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Mike Jacobs? Nicknames
2008-04-17 01:31:00 I wasn’t able to pick it all up, but Mike Jacobs announced the lineup for FSN today used the following nicknames: Hanley “H2R” Ramirez Josh “The Hammer” Willingham Jorge “Cannot” Cantu Mike “Robo” Rabelo Alfredo “The Fly Mexican” Amezaga Mark “I can dunk on you” Hendrickson More About: Fun , Players , Nicknames
I Don?t Speak Korean
2008-04-16 21:41:00 But looking at this cartoon, I’m sure Naver’s season preview of the Marlins’ pitching (left) and offense (right) is consistent with other previews. More About: Fun , Korean , Speak
South Florida Loves Losing
2008-04-16 21:20:00 Greg Cote wrote a good commentary in Today’s Miami Herald asking why South Florida fans are not coming to ball games. South Floridians were able to cheer a division-leading, first-place professional sports team at home Tuesday night. Ordinarily, this would not qualify as news, let alone a revelation, but the recent rarity makes it ... More About: Commentary , South Florida
Good Pitching Wins Games
2008-04-16 04:56:00 Scott Olsen kept throwing strikes and makes it through 7 innings - Marlins beat the Braves 4-0. With that kind of performance, you will win most of the time. Now we need the other starters to break through that 5th inning wall. More About: Videos , Games , Good , Wins
Marlins Set Club Record with 6 HR in Win
2008-04-12 05:27:00 The Fish set a new club record hitting 6 home runs in a 10-6 win over the Houston Astros. Red-hot Jeremy Hermida hit two while the other home runs were hit by league leader Mike Jacobs, Mike Rabelo in his Marlins debut, Jorge Cantu who literally hit it out of the park and Hanley ... More About: News , Club , Record
Marlins Sweep Nats
2008-04-11 05:49:00 Another win for the first place Marlins , this time riding a strong performance by Mark Hendrickson and surviving another outfield blunder. Great play by Josh Willingham to save a game tying homerun. In unrelated news, Mike Rabelo was activated off the DL and Paul Hoover was sent down to AAA. More About: News , Players , Sweep
Talented Mudcats Start Season with Win
2008-04-10 20:17:00 Nice article in the Rock Mount Telegram about the Carolina Mudcats and the impressive line up we have in AA. They played their opener against the Montgomery Biscuits (I kid you not). Eight of the top 11 prospects in the Florida Marlins organization are with the Double-A team, and it was easy to ... More About: Season , Start
Commissioner Says Ballpark Doesn?t Have Votes
2008-04-10 03:21:00 One day, Miami-Dade will stop voting on the ballpark and just move forward. Apparently, the County has two more votes to go (ugh!) by July first and Commissioner Joe Martinez says there is not enough support. “You need nine votes” to pass the ballpark management and construction agreements “and you don’t have ... More About: News , Ballpark , Votes
Downtime Before Gametime
2008-04-09 23:09:00 We’re going to experience a few hiccups due to a necessary update coming up in the next few hours. Don’t lose faith, we’ll be back to normal in no time. Update: We’re back. Please contact us if anything looks broken.
City and County Resolve Ballpark First Responder Issue
2008-04-09 19:45:00 Officials from the City and Miami and Miami-Dade County have finally agreed on how and who will police and protect the new ballpark. In what was reminiscent of an old-school Chicago-style labor dispute,the city and county negotiated this issue under pressure and threats from the police and fire unions who were trying to ... More About: News , Ballpark , Issue
Not Really: David Samson Now a US Senator
2008-04-09 01:05:00 In today’s haystack of weird stories comes this needle from the AP via The Dickinson Press. Apparently, David Samson is an old friend of North Dakota Senator Kent Conrad so he used the opportunity of a day off in DC to visit his pal. Surprisingly, despite this “friendship”, Samson has yet to contribute a ... More About: Fun , Management
And Another Marlins Website?
2008-04-08 22:51:00 Let’s all welcome Bright Orange Seats to the ever-growing family of Marlins websites. More About: Website , Links
Phillies Paying For Helms. Really.
2008-04-08 22:18:00 If you aren’t impressed by the work of Larry Beinfest and Michael Hill, you should reconsider. Apparently the “cash” exchanged with the Phillies is $2.15 Million which happens to be Wes Helms‘ 2008 salary. Now the fish will probably buy out his last year at $750,000 but that’s not a bad price ... More About: Players
Marlins Beat Nats 10-7; Beat Head Over Day Off Tomorrow
2008-04-08 07:15:00 (ESPN Video) Marlins win with home runs. Once again starting pitching can’t get to the 6th (or out of the 4th, for that matter). If we solve that problem we’ll continue to be the first-place Florida Marlins. Note to MLB: Having a day off tomorrow is not cool. Why not just start the ... More About: News , Commentary , Head , Tomorrow , Beat
Hermida Activated
2008-04-08 06:53:00 The Marlins activated Jeremy Hermida off the 15-day DL and optioned Brett Carroll to AAA. More About: News , Players
Your Marketing Dollars at Work
2008-04-07 19:35:00 Wondering were all the marketing dollars we hear the team is spending end up? (No, it wasn’t all spent on a bunch of fat guys dancing between inning) Apparently the Florida Marlins have been sponsoring a Porsche GT3 for Joe Safina Racing with Mitchum Motorsports as part of the Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series. ... More About: Marketing , News , Fun , Work , Dollars
That Didn?t Take Long ? VandenHurk Sent Down
2008-04-06 23:39:00 Clearly overmatched in his first two starts, Rick VandenHurk will have to work through his problems in AA. After today’s loss, the Fish sent VandenHurk down to Carolina. He’s has talent but he wasn’t ready last year either and clearly needs more seasoning. The Marlins did not announce who will take ... More About: News , Players , Long
The Marlins are the Legitimate 2003 NL Champs
2008-04-01 23:38:00 Nearly 5 years too late, the main stream media has finally decided to recognize that the Marlins beat the Cubs in 2003: Alou, now with the Mets, said he wouldn’t have caught the now-infamous pop fly in the 2003 National League Championship Series that hit the heel of Bartman’s hand in the eighth inning of ... More About: News , Fun , Champs
BREAKING NEWS: A-ROD EARNS MORE $$$ THAN THE MARLINS!
2008-04-01 22:00:00 The AP reporters worked extra hard today to come up with a stunning revelation that Alex Rodriguez earns more than the entire Marlins payroll. The earth, as expected, trembled at this newly discovered anomaly. Showing his disgust with the situation, A-Rod said: “The Marlins? It’s amazing,” Rodriguez said. “And they still seem to ... More About: News , Breaking News , Breaking
Loria Speaks? We Listen
2008-04-01 20:07:00 Marlins owner Jeffery Loria was acessible to the media yesterday which meant we the fans get some more insight into what’s going on with our beloved team. I think many people spend far too much time speculating about what Loria is doing and often they are wrong. Talking about his current roster and future ... More About: News , Management , Listen , Ballpark
Live Blogging Opening Day
2008-03-31 22:01:00 We’re going to try to live blog opening day. It’s our first real try at it so lets see what happens. 4:00 PM — We’ ready to go! 4:05 PM — FSN just showed some clips including Jeff Conine. Nice to have the team recognize him today. 4:15 PM — Player intro. Luis Gonzalez ... More About: Blogging , Opening , Live
Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch
2008-03-31 19:02:00 Local media, instead of unequivocally supporting the hometown team, again find the most inappropriate time to attack the team. After all, nothing helps a team desperately in need of public support more than a public attack on perhaps their most visible day of the year. More About: Commentary , Back , Ranch
Poetic On Opening Day
2008-03-31 06:01:00 Today is the best day of they year. America’s pastime and our obsession begins. Today we’re all undefeated and in first place (except for the Red Sox and A’s, but we won’t get into that). Even though all the analysts have decided how we will do (hint: last in the NL ... More About: Commentary , Opening
Aftermath of De Aza Injury
2008-03-30 22:40:00 The injury to Alejandro De Aza has really scrambled the roster just hours before opening day. With De Aza on the DL, the Marlins decided, suprisingly, to bring up Robert Andino and send down Alexis Gomez. Brett Carroll is already here. More About: News , Players , Injury
Full Ballpark Agreement
2008-03-30 08:14:00 I realized that I forgot to provide this link to the full ballpark agreement which includes every last detail including the square footage of the the umpires bathrooms. More About: Full , Agreement , Ballpark
Rabelo on the DL; Hermida May Follow
2008-03-29 23:06:00 The Marlin placed Mike Rabelo on the disabled list and are likely to keep Paul Hoover around until he returns. Not yet confirmed but it is likely that Jeremy Hermida will also start the season on DL meaning either Alexis Gomez or Brett Carroll will join the opening day roster. More About: News , Players
The Marlins Can?t Win Even When They Do
2008-03-29 08:16:00 The Sun-Sentinel had an interesting take on last night’s exhibition game against the Yankees: I’m pretty sure the headline is wrong. Here is what the Miami Herald said: I wonder who got it right? We kid of course. Unlike the headline, Juan C. Rodriguez’s article accurately captured the result of the game. The rest ... More About: Fun , Commentary , Marlins
Marlins [Almost] Finalize Roster
2008-03-27 19:53:00 The 2008 Florida Marlins roster is now set. Our starting rotation is Mark Hendrickson, Rick VandenHurk, Andrew Miller, and Scott Olsen with Ricky Nolasco likely taking the fifth slot when it comes up. Update: Sorry, it’s not completely final. We need confirmation that Jason Wood is also on the team. Our full roster is ... More About: News , Players , Roster
Dontrelle: ?I Was a Throw-in on that Deal?
2008-03-26 23:14:00 Funny quote from Dontrelle Willis in the above video from ESPN calling himself a throw-in in the trade. ESPN has finally decided to shower Miguel Cabrera with love now that he’s not with the Marlins. For all the accolades about him accomplishing new things in Detroit, I will remind them that in ... More About: Deal , Throw
NPR?s Coverage of the Florida Marlins
More articles from this author:2008-03-26 21:01:00 I hopped in my car last night just in time to catch the segment about the Florida Marlins marketing tactics on NPR’s All Things Considered. They call the Marlins marketing team the best in the game and spend quite a bit of time with the Marlins Manatees (accurately described as “fat guys with ... More About: Fun , Coverage 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 |
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