MIAMI — Buzzzzz! For one night, the sound of the World Cup is coming to Florida Marlins baseball.

Like it or not.

Tying in perfectly with World Cup fever in soccer-mad South Florida, when the Marlins play host to the Tampa Bay Rays on Saturday, the first 15,000 fans will receive an air horn — half the size, but fairly similar to a vuvuzela, the omnipresent noisemaker that's all the rage in South Africa right now.

It's an idea the Marlins have kicked around for months, with the goal being to create a buzz — so to speak.

"Real loud," said Marlins reliever Brian Sanches, who's got a sneak preview of the horn sound earlier this week.

"Real big distraction," predicted Rays second baseman Sean Rodriguez, who doesn't know what the sound will be like.

The idea worked well for the Marlins on a lot of fronts, both capitalizing on the overwhelming popularity of the World Cup in the multicultural Miami region, plus the fact that the team will offer a postgame concert Saturday with Mergenue stars Sergio Vargas and Milly Quezada.

And anything that might boost attendance, well, that works for the Marlins as well.