Video: Marlins Man Drops “Do You Know Who I am” On Derek Jeter During Marlins Town Hall. Proceeds To Tear Jeter A New Marlins Man.
.@Marlins_Man: "Do you know who I am?"
Derek Jeter: "I do. I've heard of you."
Marlins: "Good. That's a good thing, so I don't have to give you the whole history."
Derek Jeter: "You can if you want."YOU CAN CUT THE TENSION WITH A KNIFE. pic.twitter.com/6uvhI6yx1w
— Jeff Eisenband (@JeffEisenband) December 20, 2017
Source – For reasons sufficient unto himself, Derek Jeter, Marlins CEO and co-author of the flames that presently engulf that team, decided to hold a town hall with season ticket holders. This was bound not to go well. After all, Jeter is the freshly-minted face of the team that in recent days has traded away Giancarlo Stanton and Marcell Ozunafor pennies on the dollar. The Marlins are going to be bad for a long time, and the paying customers know it.
Speaking of paying customers, there’s Marlins Man. He’s the most identifiable Marlins fan of all. That’s certainly not a competitive category, but Larry Visors is certainly a visible presence as fans of any team in any sport go. So when you alienate Marlins Man you do so at a cost of … something, probably. So about that …
The Marlinsmobile is a Marlins-themed convertible that conveys Mr. Man to the airport and other destinations. It’s a nice car, but it’s presumably not Jeter-grade. Maybe things were going better between the two gentlemen in question before this impasse. They probably weren’t, but we’re trying to give some sort of narrative shape to whatever this has been. Either way, it’s almost over …
Give Jeter high points for meeting fans. For trying. That much. But can't get out of mind exchange of Marlins Man asking him repeatedly to ride in his Marlinsmobile and Jeter saying, "I don't know how else to say I won't be riding in that."
— Dave Hyde (@davehydesports) December 20, 2017
Jeter has heard of Marlins Man the same way he’s heard of AIDS. It’s always around, you know it’s awful and you hope you don’t have to deal with it.
I met Marlins Man In Kansas City For Game 5 of the ALCS a couple years ago and the only thing Marlins Man Loves More than The Marlins is being Marlins Man.
He’s an attention seeking asshole with an EGO that deserves its own set of season tickets. We in the club lounge before the game where he was shoving free brisket down his throat like he was going to the electric chair when I saw him.
I asked why he was in KC for a Jays/KC game and he replied through a bolis filled mouth “This is what Marlins Man does” never looking up from his feedbag.
He then asked If I was “A Jew” and I replied not yet but I hoped 2016 would change that.
He shook his head guzzled his drink and asked who wanted a picture of him.
Jeter may have never owned a team but I’d take his pedigree over some fuckstick that dresses like a group home patient and paints his car orange with a baseball logo on the hood.
So should both Marlins season ticket holders.
Marlins Man was looking for attention and he got it. the 10 season tickets he’s not buying should go to someone who actually likes the game more than his shit ass mascot visor and orange shirts and really start fresh.
There’s a reason Jeter won’t get into the Marlinmobile and it’s because Jeter knows Marlins man is a grandstanding fuck star who no one can listen to for more than 30 seconds.
If I’m Jeter, I’m banning him and his family from games for life. Cuz that’s funny.
Dean Blundell
Dean Blundell is a Canadian radio personality. Best known as a longtime morning host on CFNY-FM (The Edge) in Toronto, Ontario. In 2015 he was named the new morning host on sports radio station CJCL (Sportsnet 590 The Fan). Dean started his career in radio in 2001 and for nearly 20 years been entertaining the radio audience. Dean’s newest venture is the launch of his site and podcast which is gaining tremendous momentum across North America.