Main Menu

Home	About
Features	Submit
Facebook	MySpace
Friends	NSR
Contact	Mad-Libs
Archives	Gallery
Sponsors	Advertise
Subscribe	Jobs
SCNN	Pryzms

Go to Vividseats.com to get all hard-to-find Sports Tickets, including all NCAA Football Tickets , Basketball Tickets , Baseball Tickets , College Basketball Tickets , Tennis Tickets , PGA Tickets, NASCAR Tickets, NFL Tickets , and Super Bowl Tickets.

Get free NFL picks from PicksNFL.com
Wunderdog Sports is your source for football picks Get free football picks at TopTenCappers.com

Check out EnglishHarbour Network, the best and trusted online casino providing the online slots, table games and other casino games. Visit us for the best online gambling experience and great casino bonuses.

Cheap Sports Tickets
14 major suppliers
mega major $$$ deals
... Sports Ticket Depot.

TOUTHOUSE.COM
NFL Betting Predictions, Free NFL Picks and Current Football Odds

Brett Favre |New Curse

Ticket Solutions
Sports Tickets
NFL
Baseball
Super Bowl
World Series
NCAA Tournament

See the DC United Playoffs with MLS tickets. All your other favorite sports events tickets are also at RazorGator.

Cheap Premium Tickets.com
Get tickets to your favorite sporting events including New York Giants tickets, Pittsburgh Steelers tickets, Detroit Red Wings tickets, Los Angeles Lakers tickets, San Francisco Giants tickets and more.

News Item

Marlins cancel shuttle

MIAMI, FL — The Florida Marlins have announced that they are canceling the eco-friendly shuttle that the team launched a couple weeks ago, due to a general lack of interest.

“It’s not worth it to cart Dan Uggla back and forth from the park by himself,” said Fredi Gonzalez, the Marlins manager. “I mean, Uggs is a great guy and all, and we want to help him save money on gas, but this is ridiculous.”

According to sources within the Marlins organization, for the last week the shuttle has been averaging only 1.3 riders per ride. Even devoted shuttle-rider Josh Willingham has been eschewing it.

“I’m not going to say who, but there’s a particular player on the shuttle a lot, and that player does not smell good,” Willingham said. “And this player may or may not have had the worst All-Star Game in human history, and his pungent stench may or may not be the foulness of that game that still lingers upon him. Either way, it freaking stinks in there, so I just bought a Prius instead. I figure I’ll save the environment that way.”

The Marlins were losing a significant amount of money on gas by providing the shuttle, Gonzalez said, but the straw that broke the camel’s back was Uggla’s reported belief that the shuttle was there to cart him back and forth from the park, alone.

“He kept calling it the ‘All-Star Shuttle,’ which was really annoying,” Gonzalez recounted. “He was even doing it this past week, when you’d think he’d really want us all to forget the All-Star Game. And then I guess he punched Raul [Cervantes, the shuttle's driver], because Raul wouldn’t leave the stadium early when Dan wanted to go home. After that, we were like, ‘It’s just not worth it.’”

Uggla is reportedly planning on driving himself to the stadium now, but not without a lot of complaining. SSNN has been unable to confirm rumors that Hanley Ramirez offered to carpool with the second baseman if he is able to bring his post-All-Star Game batting average above .200.

If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to our newsletter or RSS feed and get hilarious sports news every day. Thanks for visiting!

Labels: All-Star, All-Star Game, baseball, Dan Uggla, Florida Marlins, Fredi Gonzalez, Hanley Ramirez, Josh Willingham, MLB, shuttle bus

Posted on July 25th, 2008

Got a headline idea? Click here to submit it... and be sure to visit our Facebook page!

Other Related News Items

• Marlins launch eco-friendly team shuttle (July 10, 2008)
• Williams trying desparately to trade for Gonzalez (January 4, 2008)
• Williams attempts, fails to rectify tipping misdeeds (October 18, 2007)
• Marlins take steps to draw fewer fans (April 29, 2008)

Link To This Post

<a target="_blank" href="http://www.serioussportsnewsnetwork.com/2008/07/marlins-cancel-shuttle.html" title="Marlins cancel shuttle">Marlins cancel shuttle</a>

Comments

Be the first to leave a comment on this story below...

Leave A Comment

You must be logged in to post a comment.

Search Our Site

  

Subscribe to SSNN's Newsletter

Enter your Email

Check Out These Classics

• Ramirez plans to become gay porn star
• Clinton selects Lenny Dykstra as running mate
• Pelosi: NBA’s return to old ball “victory for Democrats, freedom”
• New study reveals hockey is actually a sport
• Buehrle contract more complicated than first thought

Multimedia News

Vertical Soccer

It’s going to be tough for this sport to sweep any nations, but it’s still pretty frickin’ cool!

View Multimedia Archives...

Photo Gallery

Visit our Gallery for a full listing of images...

Featured News

• Johnson injures mouth, mute 3-4 weeks
• ESPN exploring new frontiers in poker coverage
• Anthony on China: Everyone is talking “crazy talk”
• Baseball owners want to use instant replay to review Selig hiring
• BJ Upton wets himself due to lack of hustle
• Older Featured News...

News In Brief

• Bengals hope to sign most of Georgia football team
• Beijing anti-smog plan calls for giant oil-burning torch
• Nation mourns life of Tim McCarver
• Dodgers to play two outfielders
• Pirates sign Lyndon Larouche in effort to have all Laroches and LaRouches on team
• Older News In Brief...

Get Free Sports Picks including March Madness Picks, Sports Betting Strategy and the 2008 March Madness Bracket From Doc's College Basketball handicappers

Want CHEAP sports tickets? From NASCAR tickets to WWE tickets, or Red Sox tickets, Final Four tickets to discount Super Bowl tickets, find great deals on all kinds of event tickets here.

Sports fans may not always be serious about their news, but they're serious about their tickets. For NBA Playoffs tickets or Raptors tickets in Toronto, or Cowboys tickets online, CTC has a serious selection of the best sports tickets on the web. Get NY Giants tickets and sold out Super Bowl tickets too!

Serious Online Sports Betting at BetUS - America's favorite Sportsbook. Bet on any sport - football, tennis, UFC, golf or basketball.

Pickspal.com
Football Picks
College Football Picks

MTC Tickets
Sold Out Events Tickets
Justin Timberlake Tour
American Idol Seats
Broadway Theater Tickets
Sold Out Sports Tickets
Hot Concert Tickets
March Madness Tickets

Golf is at its finest with Masters Tickets, while other historically important Sports Tickets like the Kentucky Derby Packages, and NFL Super Bowl Tickets are always hard to come by!