Marlins Executive: Â Thanks for coming. Â We need to come up with some ideas to increase attendance. Â To recap, we’ve won two cahmpionships since 1992 and have had fine players like Mike Piazza, Carlos Delgado and Al Leiter but we still can’t draw a crowd. Â I thought if we called ourselves “Florida” that we would draw people from Jacksonville but that didn’t work. Â Any other ideas?
Marlins Intern: Â don’t people of Cuban ancestry like baseball? Â What if we slapped LOS on our jerseys so that they could identify with us better.
Marlins Executive: Â Great idea! Â Tim, do you think Jiffy Lube would sponsor it?
JIFFY LUBE FIESTA FRIDAY: Every Friday night home game is a Jiffy Lube Fiesta Friday. Fans are encouraged to come early for the Fiesta Friday Happy Hour at the Strike Zone from 5:30-7PM for live Salsa music from Group Solaris, Dominando con los Marlins, live broadcasts and an autograph session with Marlins players from 6:00-6:20PM and two Latino Legends from 6:30-7:00 PM. Also, fans will be treated to live music throughout the game from the Marlins Pachanga band. The Marlins will play as Los Marlins and starting lineups will be done in English and Spanish.
I don’t get the Los thing. Â I understand marketing and I understand fun. Â A theme night: Cool. Â Some bands, cool. Â Some fun with the PA, ok I get it.
I don’t understand how slapping some tiny letters on a jersey makes any sense. Â I’m a middle aged white guy who could probably get-by if I woke up in a Spanish speaking country so I admit I’m not the tagret demo. Â If anyone out there can speak more meaningfully toward this subject I’d love to hear all opinions.
As for the Mets version of this insanity, as we discussed last week, a NUEVA YORK jersey would be neat. Â Los Mets is just dopey.
For reference, here’s a site for one of the Mexican League teams…note the uniform just says Broncos.
As a 43 year old Afro-Panamanian I find this equal parts humorous and offensive.
I thought it was one of the most ridiculous things I had heard. No matter how hard I try I’ve yet to find a way to say Mets with a Spanish accent. Los Yankees, you can make that work. Los Mets sounds like you gave up on speaking Spanish halfway through the name. I’d much rather see/hear Nueva York. A slight rolling r goes a long way here.
Americans don’t go to your country and try to change the culture, what gives you the right to try and change the history of baseball in our country! Starting with the names of the teams that have been around for years. Why don’t you try to learn english or play baseball in your country and call the teams anything you want. Could it be your just here for the money that the american teams pay players. We won’t come down to your country and try to change them, so go ahead try and generate the same interest and revenues in your own country! When you do and your are on world wide television coverage I will call your teams by the names you give them and not try to change them to make them sound more american.
I urge the taxpayes of Miami Dade to repeal the decision to build the Marlin Stadium. Or should I say Los Marlin stadium!
Habla ingles por favor!