Marlins Seek to Profit From Historic Humiliation

Through nothing more than simple boneheaded blunders of presentation, the Florida Marlins have already caused a great deal of consternation to their fans. For instance, the team has neglected to repair its out-of-town scoreboard and has Scott Staap singing the official rally song of the team. That’s not even taking into account the the on-the-field Hanley Ramirez drama.↵↵Were that not bad enough, the front office wants to memorialize a historically inept performance against a division rival. For those interested in preserving the memory of Roy Halladay’s perfect game on Friday, the Marlins would like to sell you the nearly 10,000 unsold tickets from the game. (UPDATE: The tickets are available now. Click the “T” logo on the calendar.)↵

↵↵Just think, you can tell friends and family that you were one of the many unoccupied seats offering an insensate witness to history. How you might have issued a creaking noise if only an interested patron had decided to sit in you, but no. You were too awestruck by the proceedings. Also, you were a seat and seats don’t talk.↵

↵↵Worse still, the Marlins are actually charging face value for the already invalid but sentimentally valuable (to Phillies fans) tickets. In a way, that kind of makes it worthwhile. What’s more noteworthy, after all, one of 20 perfect games ever thrown, or perhaps the single most contemptuous gesture ever made by a team towards its fans?↵

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