES in 2003 until the World Series.

This year they were only 6 games under .500, and were in the playoff chase till the last 2-3 weeks of the season, their attendance was LAST in the MLB at 14,300.

Finally, in 2002 their attendance was BARELY into 5 digits (10,038).

Holy crap what a joke.