Marlins Nationals Game Crowd So Small Players Expletive Illicits Apology

TO THINK WE THOUGHT PLAYERS YELLED “FIDDLESTICKS!”: The PALM BEACH POST reports the announced crowd at yesterday afternoon’s Nationals-Marlins game at Dolphin Stadium in South Florida was 10,121, but only “375 spectators could be seen” when the game started.

Marlins Empty Stadium


The best part: Marlins broadcasters apologized on-air after pitcher Byung-Hyun Kim struck out and “unleashed an expletive that could clearly be heard on the telecast from the near-silent stadium.

The WASHINGTON POST reports the 3-game set between the teams “drew a total of perhaps 3,000 fans, though the announced attendance” was over 10,000 each day.