ATLANTA (CBSMiami) – The Miami Marlins might be glad to hit the road this weekend.
Coming off a potential season-wrecking homestand and with the threat of Category 5 Hurricane Irma looming over southern Florida, the Marlins and their families packed up the team charter and headed north.
Miami opens a three game set against the Atlanta Braves on Thursday before moving on to Philadelphia after the weekend.
It was a nice gesture by soon-to-be-ex-team owner Jeffery Loria to allow players and all traveling staff to bring their families, and even pets, on the Wednesday night flight to Atlanta.