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O ctober 29. 2003
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Marlins Celebrate World Series Triumph
Florida Marlins
pitcher Jo sh
B e c k e tt celeb ra tes
a fter striking o ut
Yankers b a tter
D erek J e te r in
g a m e six o f th e
World S e rie s a t
Yankee S ta d iu m in
N ew York. B e c k e tt
w as n a m e d M ost
Valuable Player a s
th e Marlins took
th e title. (AP
photo)
Owner promises
to keep winning
team intact
(AP) — Marlins owner Jeffrey
Loria hoisted the World Series tro
phy Tuesday as thousands of fans
swarmed downtown to cheer their
championship team one last time.
A caravan of convertibles fer
ried the players andcigar-chomping
manager Jack McKeon through
streaming ticker tape and scream
ing fans.
"W e shocked the world, baby!
We did it!” outfielder Juan Pierre
told WSVN-TV as his convertible
crept along Flagler Street, the main
downtown artery.
Leaning from windows along the
start of the parade route, fans threw
clumps o f ticker tape while some
commuter trains were plastered with
signs declaring: "W e love the Mar
lins.”
When Florida won the title in
1997, the celebration was tempered
as fans braced for cost cutting by
then-owner H. Wayne Huizenga.
The result was a last-place finish in
1998 and a steady decline in atten
dance.
But L o ria to ld W S V N -T V
“there’s going to be no dismantling
of this team.”
Asked about the team 's pros
pects next year, he said: “I can tell
you one thing: We will make every
effort to bring more great baseball
to the fans South Florida.”
Three parades and two rallies
were scheduled in Miami and Fort
Lauderdale to celebrate the Mar
lins, who beat the New York Yan
kees 2-0 on Saturday night to win
the title. Fans in downtown Miami
arrivedearly to grab free towels and
T-shirts with the team logo.
"I asked for the day off, but my
daughter called in sick to school,” through the Little Havana neigh
said Nancy C uellar, w ho was borhood and then a boat parade
pressed against metal barricades and second rally in Fort Lauder
near the end of the parade route. dale.
O fficials estim ated at least
"It's kind o f crazy. I ’ ve been a Mar
lins fan a long time and I came to 100,(XX) people would attend the
daylong celebration but police of
support them for winning.”
City workers shredded 2 tons of ficers said the numbers could swell
beyond initial projections.
The M arlins’ run from last place
in June had fans clamoring for team
merchandise and paying brokers
hundreds o f dollars for tickets.
Many o f these same fans largely
ignored the club for several sea
sons.
Annette Massey said her family
w ouldconsider buying season tick
ets for 2004. Massey owned seats
through the 1997 season, but
dropped them when the team went
paper to serve as ticker tape while from unbeatable to unwatchable in
banners and balloons streamed off just one year.
office buildings along the route fes
"My husband is a pilot for Delta
tooned with freshly painted team and he was in Madrid on Saturday
night,” Massey said. “And he had
and World Series logos.
Fans began lining the parade to listen to the last three innings of
path hours before the festivities them winning by cell phone. It’s
began. A noontime rally was sched going to be expensive, but worth
uled, followed by another drive it.”
Fans began
lining the parade
path hours before
the festivities
began.
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Red Ribbon Week
Florida Marlins s h o rt
s to p Alex G onzalez o f
Venezuela rides with
h is child Alex Jr. during
a parade honoring th e
World S e rie s cha m p io n
Florida Marlins Tuesday
through th e s tr e e ts o f
dow ntow n Miami. (AP
photo)
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Blazers Shore Up Lineup with Murray
Home opener features LeBron James and the Cavaliers
The Portland Trail Blaz
ers shored up their lineup
by giving Tracy M urray the
final spot on the their roster
as the team prepared for the
se aso n o p e n e r at U tah
W ednesday and the home
opener against rookie sen
sation LeBron Jam es and
the C leveland C avaliers on
Saturday.
The Blazers won four
games and lost four games LeBron J a m e s
Tracy Murray
during the preseason.
Monday, the team released for- the injured list,
ward Jerald Honeycutt and placed
The Blazers said they picked
rookie forward Travis Outlaw on Murray over Honeycutt because
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Clevelandv. Franklin at 1 p.m.
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Wilson v. Lincoln at 7 p.m.
Jesuit v. Century at 7:30 p.m.
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