{"id":1149,"date":"2011-04-01T11:01:55","date_gmt":"2011-04-01T15:01:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ceetar.com\/optimisticmetsfan\/?p=1149"},"modified":"2011-04-01T10:58:42","modified_gmt":"2011-04-01T14:58:42","slug":"letters-to-the-nl-east-part-3-dear-marlins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.ceetar.com\/optimisticmetsfan\/2011\/04\/01\/letters-to-the-nl-east-part-3-dear-marlins\/","title":{"rendered":"Letters to the NL East, Part 3, Dear Marlins…"},"content":{"rendered":"
To read previous letters, go\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/pre>\n
Letters to the NL East, part 3<\/div>\n
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Dear Florida Marlins,<\/div>\n
Like most \u00a0embarrassing\u00a0franchises, you didn’t do anything real exciting this offseason. \u00a0Oh sure, you signed John Buck, a very nice catcher, but he’s not going to fill the void left by Uggla in his contract year. You paid too much for Javier Vazquez, who was basically terrible last year and was looking for a cozy place to pitch himself into oblivion, and you won’t even get draft picks for him if he does have a good year and bolts.<\/div>\n
Kudos though for spending more money this year, if only slightly. \u00a0Obviously we all know it’s an attempt to garner a little bit of interest going into a new stadium in 2012. \u00a0I can’t help but wonder if you even care how well the team does this year, as long as it looks like it’s going to be better in 2012. \u00a0The Mets set attendance highs leaving Shea Stadium, but it looks like the Marlins may set attendance lows leaving Sun Life Stadium. \u00a0The only question is if you’ll have more fans in the stands than names for the stadium.<\/div>\n
You did a good job revamping the bullpen, which from what I can remember was terrible. \u00a0 Still, you look a team with some nice players, some passable prospects, and some just not very good ones. \u00a0In the end, you’re just boring. \u00a0you’re good enough to win games, \u00a0not bad enough to be schedule-fodder, but there isn’t much hope for anything else. \u00a0At least it doesn’t look like you’ll drag us to Puerto Rico this year.<\/p>\n
Your bored “rival”,<\/p>\n
Optimistic Mets Fan<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
To read previous letters, go\u00a0here. Letters to the NL East, part 3 Dear Florida Marlins, Like most \u00a0embarrassing\u00a0franchises, you didn’t do anything real exciting this offseason. \u00a0Oh sure, you signed John Buck, a very nice catcher, but he’s not going to fill the void left by Uggla in his contract year. You paid too much … <\/p>\n
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