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Can you imagine the Yankees, Red Sox or Cubs bending over for a rock band? Once again, the Marlins find a way to do the unthinkable. It's a shame the 150 people that attend the teams home games will be inconvenienced.
Florida Marlins to play 'home' series in Seattle to accommodate U2 concert
BY CLARK SPENCER Miami Herald
"Home'' for the Florida Marlins in late June will be Seattle.
Major League Baseball announced Thursday that the Marlins will host the Mariners in Seattle's own ballpark -- Safeco Field -- June 24-26.
The reason: A U2 concert at Sun Life Stadium is scheduled for June 29. The popular rock group also requires extra time to set up the show.
The uprooted Marlins will bat last as the home team in all three games of the Seattle series, which will be played under National League rules -- no designated hitter, in other words.
It won't be the first time that the Marlins find themselves serving as the ``home'' team in another team's ballpark. They took on the Montreal Expos at Chicago's U.S. Cellular Field for two games in 2004 because of the threat of Hurricane Ivan to South Florida.
Florida Marlins to play 'home' series in Seattle to accommodate U2 concert
BY CLARK SPENCER Miami Herald
"Home'' for the Florida Marlins in late June will be Seattle.
Major League Baseball announced Thursday that the Marlins will host the Mariners in Seattle's own ballpark -- Safeco Field -- June 24-26.
The reason: A U2 concert at Sun Life Stadium is scheduled for June 29. The popular rock group also requires extra time to set up the show.
The uprooted Marlins will bat last as the home team in all three games of the Seattle series, which will be played under National League rules -- no designated hitter, in other words.
It won't be the first time that the Marlins find themselves serving as the ``home'' team in another team's ballpark. They took on the Montreal Expos at Chicago's U.S. Cellular Field for two games in 2004 because of the threat of Hurricane Ivan to South Florida.
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