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Laurence Leavy, a.k.a Marlins Man, next to StubHub logo
“Marlins Man” has spent enough money sitting directly behind home plate at major sporting events to qualify as one of America’s foremost experts on locating a seat. That makes it especially funny that his latest ticket battle involves StubHub allegedly sending him seat numbers he says do not actually exist.
Laurence Leavy, a.k.a Marlins Man, the orange-clad baseball superfan whose face has appeared behind home plate at everything from the World Series to the World Baseball Classic, says he spent an hour arguing with StubHub over tickets that did not match what he ordered.
He eventually claimed that the “seat numbers listed DO NOT EXIST” before asking whether other customers had experienced the same thing and floating two words ticket companies generally prefer not to see together: class action.
I just spent 1 hour on phone arguing with @stubhub supervisor that i was not sent tickets that i ordered
Wrong row and seat numbers.
The seat numbers listed DO NOT EXIST
stubhub REFUSES to honor their guarantee.
Has this happened to others
Class action and punative…
— Marlins_Man (@marlins_man) August 31, 2026
Marlins Man Picked A Pretty Good Fight For Marlins Man
There is something wonderfully on-brand about this entire dispute.
Leavy became famous largely because of his ability to acquire outrageously good seats to major sporting events and then position himself exactly where television cameras cannot avoid his bright orange Marlins jersey.
He is essentially a professional spectator.
Getting the wrong seats is therefore roughly the equivalent of Gordon Ramsay ordering dinner and receiving a Lunchable.
Leavy says the row and seat numbers he received were different from what he purchased and claims StubHub refused to honor its guarantee after he contacted a supervisor. StubHub’s own FanProtect terms state that buyers should receive tickets that are the same as or comparable to what they ordered and that qualifying problems can result in comparable or better replacement tickets, a refund or credit.
Exactly what happened with Leavy’s transaction remains his version of events at this point. StubHub has not publicly responded to his specific accusations, and no court has determined the company violated its guarantee.
Leavy, however, happens to have another qualification that makes his lawsuit threat slightly more interesting: he is a lawyer.
The Class-Action Part Could Get Complicated
Leavy is a Florida workers’ compensation attorney when he is not appearing behind home plate, which means “class action and punitive damages??” carries a little more weight coming from him than it would from a guy firing off angry tweets from Section 327.
Still, tweeting about a class action and actually launching one are very different things.
StubHub has dealt with litigation involving its FanProtect Guarantee before. A separate proposed class action filed in 2025 alleged the company failed to properly honor replacement-ticket and refund promises, but ClassAction.org reported that case was sent to arbitration in April because StubHub’s terms require customers to resolve certain disputes outside a traditional class-action lawsuit.
That does not determine what would happen with any hypothetical Leavy case, and he has not announced that he actually filed one. For now, he appears to be searching for other customers who say they experienced similar problems.