It’s always fun – especially in the dead of Summer – to recall cooler, pleasant afternoons and evenings spent listening to your favorite radio or television broadcaster paint a vivid picture of a day at the ballpark. These ambassadors of the game were not just passing through, no modern-day migrants were they; no, they would regale the listener/viewer with the day’s sights and sounds, even if you had a local telecast.

Once every four years world-class athletes gather to compete against each other, and for a chance at immortality. Let’s face it: you may accomplish a lot of things in your life but to be known as an Olympic champion is a dream few of us will ever realize.

The Miami Marlins have revamped the franchise this offseason with the hope of contending for their third playoff birth in team history. The team is opening the doors to a brand new stadium this year and can boast a place to call their own for the first time since the team’s inception in 1993.