Hechavarria,
the weak-hittting shortstop, slams a homer, the Marlins score eight
runs and win on
Tuesday night.
He's batting below the Mendoza line, he has hit one homer per 58 at
bats in the Major Leagues, but hey, he's young, turning 24 on Monday,
so maybe he can develop some power. Or
maybe not.
Remember
the biggest losers in baseball history, the '62 Mets, managed to win
one out of every four games.
A
lot of fans aren't wildly enthusiastic. Rage against the Marlins –
http://www.ratmarlins.com –
continues its petition drive through
whitehouse.gov: “To Create Legislation That Would Force Jeff Loria
to Sell the Miami Marlins & Leave Town. We
call upon congress to create legislation that requires any major
league sports franchise that operates within the United States, who
take public tax money to help build a stadium or arena, must maintain
a competitive payroll at all times, of at least 90% of the entire
leagues average opening day payroll for the previous five years, for
the first ten years after taking said money, and the failure to do so
would invoke proceedings upon which the governing body of the league,
in which the franchise in question resides, would be forced to
immediately buy said franchise for fair market value, and the
ownership group in question would be forced to sell it to them
without dispute.”
So
far, they have 848 signatures and need 99,152 in next couple weeks to
get the White House attention.
Perhaps
a free-market approach would be better, like the relegation system in
European soccer, in which the worst performing teams are demoted to
the minors and the best performing minor league teams are promoted.
Maybe that way the Marlins could get some decent competition against
AAA – AA? – opponents.
On
this Wednesday morning, the 2013 Marlins are 3-11. The '62 Mets were
2-12.
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