A Sea Of Red

A few details of the Marlins new ballpark in Miami have previously leaked and they've seemed out of place at a baseball game. The just-announced "backstop aquariums" fall under that non-traditional category, but I think they're going to be one of baseball's cooler stadium features when the bagel-slicer looking park opens in 2012.

The two giant aquariums will be located on either side of home plate, but not directly behind it. And no worries on a Faith No More-type situation with a fish flopping around on the ground and gasping for air because the aquariums will be constructed with shatterproof glass.

http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/blog/big_le ... mlb,247335

The glass may not shatter but that could kill a fish. Tapping the glass hurts them. Imagine what a 80mph stray ball hitting the glass will do.

LUconn wrote:The glass may not shatter but that could kill a fish. Tapping the glass hurts them. Imagine what a 80mph stray ball hitting the glass will do.

you have to assume there will be some sort of glass in front of the glass sort of thing.

Something is wrong with the artist's rendition of the stadium- There are people in the stands.

This is what a real Marlins game looks like:

holy crap and i thought the rays games were poorly attended....

Anybody see that thing last night? It's awful. The stadium itself isn't bad but the lime green? Terrible. Give the Twins credit they did Target Field right. Went there last year and it's by far one of the best.

the latin influences are so cartoonish and ghastly, its hilarious.

01LUGrad wrote:Something is wrong with the artist's rendition of the stadium- There are people in the stands.

This is what a real Marlins game looks like:

i went to 2 cubs/marlins games there last year. it was so empty....like barely 1000....they announced the attendance and the entire crowd erupted in laughter. guess the attendance !!!??

a)7,362 b) 8,315 c) 8,553 d)9,113

they dont' even sell upper deck tickets.

RubberMallet wrote:the latin influences are so cartoonish and ghastly, its hilarious.

My thing... it's not even latin. I get that Miami has changed and that's who they're trying to cater to, but it's awful. It's not even correct. I don't know any Latinos who like lime green. It's not even on Mexico's flag. That's dark green.

jbock13 wrote:

RubberMallet wrote:the latin influences are so cartoonish and ghastly, its hilarious.

My thing... it's not even latin. I get that Miami has changed and that's who they're trying to cater to, but it's awful. It's not even correct. I don't know any Latinos who like lime green. It's not even on Mexico's flag. That's dark green.

Let me bring you up to speed here. Mexico has nothing to do with Miami. The Latinos in South Florida are mostly from Cuba and the DR. There is also a large Haitian community as well as representive groups from every island in the carribean. I haven't been to Cuba yet, but I have spent time in Haiti, Jaimaica and the Virgin Islands, and have been living in the DR for a year now. Lime green is used here the way off-white is in the states. It's not a Latin thing, it's a caribbean thing.

Sorry olldflame, should have kept my mouth shut. Thank you for educating me.

jbock13 wrote:

RubberMallet wrote:the latin influences are so cartoonish and ghastly, its hilarious.

My thing... it's not even latin. I get that Miami has changed and that's who they're trying to cater to, but it's awful. It's not even correct. I don't know any Latinos who like lime green. It's not even on Mexico's flag. That's dark green.

have you ever been to florida? mexicans? there is lime green all over the place in florida...they love it.

I guess I haven't been in awhile. Haven't been there since 2005, stayed in Surfside.

Typically I stay in the Tampa/Orlando area. My family has a condo there.

there aren't many mexicans in tampa either...good job jbock!

jbock13 wrote:should have kept my mouth shut.

Jbock, add this to your signature. It could come in as a handy reminder sometimes.

Haha yeah. I mean it's stupid, I wasn't thinking when I said that obviously! Of course I should have known better with my experiences to Latin culture. Olldflame was right, as such we'll leave it at that.
I admit when I'm wrong, and I was definitely wrong there.

Plus, Cubans are awesome anyway.

flamehunter wrote:

jbock13 wrote:should have kept my mouth shut.

Jbock, add this to your signature. It could come in as a handy reminder sometimes.

Haha I just might! I always get myself into trouble eventually.

doesn't take you long does jbock?