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Few fans attend Marlins' victory over Braves

Wednesday, September 3, 2008

MIAMI -- Before the game even began, the Florida Marlins were guessing. How many fans would show to watch two teams far out of first place on a weekday afternoon game with sweltering humidity and the heat topping 90 degrees? "I was way off," Marlins reliever Joe Nelson joked. "I had predicted 418." Only missed by a couple hundred. Hanley Ramirez homered and doubled to lead the Marlins past the Atlanta Braves 5-3 Wednesday in front of an incredibly sparse crowd of just 600 fans at the first p ...

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