Rivalries and Fan Base
The Marlins' rivalries lie within the NL East. Those teams include the Philadelphia Phillies, Atlanta Braves, New York Mets, and the Washington Nationals. Out of those teams, the Marlins share a bitter rivalry with the New York Mets considering the number of Mets fans at home games when the Marlins host New York. There are also rivalries with American League teams, particularly the Tampa Bay Rays who are intrastate rivals in the Grapefruit Series during Interleague Play in May and June, and the New York Yankees, who have a large fanbase in the South Florida area and lost to the Marlins in the 2003 World Series.
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