fish7718 Posted June 19, 2010 Report Share Posted June 19, 2010 MIAMI GARDENS — Like it or not, Marlins players - and fans - will get an earful of World Cup soccer atmosphere Saturday night at Sun Life Stadium. Plastic horns will be given to the first 15,000 fans as part of a promotion to capitalize on the World Cup buzz. The promotion has been planned since winter, long before many soccer players and fans began to complain about the incessant drone of the horns - or vuvuzelas - blown by spectators in South Africa. "It's not really a noise you hear at a baseball game. It's obviously going to be loud,' said third baseman Jorge Cantu, a soccer fan who admits that the World Cup vuvuzelas can be "a little annoying.' The horns to be given away before Florida's game against Tampa Bay are similar to but not the same as the soccer horns, said Sean Flynn, the Marlins' vice president for marketing. "They're not as buzzing as vuvuzelas, but they're loud,' he said. Flynn said a fan at Yankee Stadium tried to bring in a vuvuzela this week but was rebuffed. In South Africa, the vuvuzelas sound like a swarm of bees, prompting some players to call for a ban. Marlins players don't think it will be that bad Saturday. "It's not like it's going to distract us or anything,' said catcher Brett Hayes. "As long as we don't kick the ball around or start heading the ball. That would be bad.'Glad the Mets aren't playing the Marlins this weekend Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trutrojan8 Posted June 19, 2010 Report Share Posted June 19, 2010 haha that's awesome Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phightins Posted June 19, 2010 Report Share Posted June 19, 2010 How bad can 10 or 11 vuvuzelas be? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenneral Posted June 19, 2010 Report Share Posted June 19, 2010 How bad can 10 or 11 vuvuzelas be? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobb Posted June 19, 2010 Report Share Posted June 19, 2010 That's awesome. If the Braves did that I'd definitely go to a game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cleveland's Finest Posted June 19, 2010 Report Share Posted June 19, 2010 Wasn't there a game a few years ago where the Marlins had only like a few hundred in attendance? There won't be 15,000 peeps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phightins Posted June 19, 2010 Report Share Posted June 19, 2010 Even if they do get 15,000 people there, there's no way this can be worse than when they give out maracas. 3,000 people at a Marlins game with maracas is way more annoying than a World Cup game with 80,000 people blowing vuvuzelas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HipHopHead Posted June 20, 2010 Report Share Posted June 20, 2010 MARLINS ARE GOING TO THE WORLD SERIES BZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phightins Posted June 20, 2010 Report Share Posted June 20, 2010 Everyone who was at that game yesterday seems to agree that these things need to be banned from MLB stadiums. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigdog17k Posted June 21, 2010 Report Share Posted June 21, 2010 I want a vuvuzela. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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