Can baseball survive here? `Check back'.(The Orlando Sentinel)

ORLANDO _ Ponce de Leon landed in Florida in 1513. Had he come along 500 years later, not much would have changed.

Instead of the Fountain of Youth, Ponce would have searched futilely for the Fountain of Baseball. The one major-league planners were once sure existed on our peninsula.

And if he'd settled among all the other Spanish-speaking people of South Florida, Ponce would have been lucky to find somebody who could give him directions to wherever it is the Marlins play.

When it comes to making an impact in the Hispanic community, Pro Player Stadium might as well be the Grand Ole Opry. Of course, when it comes to making inroads into the retiree …