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The Florida Marlins have won two World Series in their brief 17-year life span. But they have baseball\u2019s lowest attendance figures and lowest payroll. Their strategy is whenever they get a good player to get rid of him to save money. And yet, no matter what they do, they keep winning. The latest cut-rate team is just three games behind the division-leading Phillies. Read this<\/a> account and be encouraged that you really can do a lot with a little.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Florida Marlins have won two World Series in their brief 17-year life span. But they have baseball\u2019s lowest attendance figures and lowest payroll. Their strategy is whenever they get a good player to get rid of him to save money. And yet, no matter what they do, they keep winning. The latest cut-rate team […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1281,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2958","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-baseball","category-economics"],"yoast_head":"\nThe mysterious Marlins<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Florida Marlins have won two World Series in their brief 17-year life span. 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