The New York Mets and Atlanta Braves went into Tuesday’s MLB action separated by just one game in the NL East standings. And with just eight games left in the regular season, the two teams have plenty of meaningful baseball left — including a three-game series in Atlanta.
The Marlins, on the other hand, don’t have anything close to meaningful baseball. But you didn’t expect the marketing team to resort to straight-up desperation.
Fans who had recently purchased tickets for games at LoanDepot Park received a promotional email on Tuesday that was oddly targeting a New York Mets audience. The sales pitch was to buy tickets to root against the Braves in the season-ending series starting Oct. 3.
Fans that have recently purchased tickets through the Marlins received an email today from the team that included a message:
"Calling all Mets fans" to buy tickets and root against the Braves in the final series of the season
(h/t @fishstripes) pic.twitter.com/MpAbPHW1sC
— SNY Mets (@SNY_Mets) September 27, 2022
It doesn’t get much more pitiful than that.
The obvious flaw in the email is that they won’t find many Mets fans on a Marlins mailing list, and the Mets also have games against the Nationals at roughly the same time from Oct. 3-5. What diehard Mets fan is going to watch Braves-Marlins in person over their own team’s crucial series? Not many!
The Marlins have the second worst attendance in baseball, so that ticket department knows there isn’t much to lose by trying to appeal to a different fanbase. Well, except their dignity — they lost that, judging from the reaction across MLB Twitter.
This was how Twitter reacted
I got nothing for ya https://t.co/00U4D8qB2u
— Ethan Budowsky (@ethanbudowsky) September 27, 2022
A team that thought they would be competing for a spot in October at the beginning of the season has now had to resort to…whatever kind of marketing strategy this is https://t.co/GLb2ztuk35
— Grant Kiefer (@KieferMedia) September 27, 2022
How embarassing https://t.co/Z8rhhFi0s1
— Zach Mullis (@zmullis) September 27, 2022
They can promote it however they want. Will still be more Braves fans there https://t.co/aM2HUxjt06
— Kris Willis (@Kris_Willis) September 27, 2022
This is insanely embarrassing from the Marlins https://t.co/VQ3efyxr7k
— Mike (@mhc_76) September 27, 2022
Oof. This is quite desperate. https://t.co/GRegViUM5a
— Beaneater Buzz🍦(The Bean King) (@BeaneaterB) September 27, 2022
One of the more desperate attempts to sell tickets you’ll ever see https://t.co/piAGQ3rCCy
— Stephen (@b_outliers) September 27, 2022
the marlins can earn an LFGM only if they put up no fight over these next two games. i don’t want to see jon berti on base ONCE in the next 48 hours https://t.co/d74N2WIZYl
— steph (97-57) (@whutyearisit) September 27, 2022
Poverty franchise LOL https://t.co/kk2R912WFU
— Austin Brown (@DawgsFanatic) September 27, 2022
This is embarrassing lol but respect https://t.co/sj8fL56l14
— semaJ (@semaJ7272) September 27, 2022
I guess the @Marlins finally gave up thinking they had fans to sell tickets to. 🧐 https://t.co/xjWJSBzuGI
— KVJ Show (@KVJShow) September 27, 2022
Marlins https://t.co/iu54g9plBA pic.twitter.com/hoTICoPGfv
— Kyan (@bravesplswin) September 27, 2022
The Marlins will be hearing about that one for years to come.
