What if the Marlins' outfield sculpture was good?

Dan Bernstein

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There's a 65 percent chance you're hate-reading this article. That's OK. But hear us out at least: What if the much-maligned Miami Marlins outfield sculpture, which has been torn down, was actually good?

For a franchise with little hope of a playoff appearance anytime soon — and one without a face to represent it publicly — the sculpture was an absurd yet memorable feature. That's more than you can say about any other part of the club. And in an age of sameness, where truly original thought can be difficult to come by, it was strangely refreshing to see something so ill-advised make it through multiple approval processes and open as a key component of a $515 million project.

In essence, the sculpture was so bad it was good.

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In a Twitter poll, 35 percent of people agreed with this take. It was also the official point of view of popular MLB account Cespedes Family BBQ, which disputed DAZN "ChangeUp" host Adnan Virk's argument that the sculpture was trash. So while our take may be unpopular, it isn't without supporters.

Here's a look at how polarizing the issue was:

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