There is a sports team in all 4 major categories in South Florida. In Football they have the Miami Dolphins Diogo Jota Madrid Jersey , hockey has the Florida Panthers, the Miami Heat for basketball, and Major League Baseball has the Florida Marlins.


Baseball season is here, and since it’s my favorite sport, I wanted to talk about the Florida Marlins. Back in 1990, Major League Baseball (MLB) announced that they wanted to add two new expansion teams in the National League. The idea was to put one of these two expansion teams in the state of Florida. Orlando Nicolas Gaitan Madrid Jersey , Tampa Bay (who later got a team of their own), and Miami all were in a bidding war. Wayne Huizenga, a local businessman from Miami, won the rights to the team and based that team in Miami. After handing over $95 million dollars for the ball club, Huizenga became the new owner of the Florida Marlins – it was June 1991.


In 1993, Major League Baseball welcomed the Florida Marlins to their family. In 1997 Yannick Carrasco Madrid Jersey , the Florida Marlins broke a then record becoming the fastest expansion team to win a championship – they won the wild card spot to accomplish this feat. The Wild Card position was once again the way they got into the 2003 World Series – which they won again – and in the process became the first team to be two time champions in any of the four major sports after winning a wild card spot.


It hasn’t always been a bed of roses for the team from South Florida. The Marlins inaugural season ranks amongst their worst on record. That first season, the Marlins winning percentage was a meager .395 – among the worst in the Major Leagues, but just when you thought it couldn’t get any worse, their sophomore winning percentage was worse – a .333. Of course things did pick up in the winning column – as both their championship runs had percentages just above .500 with their 1997 season being their best, a .568 winning percentage.


Fan attendance has always been a problem for the Florida Marlins. Ranking among the lowest in attendance since 1998, the team from South Florida has risen to the top. A second MLB title wasn’t enough to put fans in the seats Angel Correa Madrid Jersey , as in 2003 the Marlins was second worse in getting people in the door. The Marlins will have a new home in 2012, a move that the owners hope will see more people in the seats.


Some well-known players have emerged from the Marlins system. The voting for the Cy Young award, given to the league’s best pitcher was a tight battle in 1996, as a young Marlin, Kevin Brown finished second in the voting. Going through the Marlins farm system, Miguel Cabrera got sharpened his hitting prowess and has become one of the game’s best. He hit 138 home runs in five seasons with the ‘Fish’.


As earlier stated Augusto Fernandez Madrid Jersey , the Marlins will be moving to a new location in 2012. Since 1993, the Marlins have shared the same playing field as the NLF’s Miami Dolphins. In their 19th year in the league, the Marlins will be moving to a spot where the legendary Orange Bowl used to stand. A retractable roof will be awaiting the estimated 37,000 fans that will be able to view – the new stadium will be the sixth in MLB to have such a roof. The Marlins will not only have a new home, but will have a new name. As part of the relocation agreement, the Miami-Dade commissioner’s office will change the name from the Florida Marlins to the Miami