There were only a few ushers, but security guards worked overtime. Tickets were $15, seats were first come first served, and $5 from each ticket went to a hurricane relief fund. "We gave them all free passes," McKeon said. When the Expos committed four errors in the eighth inning, handing Florida a 6-3 victory, the fans behind the Marlins' dugout stood and celebrated, as if they had adopted a new team.
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Half the crowd sat behind the home dugout, chanting, "Let's go Marlins." The other half sat behind the visitor's dugout, chanting, "Let's go Expos." The division was clearer than the border between the North Side and the South Side of Chicago.Ĭubs fans railed against the Marlins for beating them in the National League Championship Series last season and battling them for the wild-card berth this season, and White Sox fans cheered them for those same reasons. Cellular Field had been transformed into a high-school football stadium. The Expos must have felt as if they were playing for a crowd at Olympic Stadium in Montreal, only rowdier.īy the time the first pitch was thrown, U.S. Florida Manager Jack McKeon waved to the gathering and cupped his right hand to his ear. As of Monday morning, only 400 tickets had been sold, and by early afternoon, 4,003 fans were in the lower bowl.
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