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American League (MLB)

  • Calendar

    June 19, 2008

    Rival Fish

    Foes who don’t really hate each other square off.

  • Calendar

    May 15, 2008

    All Right Now

    Drop everything, Marlins fans. Super Saturdays are back!

  • Calendar

    March 13, 2008

    Joe Torre's Revenge

    Marlins eye another chance to embarrass legendary manager.

  • Calendar

    February 28, 2008

    Spring, Batta Batta, Spring

    Behold the sporty wonders of the season.

  • Calendar

    February 9, 2006

    Picking Fights

    They're not your friends, punchy

  • Calendar

    June 22, 2006

    More Stink than Red Tide

    They're not your friends, punchy

  • Calendar

    March 1, 2007

    Don't You Just Want to Pinch Their Cheeks?

    They're not your friends, punchy

  • Calendar

    May 3, 2007

    Artful Dodgers

    They're not your friends, punchy

  • Dining

    October 16, 2003

    Curse of the Bam-Beano

    All-American baseball dogs sold here

  • Dining

    October 25, 2001

    Hot Diggity

    Arbetter Hot Dogs

  • Calendar

    May 14, 2009

    The Other Ramirez

    Arbetter Hot Dogs

  • Blogs

    March 17, 2010

    Marlins to Play Mets Series in Puerto Rico

    ​Puerto Rico absolutely loves baseball. Too bad they don't have their own MLB team yet, but hey, apparently we're willing to lend them ours for a weekend. The AP reports that the Marlins June 28-30th series against the New York Mets will be played in San Juan, Puerto Rico. It'll go down at th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 8, 2010

    Centerplate Vendors Throw Knockdown Pitch At Marlins Fans

    ​So I was thrilled to receive word that Centerplate, a leading hospitality vendor for sports stadiums, convention centers and entertainment venues, "has announced several new partnerships, menu items and other 'game-changers' for the home fields of the Tampa Bay Rays, San Francisco Giants, Seattle ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 20, 2010

    Riptide Presents the All-Asshole Major League Baseball Team

    Historically speaking, he's still in the Asshole Minor Leagues.​So Marlins shortstop Hanley Ramirez has apologized-- after much coercion--for not running after a kicked ball and then lashing out at his teammates and manager Fredi Gonzalez. He's been reinstated into his God-given spot in the ... More >>

  • Calendar

    June 3, 2010

    A Golden Ticket

    Historically speaking, he's still in the Asshole Minor Leagues.​So Marlins shortstop Hanley Ramirez has apologized-- after much coercion--for not running after a kicked ball and then lashing out at his teammates and manager Fredi Gonzalez. He's been reinstated into his God-given spot in the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 8, 2010

    VH1 Hip-Hop Honors 2010 Recap: Top 8 WTF-Worthy Moments

    2010 VH1 Hip Hop Honors |Hip Hop Rally Machine |Hip Hop Honors Video Despite the theme of our earlier post about last night's VH1 Hip-Hop Honors show, the entire thing was not, in fact, about Miami. Atlanta, Virginia Beach, New Orleans, and Houston all got their due as well, represented by arti ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 8, 2010

    Hialeah Murder Suspect Related to Two Major League Pitchers

    WikiCommons El Duque is related to shooter​Gerardo Regalado, the 38-year old man alleged to have shot and killed four women, including his girlfriend, before turning the gun on himself, is the half brother former New York Yankee pitcher Orlando "El Duque" Hernandez. El Duque, in turn, is t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 11, 2010

    Florida Marlins vs. Philadelphia Phillies: 1 Win, 1 Loss, and 1 Game Postponed

    Denis Bancroft​Your Florida Marlins just finished their series with the Philadelphia Phillies last night. The series was highlighted by the much-anticipated call up and debut of Marlins phenom prospect Mike Stanton. And the kid did not disappoint. Wish the same could be said for the bullpen, which ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 18, 2010

    Around Town: Lil Jon, Comics Convention, Paulina Rubio, and Father's Day Hogs

    Worth his crunk weight in gold.​Friday Lil Jon crunks up the volume at Mansion tonight, where he'll perform a guest-DJ set. BYO chalice and maybe he'll fill it up with some of his pimp juice. Now that we have Mike Stanton, see what the Florida Marlins can do against the Tampa Bay Rays. The ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 18, 2010

    Marlins Will Hand Out 15,000 Vuvuzelas This Saturday

    ​The Marlins seem intent on bringing currently the most dreaded part of the world's favorite slow-paced, low-scoring sport to America's favorite slow-paced, low-scoring sport: the blasted vuvuzela. Yes, the first 15,000 people (assuming more than that actually show up) to head to Saturday nig ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 18, 2010

    Florida Marlins Tank in Series With Texas Rangers

    Denis Brancroft​Your Florida Marlins just finished their interleague series with the Texas Rangers last night. Good thing the World Cup and NBA Finals were on all week, because -- holy crap -- was it ugly. Here's how it all went down:Game 1 -- Rangers 3, Marlins 2: Matt Treanor's revenge! Former M ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 23, 2010

    Marlins Fire Manager Fredi Gonzalez and Two Other Coaches

    ​Even after delivering a 10-4 win against the Baltimore Orioles last night, the Marlins have announced that they've fired manager Fredi Gonzalez and two other coaches: bench coach Carlos Tosca and hitting coach Jim Presley."It is never easy to make a change in managers. Fredi has been with ou ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 25, 2010

    Florida Marlins Win Two in Series With Baltimore Orioles

    Denis BancroftHanley up to bat.​Your Florida Marlins last night finished their interleague series with the Baltimore Orioles. It was a series filled with ups, downs, stranded runners, bullpen implosions, and people getting fired. You know, just a typical week in the wacky world of Florida Marlins ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 13, 2010

    George Steinbrenner Dead in Tampa After Heart Attack

    ​George Steinbrenner, the man who inspired Larry David's best recurring cameo on Seinfeld -- and, oh yeah, also the tyrannical architect of the hated Yankees dynasty -- has died in Tampa. Steinbrenner, who was 80 and in declining health, died early this morning. Because we hate the Yankees and ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 27, 2010

    Miami Heat More "Evil" than Yankees, Says Drunk-on-Sorrow Cleveland Columnist

    Associated Press​Cleveland has plenty of reasons to declare a municipal omerta on LeBron James. Using a live TV special to choose the Heat was the sporting version of that part in Carrie where the popular jock makes Sissy Spacek his prom date just to dump pig's blood all over her, only inste ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 27, 2010

    Florida Sports Arenas Flunk Health Inspections

    Grilled chicken sandwich at Sun Life...is it safe?​ESPN's Outside the Lines has collected health department inspection reports for food and beverage vendors at 107 MLB, NBA, NHL, and NFL sports arenas in the United States and Canada. Each arena's percentages of "critical violations" were tallied - ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 29, 2010

    Man in LeBron Heat Jersey Shows Up at Cleveland Indians Game, Gets Thrown Out

    ​People in Cleveland are still pissed about that whole "LeBron James betrayed our town on a self-congratulatory, national live TV special for the Heat" thing. Jeez, come on folks, it's been a full three weeks now. Last night a man wearing an official LeBron James Miami Heat jersey at Cleveland Ind ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 30, 2010

    Marlins Ship Jorge Cantu to the Rangers

    ​Jorge Cantu and his productive bat and his Spaghetti Western movie villain facial hair were all shipped to Texas yesterday in exchange for pitching prospects Evan Reed and Omar Paveta. The Marlins will be paying $600,000 of the $2.2 million remaining on Cantu's contract, because, well, these are ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 30, 2010

    Matthew Bellamy, Thrown Out of Cleveland Ballpark in Heat Jersey, Tells His Side of the Story

    via ABC15​Matthew Bellamy provided some, apparently, much needed catharsis for angry Cleveland sports fans Wednesday. He showed up at a Cleveland Indians game in LeBron James Miami Heat jersey and got booed out of the stadium. Now he's telling his side of the story, and apparently fans weren't the ... More >>

  • News

    August 5, 2010

    Umpire Nelson Diaz escaped Cuba but now faces life without baseball

    via ABC15​Matthew Bellamy provided some, apparently, much needed catharsis for angry Cleveland sports fans Wednesday. He showed up at a Cleveland Indians game in LeBron James Miami Heat jersey and got booed out of the stadium. Now he's telling his side of the story, and apparently fans weren't the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 6, 2010

    LeBron, Implants, Spankings and a Tea Party Tirade

    If Riptide posts a blog, and no one comments on it, did it ever really get posted? Since Riptide would be nothing without them, here is a list, in no specific order, of this week's best mouth offs.1. Dr. Paul Perito had a bone to pick with Riptide after returning from his penile-implant marathon in ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 9, 2010

    Cleveland Fans Hate First Amendment Almost As Much As They Hate LeBron

    via ABC15​Matthew Bellamy, the man who bravely wore a LeBron James Miami Heat Jersey to a Cleveland Indians game only to get escorted out and allegedly berated by police, is now a first amendment martyr. And Cleveland fans absolutely hate the very Constitution of this fine country, at least accord ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 16, 2010

    Tampa Bay Rays Introduce "DJ Kitty": The Best Marketing Gimmick the Marlins Never Thought Of

    ​Our beleaguered Florida Marlins have tried all sorts of game day gimmicks to drum up local support. They were the first MLB team to have cheerleaders, and have tried everything from pint-sized mini-mascots to a dance squads made up entirely of obese men. What they have not tried is shooting a vid ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 6, 2010

    John W. Henry, Ex-Owner of Marlins, Buys Sixth Biggest Soccer Club in the World Liverpool

    Can former Marlins owner John W. Henry lead Liverpool back to glory?​John W. Henry, the geeky hedge fund manager and egomaniac who owned the Florida Marlins for three years, has just bought the sixth biggest soccer team in the entire world: Liverpool Football Club.Around England, the news comes as ... More >>

  • News

    October 28, 2010

    LeBron jerseys for Miami's homeless, courtesy of New Times

    Can former Marlins owner John W. Henry lead Liverpool back to glory?​John W. Henry, the geeky hedge fund manager and egomaniac who owned the Florida Marlins for three years, has just bought the sixth biggest soccer team in the entire world: Liverpool Football Club.Around England, the news comes as ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 29, 2010

    Former Marlins Excel in Fall Classic

    Jeffrey Loria would have more World Series trophies if he wasn't a cheapskate.​Watching Cody Ross rip through Major League Baseball's postseason got us wondering about former Florida Marlins who have tasted sweet success during the Fall Classic since the team won the World Series in 2003.Watching ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 4, 2010

    Guy Who Wore Heat Jersey to an Indians Game Gets to Meet the Team

    So remember Matthew Bellamy? He was the brave man who got booed and escorted out of a Cleveland Indians home game by police simply because he dared to wear LeBron James' Miami Heat jersey. Yeah, we never thought we'd ever hear about him again. Well, according to an unconfirmed report from The Clevel ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 5, 2010

    Matthew Bellamy, Guy Who Wore LeBron Jersey to Indians Game, Sees Invitation Rescinded By Heat

    ​From denying us an interview with Banana Man, to issuing an all-expenses-paid invitation to The Guy Who Wore a Heat LeBron Jersey to a Cleveland Indians Game, to rescinding said invitation, is anybody else getting the feeling that the Miami Heat's PR office is a very bizarre place?

  • Blogs

    December 22, 2010

    FIU Football: Our Polish Correspondent Invades the Pizza Bowl

    FacebookRiptide's Polish football correspondent, Jacek Urbanczyk​Who says an alt-weekly's blog can't have a foreign correspondent? Meet Jacek Urbanczyk, self-described "football journalist from Poland" and Riptide's stringer for the Little Caesar's Pizza Bowl in Detroit, between the University of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 26, 2011

    Yasiel Balaguer, 18-Year-Old Cuban Baseball Defector, Trying Out for Seattle Mariners

    Michael E. MillerYasiel Balaguer​According to his agents, 18-year-old Cuban baseball prodigy Yasiel Balaguer will have his second tryout with a Major League Team this week when scouts for the Seattle Mariners watch the right-handed pelotero in action here in Miami."I was on the Cuban youth nationa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 27, 2011

    U2 Pushes Marlins Out of Stadium, People Who Care About Things That Don't Suck Completely Unfazed

    ​During the last week of June something kind of sucky and boring we don't care about at all will happen in Sun Life Stadium, which tends to happen a lot in the Stadium during baseball season. Except this time it's because U2 is playing, forcing the Marlins to play "home" games in Seattle.

  • Calendar

    March 24, 2011

    New York's Not So Finest

    ​During the last week of June something kind of sucky and boring we don't care about at all will happen in Sun Life Stadium, which tends to happen a lot in the Stadium during baseball season. Except this time it's because U2 is playing, forcing the Marlins to play "home" games in Seattle.

  • News

    May 12, 2011

    Letters from the issue of May 12, 2011

    ​During the last week of June something kind of sucky and boring we don't care about at all will happen in Sun Life Stadium, which tends to happen a lot in the Stadium during baseball season. Except this time it's because U2 is playing, forcing the Marlins to play "home" games in Seattle.

  • Calendar

    May 12, 2011

    Rays of Hope

    ​During the last week of June something kind of sucky and boring we don't care about at all will happen in Sun Life Stadium, which tends to happen a lot in the Stadium during baseball season. Except this time it's because U2 is playing, forcing the Marlins to play "home" games in Seattle.

  • Blogs

    July 27, 2011

    Matthew Bellamy, Hero/Idiot Who Wore LeBron Jersey to Cleveland Indians Game, Severely Beaten

    ​Matthew Bellamy is definitely getting the full, abusive spin cycle of Z-list fame. The Lakeland native, who moved to a Cleveland suburb as a kid, first achieved notoriety when he was booed and escorted out of the Cleveland Indians' Progressive Field for wearing a LeBron James jersey three weeks ... More >>

  • Film

    September 22, 2011

    In Moneyball, the formulas work

    ​Matthew Bellamy is definitely getting the full, abusive spin cycle of Z-list fame. The Lakeland native, who moved to a Cleveland suburb as a kid, first achieved notoriety when he was booed and escorted out of the Cleveland Indians' Progressive Field for wearing a LeBron James jersey three weeks ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 26, 2011

    Ten Fun Facts About Ozzie Guillén, The Marlins' Likely New Manager

    ​Well, it appears the timing of Jack McKeon's retirement announcement wasn't so random. An official announcement that  the Florida Miami Marlins have hired Chicago Whitesox Manager Ozzie Guillén as their new skipper seems imminent. The Sox have released Guillén from his contract, and h ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 3, 2011

    Rick Scott is Not Familiar With This Strange Term "Tampa Bay"

    ​How well does Gov. Rick Scott really know Florida? Apparently not well enough to know that the area including St. Petersburg, Tampa and Clearwater -- you know, the second biggest metro area in his state -- is pretty commonly referred to as "Tampa Bay." We don't like to pull the "real Floridian" c ... More >>

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