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Cuban Baseball Agents: Risks and Lies

McKeon's Musings: The Marlins Skipper Shares His Thoughts on the Debt Ceiling

​Riptide is pleased to announce the hiring of Jack McKeon, the 80-year-old interim manager of the Florida Marlins, as an interim semi-regular columnist. His first topic: the debt ceiling. I was on the bullpen phone with Corny the other day when he said the damndest thing. Apparently, there's ... More >>

Baseball All Star Frituras Antidote To Midsummer Snub Of Hispanics

Armando Marsans​Rafael Almeida and Armando Marsans made their major league baseball debut with the Cincinnati Reds on July 4, 1911. Both men were Cuban -- and as the national pastime was segregated back then, Reds management made sure to remind fans these players were purebred Spaniards with ... More >>

Florida Marlins Not First Baseball Players To Be Spooked By Ghosts At St. Petersburg's Vinoy Hotel

"That voice just now-- what was it?"​We like the idea that, in his final hours as the Florida Marlins manager, Edwin Rodriguez spent his time comforting relief pitchers who were terrified of ghosts. It'd be fitting for one of the youngest teams in baseball.

Six lies about the Marlins stadium

"That voice just now-- what was it?"​We like the idea that, in his final hours as the Florida Marlins manager, Edwin Rodriguez spent his time comforting relief pitchers who were terrified of ghosts. It'd be fitting for one of the youngest teams in baseball.

Top Ten Sports Cheaters of All Time: From Steroid-Pumpers to Ball-Grabbers

Soccer player Vinnie Jones executing a clever "ball tackle"​For more than a week, Riptide has brought you the shady plays that have turned Krop High School into a basketball powerhouse: recruiting players, inventing addresses, changing official records, and -- of course -- threatening journalists. ... More >>

Garrett Wittels: Keeping the Streak Alive

Soccer player Vinnie Jones executing a clever "ball tackle"​For more than a week, Riptide has brought you the shady plays that have turned Krop High School into a basketball powerhouse: recruiting players, inventing addresses, changing official records, and -- of course -- threatening journalists. ... More >>

Mike Stanton Is Your NL Player of the Week

​Marlins rookie outfielder Mike Stanton was named NL Player of the Week. He was given the honor after bludgeoning the Nationals and Reds collective pitching staffs last week using only his bat and his boyish good looks. Stanton collected a total of eight hits and six RBI in a three-game series aga ... More >>

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 >>

Hugo Tandron, Ex-Con, is the Marlins' official barber

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 >>

Big League Chew

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 >>

Cuban Ball Players Keep Eye on Defector

Image via cubanjournal.blogspot.com Fidel teaches Anderson a lesson. "Defect and I'll..."There was a time when you could get in real trouble for helping Cuban ball players defect from the Communist island. Ask Juan Ignacio Hernandez Nodar, the Cuban agent profiled by the New Times last year. ... More >>

Andre Dawson Pissed He Isn't Wearing a Cubs Hat on Hall Plaque, We're Pissed He's Not Pissed It's Not a Marlins Cap

Come on, we could totally see this image in bronze!​So recently inducted Hall of Famer and Miami product Andre Dawson is complaining that the Hall of Fame has him wearing the cap of the now-defunct Montreal Expos in his plaque, when he made it clear he wanted to be honored for all baseball-t ... More >>

Baseball agent Juan Ignacio Hernandez Nodar returns to Miami after 13 years in a Cuban prison

Come on, we could totally see this image in bronze!​So recently inducted Hall of Famer and Miami product Andre Dawson is complaining that the Hall of Fame has him wearing the cap of the now-defunct Montreal Expos in his plaque, when he made it clear he wanted to be honored for all baseball-t ... More >>

It’s a Bear Market for Baseball

Come on, we could totally see this image in bronze!​So recently inducted Hall of Famer and Miami product Andre Dawson is complaining that the Hall of Fame has him wearing the cap of the now-defunct Montreal Expos in his plaque, when he made it clear he wanted to be honored for all baseball-t ... More >>

Nightmare: Rush Limbaugh Hints He Might Buy the Dolphins

Come on, we could totally see this image in bronze!​So recently inducted Hall of Famer and Miami product Andre Dawson is complaining that the Hall of Fame has him wearing the cap of the now-defunct Montreal Expos in his plaque, when he made it clear he wanted to be honored for all baseball-t ... More >>

Big Brown Machine

Saturday's Kentucky Derby favorite arrives fresh from South Florida.

Former MLB Trainer Has Questions for Clemens

Saturday's Kentucky Derby favorite arrives fresh from South Florida.

Rudy for Prez!

Giuliani agrees with Miami: Screw the public.

Willy Chirino’s Way

Salsa, baseball, and fireworks at Dolphin Stadium

Go Fish!

Our Fish can survive a Reds tide

Extra Innings

The game of baseball isn't played against the clock, which is a good thing because Jack McKeon has lots of stories to tell

Power to the Pudge!

Get ready for another Marlins dismantling, but this time be prepared

This Week's Day by Day Picks

Get ready for another Marlins dismantling, but this time be prepared

El Lanzador

Vicente Lopez was almost the Cuban Koufax

The Cuban Coach

Rigoberto Betancourt's life in baseball takes a seventh-inning stretch

Best Baseball Camp

Red Berry's Baseball World

Best Cuban-League Baseball Player Living In Miami

Camilo Pascual

Striking out on his own

Cuban pitching coach Rigoberto Betancourt threw Castro a curve by defecting. Now he's in immigration hell.

Three Strikes and It's Out

Florida International University goes to bat for Little Havana's Casa del Bisbol Cubano

Go Marlins!

Florida International University goes to bat for Little Havana's Casa del Bisbol Cubano

Calendar for the week

Florida International University goes to bat for Little Havana's Casa del Bisbol Cubano