Our Vulgar Marlins Sculpture Nickname Winner: The Tremenda Mierda Fountain

We asked you for your dirtiest and most disgusting nicknames for the Marlins much talked about home run sculpture travesty, and you delivered. We narrowed it down to seven finalists, and Miami's vilest (AKA Riptide readers) have crowned a winner: The Tremenda Mierda Fountain...

By Kyle Munzenrieder

April 23, 2012

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We asked you for your dirtiest and most disgusting nicknames for the Marlins much talked about home run sculpture travesty, and you delivered. We narrowed it down to seven finalists, and Miami's vilest (AKA Riptide readers) have crowned a winner: The Tremenda Mierda Fountain.

Nice. It's blunt, but with that Latin flare. The voting wasn't even close.

Did you know that Chicago already has a Shit Fountain though? True story. Maybe if the Marlins' thing ever breaks down, they can just replace it with that.

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