On March 12th, 1933, while in the throes of the great depression, president Franklin Delano Roosevelt held the first of his 28 fireside chats. The informal addresses to the American public updated them on the specific measures he was taking to deliver them from despondency.
In the midst of widespread joblessness, starvation, and ultimate despair, FDR’s fireside chats brought hope to the American people through their radio sets. It gave them hope to believe things were getting better. Sometimes perception is everything.
The Miami Marlins are as bankrupt as any professional sports team.