Greatest Moment In Marlins History: #137 1985, What?

April 4, 2012; Miami, FL, USA; A jumbotron displays an opening day game logo prior to the game with the St. Louis Cardinals and Miami Marlins at Marlins Ballpark. Mandatory Credit: Steve Mitchell-USA TODAY Sports

All right Marlins fan we are going way back for this one. Welcome to the Greatest Moments in Marlins History moment 137. The day is August 8, 1985! Wait, 1985? Yes, ladies and gentleman’ we are taking you to 1985, to a time when there were only 26 teams in baseball. Since the National League only had 12 teams to the American League’s 14, an agreement was brought up in the new Collective Bargaining Agreement which would give the National League 2 more teams to match the American League’s 14.

This day set into motion the process of bringing professional baseball to Miami. Of course, it would be years before Miami would have a team, and it will be longer before they would be called the Marlins, but this day was the birth of the idea of Miami finally getting a professional Major League Baseball team, which is also the beginning of the Florida Marlins history.

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