Marlins home run sign.

[Brian Fein]

^^ I never said the pirate ship wasn't cool.  I love when stadiums incorporate a little bit of the home team in the stadium.  Like spinning and jumping marlins...

[Thundergod]

^^ Wow Brian, what an extreme 180 you've done, especially looking back at the older threads. Guess you can add one more to Lil B's "flip flopped" thread. 

[CF DolFan]

It's technicolor roadkill... It's what your morning heaves would look like after an evening of eating rainbow sherbet and slamming vodka shots.

Until the Marlins realize how ridiculous that HR sign is, I'm just going to pray for a lot of pitching duels.

My guilty confession is I love the way you and Maine describe things. It brings out a whole new vision for me!! 

[Brian Fein]

Thundergod, my last post was mostly sarcastic.  While I do love incorporating the team into its home stadium (and that pirate ship is awesome), I still think that home run sculpture is a work of awful.  Read my stadium review from Marlins Park.  The thing is hideous and I wish it would go away or be smaller, or less visible.  I like the idea, I hate the implementation.

The aquariums behind home plate, though, are PIMP.

[bsfins]

I'm a Cubs fan, so it's not that big of a deal to me....but my thoughts are....

I still hate the Marlins Logo,as it is on the hats and such....I'm fine with the orange black,and white uni's...They're fine.The Marlins park sign behind home plate (and across the jersey is a tad bit better,a little easier....Not good,just a tad better,and I'm not sure why....I even in an odd way like the Lime Green walls,it different.

I love Aquariums,but the ones in the park look like Hologram sticker video boards,on T.V.with the blue grow light for the deep water corals...Every once in a while you see a fish swim by,when it's zoomed in pretty tight on a batter on deck/stepping out of the box....So to me those are a fail,should have put a lighter background,gone with more of a daylight lighting,bigger fish (even though it would probably get enough sunlight naturally,I feel for those tank cleaners responsible for keeping that tank clean)

The Liberace monument is still bad,no getting use to it,and liking it more the more I see it....

My Hijack Comment - The Logo,and Statue (along with the logo with the "Dolphins Stadium") makes me quake,shiver,sick to my stomach,nauseous,is the room spinning,at the thought of tweaking,changing the Miami Dolphins Logo....

[Brian Fein]

I have said repeatedly that the fish tanks should have been bigger.  But as they are, just because you can't see them well on TV doesn't make them a failure, IMO.

You're just bitter that the Marlins are kicking the crap out of the Cubs this week.

[bsfins]

^^ no, I'm bitter about 2003... J/K 

I think the idea of aquariums is good,the execution is bad....

[Brian Fein]

Steve Bartman is my hero!

[Dave Gray]

I saw the stadium for the first time last night.  The sculpture is dope.  It's gaudy in the best way possible.

[Phishfan]

I saw it on TV yesterday. It is still ugly as hell.

[SportsChick]

Dave pointed something out last night and he's right - the colors, the sign, they're all better in person than on TV. That said, I despise the lime green walls and HATE that the roof is always closed.

[Dave Gray]

There's something about TV that washes out the colors.  I think there's some kind of "steam" or "smoke" that creates a slight haze that really dulls out the color palette on TV.  The lime green is hideous on TV.  You might still think it's hideous in person, but it definitely POPS, like it doesn't on TV.  Also, in person, the fishtanks are better.  They are dark and you can't see them on TV.  In person, they're cool.  On TV, the sculpture doesn't look as large.  In the stadium, that thing hangs enormous.

By far, the best thing about the stadium, in my opinion, is that you can walk up and get a hot dog or beer and you are still in the experience.  You can see the play on the field, but more importantly, you still feel the stadium's energy.  They did a nice job.

And I went into the Clevelander afterward: It's a club inside the stadium.  It's nice.  It fits better than Club Liv in the Dolphins stadium.  There were essentially topless women with body paint dancing on the bar, with a pool and some TVs.

[Brian Fein]

I think, all said and done, my biggest problem with Marlins Park is the roof.  These buffoons made a rule that says if ita above 80 degrees, the roof will be closed.  Well, that's pretty much every day here.

I think the roof should be open for every night game, unless its raining.  Wanna close it for day games when its 97 degrees?  Fine, I'm down with that.  But its a night game, there's no sun, its 83 out and a nice breeze, let's open that sardine can and enjoy the south Florida weather.

[Dave Gray]

^ I agree.  Or at least loosen the rules so that it's able to be opened more regularly.

I was a little surprised to see how big the field is.  It seems friggin' gigantic out there and a few balls that I thought were gone were caught at the track after hanging for an eternity.  But I guess the old park was that way too.  I wonder why Miami (think air) insists on having such a huge outfield.


One more thing, does anyone have a definitive (with proof) explanation of the rules in regard to a pop-fly hitting the roof?

[Brian Fein]

I asked Juan Rodriguez from the Sun Sentinel that question, and he claims that the roof is tall enough that it is impossible to hit a ball into it.  I believe that anything's possible, but it sounds like it hasn't been addressed, or at least he didn't know.  From the looks of it, the roof is high enough that hitting it with a ball appears unlikely.

When it happens, people will be confused an I'll say "told ya so."

Juan C. Rodriguez ‏@JCRMarlinsbeat
Even possible to hit a ball that high? RT @brianfein do you know what's the rule in Marlins Park if a ball hits the roof?