With all the hullaballo and hubbub over the giant tax-pit ... um ... new Marlins Stadium proposal, it's easy to forget that the Fish are still a baseball team and the new season is almost upon us. It's a shame, really. For true baseball fans, Spring Training is the best time of the year. Everyone's still a World Series contender (well, except for the Royals), the grass is green, and Joe Girardi hasn't told any owners to go fuck themselves yet.So it's ironic that the County Commission is schedule
Wikimedia CommonsOur win beard is becoming unruly.
We were on the top of the world, and getting everybody's attention. Regis Philbin inserted the Marlins into his daily Senile Round-up. Philadelphia sportswriters were warning fans that the Phillies had more than the Mets to worry about. "They're not a mirage and they're not going away," wrote the Daily News' Paul Hagen. "They will be a factor this season."
Josh Johnson was untouchable. John Baker was suddenly the best-hitting catcher in basebal
Time to shave that Rasputin-length win-beard. The Marlins are at last back in the win column after a season start that can only be described as more confusing than Charlie Crist's sexuality.via Wikipedia CommonsEven with Han-Ram on the bench, the streak ended.Somehow the Fish won 11 freaking games before they lost two and then decided to go on a seven-game sucking binge (including a three-game sweep by the Pittsburgh "Maybe Even Worse at Baseball than the Kansas City Royals" Pirates) before fina
For the 500th consecutive game, Boston's Fenway Park was sold out, and if the Red Sox continue to play like they did in Wednesday's 6-1 victory over the Marlins, they will sell out 500 more.
The Red Sox certainly weren't spectacular, but they capitalized on every opportunity the Marlins handed them. A patient team, Boston walked seven times and used timely hits from last year's MVP Dustin Pedroia and reserve outfielder Rocco Baldelli to drive in four of the six runs. Marlins' pitchers actually
Hanley has been a one-man band and without protection, teams will pitch around him.The Marlins' three game sweep of the Padres couldn't have come at a better time. The Fish had lost three devastating games to the Phillies at home and trailed last year's champions by seven games in the standings. Any more losing streaks, and the Marlins' season could have been over. But terrific pitching, timely hitting, and quality defense against the Padres now means the Mar
