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This reminds me of how and when I became a Miami fan.

I was on spring break with my family, and we were driving all over Florida for a week. My dad is a Mets fan and on 4/2/2011 we decided to drive to Miami to watch the Mets vs Marlins which was the second game of the season. The Mets had high expectations at the time because they had Bay, Beltran, Davis, K-rod, Reyes, Wright, and new manager Terry Collins.

I remember watching the game and immediately thinking wow when I saw Ramirez effortlessly slice an opposite field double off Niese in the first inning. It was a great game, Bonifácio was a menace hitting and played 3 different positions throughout the game and Niese and Nolasco both pitched 7 innings, each giving up 2 earned runs. Later in the game Dobbs tied the game with two outs in the bottom on the 9th with a pinch hit single against K-rod. The Marlins would go on to lose 6-4 in the 10th, but their talent and tenacity stood out.

After the game the Marlins held an awesome Pitbull concert, which was right at around the time he became Mr. Worldwide and made hit after hit. Between the concert, game, going swimming at North Beach, and seeing all the Bosh, Haslam, James and Wade jerseys I began cheering for Miami.

Attached is the 4/2/2011 game recap: