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Home is where the fans aren't

By Jayson Stark
ESPN.com

Sunday, September 19, 2004

USELESS NEUTRALITY INFO: The Marlins are the first defending World Series champs in history to play a "home" game outside their home metropolitan area. According to a list of neutral-site games assembled by Retrosheet, the only other defending champions to play home games in a ballpark other than their own essentially just moved across town. The 1956 Dodgers played seven games in Jersey City. The 1915 Boston Braves played four months at Fenway Park. And that's about it. Of course, no defend ...

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