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20% Off Marlins Gear until 4PM Today
2007-11-26 19:19:00 The Official Marlins Store is offering 20% off your entire order until 4PM ET today. You can check out this Cyber Monday deal here. More About: Today , Gear
Happy Thanksgiving!
2007-11-23 01:03:00 Eat Turkey, Not Fish. More About: Thanksgiving , Happy , Hank
Download Marlins Games on iTunes
2007-11-20 21:57:00 We’re sorry that we neglected to mention this a few weeks back but we noticed that you can now download three full Marlins games on iTunes. Your choices (with links): 2003 World Series (Game 6) - Marlins at YankeesBeckett clinches the Marlins’ 2nd World Series title 2003 NLCS (Game 6) - Marlins at CubsFacing elimination, ... More About: Videos , Games , Itunes , Download
White Sox Trying to Acquire a ?Big Fish?
2007-11-20 02:17:00 The Chicago White Sox have acquired Cabrera. That is, Orlando Cabrera from the Angels. But that’s not the story here. Looks like they’re focused on an all-Cabrera left side of the infield as their GM Ken Williams claims that this deal clears some financial room ($3MM) for another deal. And that deal ... More About: Rumors , Fish , White Sox , Acquire
15% Off at the Official Marlins Store
2007-11-13 19:20:00 For the next three days, you can get 15% off your purchase at the official Florida Marlins store. To redeem, click here and use coupon code MLBGIFT at checkout (expires 11/15/07). More About: Store , Gear , Official
Fish@Bat Now on Facebook
2007-11-09 21:46:00 All you Facebook users can now buddy up with us on our new Facebook page. More About: Fish
Broward Stadium? Can You Hear the Crickets?
2007-11-09 20:43:00 If you’re like me and you wished Broward would have pushed for a Marlins stadium, then I’m sure you’ll enjoy the next story. I’ve heard about this before but I never thought it would happen: The long-awaited, $70 million Central Broward Regional Park ? the most expensive new park the county has built ? ... More About: Hear , Stadium , Ballpark , Adium
Why the Florida Marlins Should Trade Miguel Cabrera
2007-11-08 21:31:00 We’ve been debating here what to do with Miguel Cabrera and here is one view: The more I think about it, the more I am OK with trading Cabrera (assuming the trade is for value). With all this Cabrera talk, did anybody every realize that trading him might not be the a bad thing ... More About: Commentary , Players , Rumors , Florida Marlins , Florida
Shattered Dreams of A-Rod
2007-11-07 01:39:00 It’s over. “We do not plan on speaking with A-Rod or engaging in any type of contract negotiations with A-Rod,” Beinfest said, relieving the rumor mill of a juicy tidbit. More About: Dreams , Rumors
About Those Trades That Haven?t Happened?
2007-11-07 00:47:00 You probably noticed that we’ve recently been staying away from all the news about Dontrelle Willis and Miguel Cabrera potentially being traded to every team on the universe. Until we hear something concrete we won’t link to those speculative articles being written everywhere. P.S.: We may, though, make fun of these articles. More About: Rumors , Haven
BREAKING: Wiley Named Pitching Coach
2007-11-02 22:44:00 Good news for Marlins fans and pitchers. Mark Wiley is back as the team’s pitching coach. Wiley left the Marlins after the 2005 season, a season in which Dontrelle Willis nearly won the Cy Young Award. This may also signal the Marlins’ interest in keeping Dontrelle. More About: News , Coach , Breaking , Breakin
The A-Rod-O-Meter Bursts
2007-11-02 21:50:00 I think we will start to put the A-Rod rumors on some kind of scale or meter where 0 means he is not coming and 100 means he is here. For example, anything speculated by the writers in the Sun-Sentinel or Miami Herald is -10 on the scale. Take a look at ... More About: Rumors , Meter
A-Rod To Buy the Marlins? Really?
2007-10-31 19:29:00 For some reason it’s become very exciting for sports writers to figure out why they think Alex Rodriguez will go the the Marlins . It’s a fun game, I guess. The latest work of genius comes from San Diego and it’s quite innovative: The mid-revenue Padres strongly expect the Marlins to shop and trade ... More About: Rumors
We?ve Made the Imaginary A-Rod Top-10 List
2007-10-31 07:52:00 I know this will never happen, but it’s cool to read this kind of stuff: Florida has been trying to get a new ballpark for years, and A-Rod ? a Miami boy ? would be the biggest chip yet. Imagine a lineup topped by these four: Hanley Ramirez, Dan Uggla, Miguel Cabrera, A-Rod. Wow. Why not? ... More About: Rumors , Top 10 List , List , Made
The Marlins are Everywhere
2007-10-30 19:02:00 The baseball season just ended and already the Marlins are making news across the league: Congratulations to Mike Lowell, Josh Beckett, Julian Tavarez, Dave Magadan, and Gary Tuck for winning the World Series with the Boston Red Sox. Extra credit to Mike for being named the World Series MVP (although we all know that ... More About: News , Players , Rumors
Rumor Central: A-Rod, Posada, Floyd, Lo Duca Like the Marlins
2007-10-25 21:09:00 And this weeks list of players who maybe but really aren’t coming to the Marlins are: Alex Rodriguez: The biggest prize in baseball is very expensive and some guy at CNN/Money makes a good financial argument (but not a realistic one). Cliff Floyd : He’s likely to retire but would love to play for the Fish at ... More About: Rumor , Players , Rumors , Central
If and When: Marlins Ballpark will be at the Orange Bowl Site and will Open
2007-10-25 20:51:00 The clock is now ticking as it looks like the Marlins have pretty much finalized the location and opening date for the new ballpark. MLB President Bob DuPuy has confirmed that the new ballpark will be at the Orange Bowl site and will open by 2011… if all the deals get done. ... More About: News , Open , Site
Momentum for Ballpark Project as Developers Look to Cash In
2007-10-24 19:58:00 One of the side-effects of a potential Marlins ballpark at the Orange Bowl site is the rush of investment to redevelop the surrounding neighborhood. This has long been an argument for public financing of stadiums and has mixed and controversial results at best. For example, in Baltimore, many attribute the redevelopment of ... More About: Project , Cash , Developers , Momentum , Ballpark
Headlining the Off Season Blues (October 22, 2007)
2007-10-23 00:55:00 Another round of the latest Marlins chatter: Matt Sosnick (agent for most of the Marlins’ pitching staff) believes Willis will be back. Latest on pitching coach; ESPN starts a stupid A-Rod Rumor; and Hanley is feeling better. Optimism on ballpark at OB site and confirmation from the team that the OB site is acceptable and the primary ... More About: News , Blues , Season , October , Ballpark
More Useless Off Season Posts: Dolphin Stadium in 3D
2007-10-18 01:11:00 The folks at Microsoft just launched an update to their Live Maps Virtual Earth featuring detailed 3D renderings of buildings in major cities (I know this is not a completely new feature). This includes our very own Dolphin Stadium captured in its boring football configuration. Take a look and enjoy. Here are links ... More About: Fun , Season , Useless
Boring Off-Season Headlines (October 15, 2007)
2007-10-15 19:52:00 Here are some of the latest Marlins headlines: With no real news, local media continues to speculate Johnny Damon wants to be a Marlin, but do we want him? More Q&A on the Marlins website, but nothing new Kranitz replaces Mazzone in Baltimore; Will Mazzone replace Kranitz in Florida? Photo by Flickr user gordasm More About: News , Season , Headlines , Boring , October
Marlins Radio Broadcast Now on 790 AM The Ticket
2007-10-12 02:10:00 No surprise here. The Marlins are moving to WAXY 790 AM “The Ticket ”. David Samson will announce that tomorrow on the Dan Le Ba[s]tard show. The Fish have been on WQAM since day one but the Dolphins return to 560 forced the Marlins out (once again, Wayne Huizenga is keeping us ... More About: News , Radio , Broadcast
Fish Dropping Like Flies
2007-10-12 02:00:00 The Marlins began their first purge of bench players / guys-with-potential-who-couldn’t-cu t-it / oops with a series of transactions: Outrighted C Paul Hoover, OF Todd Linden and INF Jason Wood to Triple-A Albuquerque Houston Astros claimed OF Reggie Abercrombie off waivers Activated RHP Jose Garcia from the 60-day disabled list; Oakland Athletics claimed RHP Jose Garcia off ... More About: News , Players , Fish , Flies , Drop
Poll: Favorite Fish@Bat Theme?
2007-10-11 23:07:00 I have an administrative/design question for all of you. Which theme do you like for this website? What is Your Favorite Fish @Bat Theme ? Orange Teal and Black Black and Grey Black Teal White Older Browsers View Results More About: Poll , Polls
Random Thoughts on the LCS and the Cubs
More articles from this author:2007-10-11 20:35:00 Today is Game 1 of the NLCS and it will feature two expansion teams. Tomorrow’s ALCS Game 1 features the long suffering but finally reprieved Red Sox and the long suffering Indians. The story lines are historically fascinating because Boston or Arizona may join the Marlins with their 2nd world series in ... More About: Commentary , Random Thoughts , Random , Thoughts , Cubs 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 |
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