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Speaker 1: Today is March thirty first, and this is Big Fish

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Speaker 1: Small Pod, the show where those of us here at

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Speaker 1: Fish Stripes bring you the latest in Marlin's news, most

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Speaker 1: recent developments, and everything else that'll get you up to

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Speaker 1: speed on the Miami Marlins. Today is March thirty first,

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Speaker 1: which lies between the end of spring training and the

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Speaker 1: start of the twenty twenty one regular season. So as

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Speaker 1: far as games, nothing has happened yet. Recently, the Marlins

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Speaker 1: closed out spring training with a fourteen to five record,

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Speaker 1: leading the Great Fruit League. Right now, they're finalizing the roster.

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Speaker 1: Ethan Badowski and Eli Sussman on episode ninety eight of

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Speaker 1: the Official Show have a great breakdown of just what

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Speaker 1: their expectations are for this opening day roster. There have

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Speaker 1: been a few official announcements to start the year. Six

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Speaker 1: to Sanchez will start in triple A as the Marlins

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Speaker 1: will utilize a four man rotation to just get out

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Speaker 1: the gate in this twenty twenty one season. Also, Jazz

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Speaker 1: Chisholm Junior will start at second base tomorrow when the

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Speaker 1: Marlins face off against the Tampa Bay Rays, the reigning

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Speaker 1: American League champions, and the game will take place at

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Speaker 1: home for the Marlins at Lone Depot Park, which is

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Speaker 1: today's biggest story, or if you will, big fish. There's

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Speaker 1: a lot to unpack about this development, and not a

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Speaker 1: lot is known yet. What we do know is that

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Speaker 1: when the Marlins take the field on Thursday, it will

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Speaker 1: be at Lone Depot Park, the same building that they've

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Speaker 1: played in for the last nine years, but a naming

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Speaker 1: rights deal with the company Loan Depot has brought Marlins

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Speaker 1: somewhere in the ballpark between nine and ten million dollars

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Speaker 1: a year, and it's changed the name of the stadium.

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Speaker 1: This isn't the first time Loan Depot has made headlines

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Speaker 1: this offseason. Earlier back in February or so, Major League

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Speaker 1: Baseball made the announcement that the twenty twenty one league

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Speaker 1: Championship Series the American League and the National League Championship

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Speaker 1: Series would be presented by Loan Depot, and this announcement

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Speaker 1: with the new home for the Marlins pairs well with that.

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Speaker 1: It's still weird to say Loan Depot Park, Loan Depot Park,

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Speaker 1: Loan Depot Park. I'm not used to it. The Marlins

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Speaker 1: have played in Marlins Park since they've been the Miami Marlins,

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Speaker 1: and esthetically, I don't think I like it. It just

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Speaker 1: sounds worse to go to a game at Loan Depot Park.

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Speaker 1: I was a resident of Chicago when the US Cellular

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Speaker 1: changed to Guaranteed Rate Feel, and it did feel strange

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Speaker 1: going to the game with the new name. It was

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Speaker 1: a bit of a joke around town, and that might

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Speaker 1: be from the onset what we see with Loan Depot Park.

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Speaker 1: Last night, Fish Stripes ran a poll asking the respondents

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Speaker 1: if they loved it, if they hated it, or if

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Speaker 1: they didn't care. They just wanted the money and buying

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Speaker 1: large recipients either it hated it or just wanted the money.

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Speaker 1: This is not an aesthetic choice for the Marlins. This

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Speaker 1: is a baseball decision, or at least a business decision.

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Speaker 1: But in the case of the Miami Marlins, who were

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Speaker 1: recently written about in Forbes as the least valuable major

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Speaker 1: baseball franchise, changing and reshaping the culture of the business

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Speaker 1: and the baseball in Miami is what will make his

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Speaker 1: purchase of the Mammi Marlins in twenty seventeen for one

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Speaker 1: point two billion dollars a good decision for Bruce Sherman.

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Speaker 1: Totally as are related to his back pocket. I don't

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Speaker 1: know Bruce Sherman or anything about the man and his

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Speaker 1: interest in baseball so much as I know the leadership

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Speaker 1: in Miami with Derek Jeter, Don Mattingley, and Kim eng

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Speaker 1: are committed to presenting a winning product of a product

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Speaker 1: of sustained success. What they're looking to do with this

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Speaker 1: organization is alter its history, which at the present isn't pretty.

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Speaker 1: So for as long as the team can guarantee cash

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Speaker 1: flow and approach the upcoming years with a sense of

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Speaker 1: security and an ability to lock up players that they value,

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Speaker 1: sign free agents that they think will make the team better,

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Speaker 1: or even just do whatever it is that money can

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Speaker 1: do for a major league team. It seems like it's

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Speaker 1: in the best interest of the club. Yesterday's news and

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Speaker 1: today's official announcement are a positive development, and ultimately, as

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Speaker 1: a fan, I don't want to hate the name of

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Speaker 1: the Marlin Stadium. I also don't want to not care

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Speaker 1: about it. Just give me the money about it. I'm

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Speaker 1: more in the middle of wanting to love the identity

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Speaker 1: of the Marlins. I want a sustainable or organization of

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Speaker 1: baseball team that is working in the best interest of

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Speaker 1: the South Floida community, and in the best interest of

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Speaker 1: baseball and in the best interest of its players and

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Speaker 1: everyone in offering a real beacon of sustainable success for

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Speaker 1: South Florida, Florida, America and the sport we all love.

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Speaker 1: And as someone who believes in this organization's leadership, it

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Speaker 1: seems as though this announcement today, this news that the

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Speaker 1: Marlins now play in Loan Depot Park, I keep blanking

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Speaker 1: on the name, and I'm sure that will happen for

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Speaker 1: a little bit. This is a big change, This is new,

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Speaker 1: this is weird. This season starts tomorrow, and we spent

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Speaker 1: the entire offseason thinking that opening Day would happen at

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Speaker 1: Marlins Park. But now we know it'll happen at Lone

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Speaker 1: Depot Park and it'll be aired on Ballely Sports Florida.

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Speaker 1: And this Marlins team is still your Grapefruit League champions,

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Speaker 1: still young and talented on the field, and still positioned

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Speaker 1: to perform well this year. And ten million dollars to

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Speaker 1: a team that will only be playing with twenty five

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Speaker 1: percent capacity for fans, and approaching the organization with the

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Speaker 1: mentality to grow the organization. What we have is a

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Speaker 1: pretty clear picture of a team putting it all together,

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Speaker 1: being honest with themselves, taking out like a little bit

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Speaker 1: of a loan, selling the naming rights, and and shooting

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Speaker 1: for the moon. We'll see how it plays out, so

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Speaker 1: check out Fish Stripes. We'll have some more coverage of

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Speaker 1: this latest news. We have a comment section if you

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Speaker 1: need to invent a little bit or just process any anything.

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Speaker 1: Also chime in on this opening day roster that should

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Speaker 1: be announced soon, and definitely tune in tomorrow on Valley

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Speaker 1: Sports Florida as the Marlins take on that American League champion,

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Speaker 1: those American League champion Tampa Bay Raise Here on the

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Speaker 1: Fish Drips Network. We'll be back to your ears tomorrow