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Sun Life Stadium
OK for football, but not for baseball
Wow, is there ever a huge drop from #4 to #5 in this division! Once you get past Turner Field, you're not left with much in the way of quality ballparks in the NL East. Bringing up the rear in the division -- and, in fact, in all of the Majors -- is Miami's Sun Life Stadium (formerly Land Shark Stadium, formerly Dolphin Stadium, formerly Pro Player Stadium, formerly Joe Robbie Stadium), which can have overflow crowds for something other than Dolphin football games ... but not often. Above, Florida Marlin fans have jammed "Joe Robbie" (a nickname many fans insist on using) to see the home team take on the Cubs in the 2003 NLCS.
A far more common sight at Marlin home games is this: a few thousand fans scattered around the cavernous stadium. By the way, a lot of money was spent sprucing up this place, but it was done in preparation for hosting the 2007 Super Bowl. Put another way, the improvements might be appreciated by football fans, but the changes do practically nothing to improve the experience of attending a baseball game here. I do have to admit, though, that it's pretty from the outside at night!
You can always find the best seats to Marlin games at Sun Life Stadium by clicking here.
BASEBALLPARKS.COM'S RANK AMONG ALL 30 MLB PARKS: 30th
RANK IN ITS DIVISION: 5th out of 5
RANK AMONG PARKS BUILT BEFORE 1990: 8th out of 8
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