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PRO PLAYER STADIUM BASEBALL SERIES
There was a World Series championship in 1997 capped by an 11-inning walk-off victory in Game 7 against the Indians, and baseball fever returned with an improbable run to another title in 2003. No one complained about it in 1993, when the expansion Marlins drew 3 million fans. "I remember we couldn't wait to go on the road." "You're talking about the worst conditions," former Marlin Cody Ross said. Turf worn down by the mix of baseball and football made for unpredictable bounces - just last week, Braves third baseman Chipper Jones lost a grounder in the lights. A black cat wandered by the Marlins dugout during a recent game, and if the place wasn't cursed, it certainly was cursed at. The ballfield has been especially unsightly lately, with a Dolphins logo behind second base and faint yard lines providing reminders that multipurpose stadiums fell out of favor for a reason. "It's not the worst place I've ever played," Phillies ace Roy Halladay said during his final visit this month. The sentiment is shared by visiting players, even the pitcher who threw a perfect game last year at Joe Robbie Etcetera Stadium.
the Nationals - have been commonplace for the Marlins at Sun Life Stadium. Sparse home crowds - like this April 5 game this season vs. And so the final game Wednesday against the Washington Nationals will be cause for celebration and a chance to say good riddance. Over the past 19 seasons, the Marlins discovered people dislike sitting in a football stadium to watch baseball games played in sweltering weather and interrupted by frequent showers. "There were a lot of rain delays," former Marlin Josh Willingham said, "and no fans."
PRO PLAYER STADIUM BASEBALL PRO
It has gone by many names - Joe Robbie Stadium, Pro Player Park, Pro Player Stadium, Dolphins Stadium, Dolphin Stadium, Land Shark Stadium and now Sun Life Stadium. Both will be bigger, the Marlins pledge, once they leave the stadium where they've played since their first season in 1993, when they moved in with the Miami Dolphins. Next year they move into a retractable-roof ballpark built to rejuvenate a franchise long known for modest crowds and humble payrolls. In baseball the goal is to be safe at home, but the Marlins are glad to be out. "There are some good memories here for sure, but I won't shed a tear when we move." "If I was to say I'm sorry to see it go, I'd be lying - big time," Conine said. On Wednesday, the Marlins kiss their ballpark goodbye. This is where Conine went 4 for 4 as a rookie in the franchise's first game where he played on two World Series championship teams where he earned the nickname Mr. He looks up toward a sea of empty seats and remembers when they were full.
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MIAMI - As moving day nears for the Florida Marlins, Jeff Conine stands in front of the dugout, the crack of batting-practice swings echoing in the cavernous stadium.
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