Former Fish News

Wichita Wingnuts' co-owner Nate Robertson returns to the Marlins, who sent Jay Voss to the Tigers.

Dave Dombrowski made the deal when Dontrelle reclaimed a spot in the Tigers' rotation.

Also, Lindstrom wins the Astros' closer job and Kevin Millar was cut by the Cubs.

MEANWHILE: Wood and the Hurk are sent to Nawlins. And McClung's gone.

Quickie Update

This one article pretty much covers this weekend and the week ahead.

Andrew's Out

The Marlins' players' rep is sent down to the Minors to continue his career-long search for consistency. Clay Hensley looks to be Mr. No. 5.

Knuckleball, Gyroball News

Wakefield starts against the Fish again, this time today in Ft. Myers, and now he has Dice-K following him up for a couple of innings.

Meanwhile, the threat of NL knucklers is lessened as the Mets sent R.A. Dickey to Minor League camp.

RECAP: The Fish got to Wakefield in his last inning but it wasn't enough.

Win, Win, Win, Win

To entice the 600 or so Marlins fans out there, here's a chance to win Opening Night tickets.

Wednesday's Wonders

The Marlins sent Cameron's roommate Mike Stanton down for 'seasoning', meaning he'll be back up sometime this season.

Strickland still has a shot. Nunez gave up a homer in today's Twins loss but he is still the closer.

Carroll strained his left oblique today, which could give an opening for Barden or Lamb to do some last-minute impressing.

It seems, though, to really be a part of this team, you'll either need a toy car or take up golf.

To finish up, time to participate in a moment of silent cantankerousness, to remember FishChunks fan and Samson skewer John Brattain, who passed a year ago today.

MacDougal's Gone, And Lots of Catchup

Yes, Mike was released, as was Turnbow, and Hunter was sent to AAA. (palmbeachpost)

Hunter joins Taylor, Cristhian, Scott, Jai and Scott, while Ceda went to AA and Jimenez gets tossed back to the Red Sox (which is good for Gaby). Kasey, Vinny and Danny are in Minor League camp.

Bryan is the Condor and Mike is the Worm. And Baker's running out of training time.

Samson is shocked, Shocked to discover someone may be hiring outsiders to build the stadium.

FORMER-FISH-NEWS: Wish a speedy recovery to Lenny. Matt has ended up in Texas. And Hermida's stunned by the sight of actual fans.

Puerto Rico Pussy-Footing

Maybe today, the inevitable announcement will be made, as all parties involved have a conference call to iron out whatever problems are left

RESOLUTION!!: As you probably know by now the San Juan Marlins officially debut June 28, and fittingly the game is not scheduled for live broadcast in Florida.

Another Update

The Fish give the Nats their first win this year. And Josh gave the game to the Braves. The Marlins also give Mike Lowell a look-see. On Monday the Fish beat the Twins. Hanley's back but Stanton's sore.

Stadium Shots

I was down by the stadium construction site yesterday, and we took a few shots...







MORE: The team took the press for a tour on Tuesday. (miamiherald)

Arizona Gazes Eastward, Laughs

Most Grapefruit League games, including the Marlins in Sarasota, are rained out today. (palmbeachpost)

More Stuff

The Marlins are featured on MLB Network Friday at 5pm ET. (mlb)

Ross, Baker and Turnbow may see action this weekend. (mlb)

But Tucker and Voss have been sent away. (fishbytes)

Hanley remembers his Red Sox years. (bostonherald)

Wed. April 14 at Cincinatti; Tues. April 20 at Houston; Fri. April 23 at Colorado; Tues. April 27 vs. San Diego; Sat. June 5 at Mets; Sat. June 12 at Tampa Bay; Sat June 26 vs. San Diego; Mon. June 28 vs Mets in Puerto Rico; Sat July 3 at Atlanta; Sat Aug. 28 at Atlanta; Sat. Sept. 11 at Washington; Sat. Oct. 2 vs Pittsburgh. Those are the games not being televised by (FIX) Fox Sports Florida or SunSports this year. (What does it mean when 66.6% of the blacked-out games played at home are against the Padres?) (FishStripes)

ADDENDUM: The June 5th, July 3rd, and August 28th games are scheduled as FOX network Saturday games. (awfulannouncing)

NEW-ADDENDUM: The June 12th game at Tampa will be on SunSports, but as a Rays broadcast. (RaysTVSchedule)

More Catch-Up

The Marlins got knuncked around by the Red Sox Tuesday,, whupped some Astros on Wednesday, and allowed Leo to lose today.

Knuckleball Vs. Anibal

It's Wakefield and the Red Sox against the Marlins at Jupiter today.

Three-Day Catch-Up

The Marlins beat St. Louis 6-5 on Saturday, but the Cardinals beat the Fish 7-4 on Sunday. In Sunday's game West, Miller, and MacDougal 'failed to impress', to put it nicely, and Maybin strained his groin.

The Fish split the squads today. The Nats lose to one squad by the score of 11-2, and oddly the Mets beat the other squad 11-2.

IN-OTHER-'NEWS": Hanley's growing up, Valentine says he wasn't offered Fredi's job, and Parcells checks out Stanton, who hit his first GL homer Friday.

Today's Spring Stories

Bryan Petersen made an impression. The Mets signed Kiko. Jai Miller has improved. Jorge Jimenez may surprise. Tankersley returns. Larry and/or Michael is/are good. Tourists in Miami give more money for the stadium. And the Miami Marlins curling team are in the championships.

The Fish face the Mets in PSL at 1:10 ET.

OUCH: Baker's right arm is sore.

The Real Start

The Fish start off Grapefruit League play today with a home game against a split squad of Nationals. (mlb)

WIN: Marlins beat Nats 10-4. (cnn)

Knuckleball Knews

Eri Yoshida gets to meet her inspiration - Tim Wakefield. (ESPN)

Meanwhile, the National League will have an outside chance of facing a knuckleballer this year, if R.A. Dickey somehow gets on the Mets' roster. (mlb)

In fact, Dickey's starting Thursday against the Cardinals in Port St. Lucie. (mlb)

Crack vs. Ping

Wednesday it starts all over again, as the Marlins with their wooden bats gets it going against the aluminum Hurricanes.

In other news; Turnbow's toe exploded, Luis Castillo has been teaching Bonifacio, Coghlan is always saying yes, and The Mets are thinking Kiko.

WIN-DY: The Fish blew the Hurricanes out of the building with a 19-3 win. (sun-sentinel)(mlb)(palmbeachpost)(miamiherald)


UPDATE: All Marlins are now signed. (MLB)