
Florida Marlins
Value: $256 million (30/30)
Value three years ago: $206 million (26/30)
Per-game attendance 2008: 16,688 (30/30)
Per-game attendance, three-year average: 18,800 (29/30)
Market size: 5.4 million (No. 7 nationally)
Baseball should be a natural in South Florida. It isn't. Despite a young, exciting team that unexpectedly contended this year, the Marlins can barely draw flies. Owner Jeff Loria must be questioning whether the state-of-the-art ballpark he's pining for will even make of a difference.