News to Peruse

Michael Jong gives a quick projection of the 2012 Marlins. (fishstripes)

The new Marlins are also considered to be 'most interesting'. (sbnation)

The Marlins go to Maui to get a pitching coach for the Jammers. (mauinews)

(FIX) Jeffrey's past actions gets someone so enraged that he ends up apologizing for an intemperate comparison. (deadspin)

The Panthers want to play hockey outdoors in the new stadium. (sbnation)

And it looks as though the best (and quietest) seats in the park will be occupied by schools of fish. (mlb)

Old Vs. New, Part Two

Nathaniel Rakich analyses how new ballparks affect attendance, and zeroes in on a factor that promises continued good attendance. (baseballot)

Old Vs. New

What happens to major-league teams' win-loss records when they abandon old ballparks for new?

With the help of Baseball-Reference.com, I made a list of the win-loss records, both overall (home and away) and just home records, of every team (I hope) since 1961 that moved to a new stadium within the same home market.

I listed the stats of the last season in the old stadium and the first year in the new. In cases where a team switched stadiums during the middle of a season, I split that season's records between the two venues (an exception being the '66 Cards, who, since they played only 10 games in their old park that year, I added the '65 results to those early games). I counted the away games played after the last home game at the old ballpark but before the first home game in the new park as part of the old stadiums' overall stats.

I'm not including temporary moves, like when the Yanks played in Shea in 1974, but only moves to new 'permanent' home parks.

Here's the data...

                        Wins-Losses
Team            Old Ballpark    New Ballpark
Year Ballpark   Overall- Home   Overall- Home
---- -------- - ------------------------------
Senators
1961 Griffith - 61-100- 33-46
1962 DC Stdim - - - - - - - - - 60-101- 27-53
Dodgers
1961 LAMemCol - 89-65 - 45-32
1962 Dodger S - - - - - - - - -102-63 - 54-29
Mets
1963 Polo Grs - 51-111- 34-47
1964 Shea Std - - - - - - - - - 53-109- 33-48
Colt 45s/Astros
1964 Colt Std - 66-96 - 41-40
1965 Astrodme - - - - - - - - - 65-97 - 36-45
Cardinals
1965 Busch I  - 80-81 - 42-39
1966 Busch I  -  9-14 -  3- 7
1966 Busch II - - - - - - - - - 74-65 - 40-31
Pirates
1970 Forbes F - 50-39 - 26-16
1970 3 Rivers - - - - - - - - - 39-34 - 24-16
Reds
1970 CroslyFi - 52-21 - 28- 8
1970 RvrfrtSt - - - - - - - - - 50-39 - 29-16
Phillies
1970 ConnMacS - 73-88 - 40-40
1971 VeteranS - - - - - - - - - 67-95 - 34-47
Royals
1972 Municipl - 76-78 - 44-33
1973 Kauffman - - - - - - - - - 88-74 - 48-33
Expos
1976 PrcJarry - 55-107- 27-53
1977 StOlmpiq - - - - - - - - - 75-87 - 38-43
Twins
1981 Metro St - 41-68 - 24-36
1982 Mtrodome - - - - - - - - - 60-102- 37-44
Blue Jays
1989 Exhib St - 23-31 - 12-14
1989 SkyDome  - - - - - - - - - 66-42 - 34-21
White Sox
1990 Comiskey - 94-68 - 49-31
1991 CmiskyII - - - - - - - - - 87-75 - 46-35
Orioles
1991 Memorial - 67-95 - 33-48
1992 Camden Y - - - - - - - - - 89-73 - 43-38
Indians
1993 ClvlndSt - 76-86 - 46-35
1994 JacobsFl - - - - - - - - - 66-47 - 35-16
Rangers
1993 ArlgtnSt - 86-76 - 50-31
1994 BllpkArl - - - - - - - - - 52-62 - 31-32
Rockies
1994 MileHgSt - 53-64 - 25-32
1995 Coors Fi - - - - - - - - - 77-67 - 44-28
Braves
1996 FultonCS - 96-66 - 56-25
1997 Turner F - - - - - - - - -101-61 - 50-31
Mariners
1999 Kingdome - 42-45 - 20-19
1999 Safeco F - - - - - - - - - 37-38 - 23-19
Astros
1999 Astrodme - 97-65 - 50-32
2000 Enron Fl - - - - - - - - - 72-90 - 39-42
Giants
1999 Candlstk - 86-76 - 49-32
2000 Pac Bell - - - - - - - - - 97-65 - 55-26
Tigers
1999 Tiger St - 69-92 - 38-43
2000 Comerica - - - - - - - - - 79-83 - 43-38
Brewers
2000 CountySt - 73-89 - 42-39
2001 MillerPk - - - - - - - - - 68-94 - 36-45
Pirates
2000 3 Rivers - 69-93 - 37-44
2001 PNC Park - - - - - - - - - 62-100- 38-43
Reds
2002 CinergyF - 78-84 - 38-43
2003 GrAmerBP - - - - - - - - - 69-93 - 35-46
Phillies
2003 VeteranS - 86-76 - 49-32
2004 CitiznBP - - - - - - - - - 86-76 - 42-39
San Diego
2003 Qualcomm - 64-98 - 35-46
2004 Petco Pk - - - - - - - - - 87-75 - 42-39
Cardinals
2005 Busch II -100-62 - 50-31
2006 BuschIII - - - - - - - - - 83-78 - 49-31
Nationals
2007 RFK Stad - 73-89 - 40-41
2008 Nats Prk - - - - - - - - - 59-102- 34-46
Mets
2008 Shea Std - 89-73 - 48-33
2009 Citi Fld - - - - - - - - - 70-92 - 41-40
Yankees
2008 YnkeeSt2 - 89-73 - 48-33
2009 YnkeeSt3 - - - - - - - - -103-59 - 57-24 
Twins
2009 Mtrodome - 87-76 - 49-33
2010 Target F - - - - - - - - - 94-68 - 53-28

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Totals
     |     OLD STADIUM             NEW STADIUM
     |  Overall     At Home     Overall     At Home
----------------------------------------------------
W/L  | 2300-2445   1251-1114   2337-2406   1270-1112
Win% |  .4847       .5290       .4927       .5332

'Occupy the Marlins'

Patrick Hruby gathers together the mightly-familiar litany of supposed abuses against the public perpetrated by the world of sports in general and Jeffrey and his minions in particular, and decides the time has come. (thepostgame.com)

Squished News

While John Buck was out protecting the citizenry, the Marlins decided to disband the Manatees and also possibly the Mermaids most likely for their own safety, as it seemed that the new stadium's retractable roof could collapse at any moment.

Now that new inspectors pronounce that the roof is safe,the confident Marlins tendered contracts to Boni, Mujica, Anibal, Volstad and Whats-His-Name, and signed Nick Green. But still no Manatees, who are fighting back (they want some of the new ballpark grub).

Bye Bye Hopper

The Fish trade Burke to TB for minor-league catcher Jake Jefferies,
sign Aaron Rowand to a minor-league deal, and re-signed Donnie Murphy.

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Clay DFA

To make some room on the roster for Buehrle, Hensley is designated for assignment

Welcome Alb....uh, no, it's Mark

The Fish seemed to have stopped the Pujolathon and signed pitcher Mark Buehrle to a 4-year contract.

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Jeffrey Reveals his True Identity as 'Mister Moneybags'

We all know the Marlins are signing Heath Bell, another Padre pitcher who unfortunately is not considered a plus by everybody out there. Now the Fish look like they are about to give over 100 million bucks to Jose Reyes, gaining a fragile superstar shortshop that will allow a shifting of our other fragile superstar shortshop over to third base.

Too Many Newsy Things

Bye bye Brian...Sanches signs with the Phillies.

The Marlins sign Robert Ray and Luke Montz.

John Baker thanks Marlins fans.

There's no money budgeted to add more mass transit to the new stadium than what's there now, which ain't enough.

Besides the taxes, the city of Miami took another look at the stadium agreement and discovered that they have to pay for stadium maintenance too.

And now more bickering will delay leasing out the garages' retail and restaurant areas.

Billy's new look promotes commentary.

So has the projected contraption to celebrate home runs, which may get assembled in time for the first pitches, but is planned not to be viewable during off-days, even though it's officially a public work of 'art'.

Some More Things Out There

Here's the Sporting News' Hot Stove Report on the Marlins.

You can help Bryan Petersen make a documentary.

Steve Cishek is doing the group-workout thing.

Ozzie loves his wife and his dog

Black Friday Bulletins

Fishstripes wants to know what was your favorite Marlins 'era'.

Samson says a stadium name is not imminent.

Aaron Senne may be ready by spring.

The Marlins dished out a lot of free Thanksgiving meals.

John Buck ate, too.

And Logan already has his place...uh...decorated?

Finally Some News

Bye Bye Bake...John Baker is traded away, to the only MLB town that doesn't need a domed stadium, for pitcher Wade LeBlanc. (Miamiherald)

The Marlins announce their spring training schedule. (Miamiherald)

And that sound you hear is the city of Miami screaming 'WTF!!' as they discover that the contract with the Marlins that they hastily agreed to a few years back not only obligated the city to build parking garages for the new (still unnanmed) stadium, but also forces the city to pay the property taxes on those same garages. (sun-sentinel)

The Miami Marlins, So Far

Much noise has been made. Dan Le Batard gives the whys.

Stanton, Hayes, Petersen, Billy and the Mermaids head out to the troops.

Steve Slowinski gives a preliminary guess on how the new ballpark will play.

Happy Changes Vs. Results

Since the start of the 162-game-per-season era in 1961, it seems there has been only one other MLB team that at the same time both officially changed its name and moved to a new ballpark while remaining in the same market. That was the team in Houston, who ended the 1964 season as the Colt 45's playing in Colt Stadium, and began 1965 as the Astros in the Astrodome.

So did those changes create some improvement in the Houston win-loss record from '64 to '65? No. In 1964 the Colt 45s finished the year at 66-96, while the next year the Astros almost matched the previous year with a record of 65-97. But in just the home games, Houston, playing in barn-like, mosquito-and-rattlesnake-infested Colt Stadium, was able still to eke out a 41-40 winning record in '64 - but in the brand-spanking new Astrodome the '65 team ended up slipping to a 36-45 home record. That could be attributed to the fact that for most of the year they had to play in "green-painted dirt and dead grass", though away teams would have suffered the same conditions.

Maybe the new changes will end up assisting the Marlins standings-wise, but as the past shows, that's not a given.

The Miami Marlins, Version Three

Tonight Mr. Loria proclaimed the Florida Marlins are now the Miami Marlins, and introduced to the world the logos and designs that were basically the ones floating all over the web for the past couple of weeks.

One unique feature of the new grey uni was demonstrated by Boni. As he raised his arms up in celebration, the first 'I' in the word MIAMI that was stenciled across his jersey slipped inside itself, revealing the word MAMI, which may at least delight some of our Latin fans (among others).

Pitbull ended the proceedings with a performance (I thought pitbulls were illegal in Miami).

EXTRA: For nostalgia's sake, Joe Frisaro wrote a fun article detailing the beginnings of the first Miami Marlins and the stadium they played in.

Bye Bye Florida

It was nice to attempt being a 'state-wide' team.
Didn't work, though.
Now it's the city's turn.

Back For Another Bit

I'm still on the road. Logged in long enough to find out about the changes at Fish Stripes and Marlin Maniac. And that the city renamed the streets around the new unnamed stadium.

Back For a Bit

I've been traveling lately; sorry I've been ignoring the WS.

Latest interesting Marlins news, besides the rumors, seems to consist of chances to get an early snuggle-up to the new still-unnamed stadium. The goofy, almost-annual Herald Hunt is a free event that will take place on the stadium grounds just two days after the big name-change. Significantly more expensive than free will be 'Diamond Dishes' on Feb. 25, when Jeffrey's latest wife will be hosting food tastings inside the stadium.

Brew Crew Lose; Texas, St Louis in WS

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AL Playoff Tonight

The Tigers try to stay alive in Texas.

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Some Marlins News

The Marlins' new 'logo' is real! (sbnation)

And it's popping up everywhere. (trb)

Also popping up are the comments over the celebration 'thing' that will pop up after homers at the new ballpark. (cbssports)(businessinsider)

Tampa wants a new ballpark, too.(myfoxtampabay)

FSN's Marlins telecasts had almost 28 percent fewer viewers in 2011. (sun-sentinel)

Michael Jong and Juan C. Rodriguez complain about the dissing of the 2003 Marlins. (sun-sentinel)

James Bondman discuuses possible Marlins moves. (bleacherreport)

Emilio, Logan and Miguel are going to Taiwan. (mlb)

The Orioles want to talk to Dan Jennings for their GM opening, but will Jeffrey let them? (baltimoresun)

NL Playoff Tonight

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Tigers On The Ropes

Detroit needs two wins to force a one-game playoff. Cards and the Brew Crew play tonight.

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Wednesday's Playoff Action

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AL Game Tonight in Detroit

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Playoffs Continue Today

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NL Championship Game 1 Goes To Brewers

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AL Championship Begins

Tonight Detroit does battle in Texas.

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NL First-Round Finales

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Tigers-Yanks Game 5

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NL's Turn

St. Louis forces Game 5, and Brewers are seeing Snakes at this moment...

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Bye Bye Rays

Tampa's the 1st to be ejected from the playoffs. Philly leads their series against the Cards. And as I write this the other teams are playing.

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AL Playoffs 2-Night

Tampa already lost, and the other game's underway.

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Little Rest on Sunday

Tampa and Texas take a day off, but all other playoff teams play today.

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All-Playoff Day

Every playoff team is scheduled to play today.

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Oh, Yeah ...The Playoffs

Here's the score from today...

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This Is IT

The end of the Florida Marlins as a playing unit happens today. Charlie Hough and Benito Santiago will be there for the first pitch, like they were there almost 19 years ago. Chris Volstad and Stephan Strasburg will take over after that.

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Last Normal Game at Sun Life

With all the festivities planned, tomorrow's game will seem like an afterthought.

Of course with all the turbulent news bursting forth around the Marlins the last few days, the last couple of games have also been taking a back seat. Today's news is more of the same - along with the Adventures of Ozzie we now find out that Leo-Juan may beat the rap after all, that Frank McCourt is trying to drag Loria into the Dodgers bankruptcy, and that the Marlins don't even own the website miamimarlins.com.

But usually that's the case with the Marlins anyway - unbelievable stories paired up with Florida summers and consistently empty stadium. But that, sad to say, will be no more soon. Tonight's probably your last chance to enjoy the spaciousness, in the way a Florida Marlins game traditionally should really be enjoyed, with packs of sweaty people scattered here and there all over the stands, aimlessly staring at each other, wondering why there are so many other fans of other teams making all that noise, and, when nothing else is happening, checking out the game every now and then.

Go ahead. The box office is open up to the 5th inning. You know you're going to miss it.

For those not within a hour's flight, the pitchers tonight are Javier Vazquez and John Lannan.

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More Omar

Infante will get to move to Miami as he reportedly agrees to a 2-year contract with the Fish.

Guillen to Manage Marlins

Seems the Marlins traded a so-far-unnamed prospect or two to the White Sox to get Guillen

Ozzie says, "I can't tell you how thrilled I am to be a part of the Marlins organization. I have an unbelievable amount of respect for the Marlins, owner Jeffrey Loria, president Larry Beinfest and general manager Michael Hill." (Hmmm, no mention of Samson there.)

Anyway, here's wishing good luck to Ozzie being back in Miami and dealing with a "control freak" like Loria.

Boo-Hoo

The assertion that there will be few tears shed as 'the Florida Marlins at Sun Life Stadium' leap off the diving board of history this week seems a little premature.
Already the skies have been crying most of the day. Maybe Mama Nature will allow a game tonight, maybe not.
There's a sense of loss, as McKeon stares at the crumbling clubhouse, as the front office boys begin to interview for his replacements.
And the talk of getting rid of Nolasco is building.
And the mini-crime wave known as Juan Carlos Oviedo has, nevertheless, positive hopes for the future.
The Brewers swept Florida for the season yesterday in Miller Park, giving the Marlins a losing road record for the year, and sealing up the cellar of the NL East for the Fish.
The not-so-perennial-anymore cellar-dwellers the Nationals are here to finish up 2011, fighting for 3rd place.
Scarily, the Nats are on an 8-game road win streak while the Fish have a .400 record at crumbly, drippy Joe-No-Mo Stadium.
Scary Nats rookie Tommy Milone is scheduled to start tonight, as Anibal Sanchez starts for Florida.

UPDATE: Jack will retire again after Wednesday.

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Yesterday's Scores

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After 8, Its 6-4 Brewers

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UPDATE: And 6-4's the final score.

Another Blog

Finally I put the Marlins Daily blog on my blogroll.

Fish, Brewers Tied 1-1 After 7

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UHDDD: Fish lose 5-1. Brewers on the verge of clinhing NL Central title.

Way Off

On the last day off this season the Marlins news has been the usual blahblahblah - the new Marlins logo is either fake or ugly, Samson disses practically whatever fans the Marlins still had, and 28-year-old Leo Nunez is now 29-year-old Juan Carlos Oviedo. Past that, not much. Here's tonight's scores...

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POSSIBLE-UPDATE: Twitterer H2ODAG believes our (former) closer had assumed a dead cousin's identity.

Marlins Win Game 3, Successfully Spoiled the Braves

Yay Javy!

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Braves-Marlins Game 2

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Nine to Go

It's the next-2-last home stand for Sun Life and for the Florida Fish. Atlanta is happy to play 3 here - they be 6-0 this year in beautiful Miami Gardens and they still dream of the playoffs. The Marlins, meanwhile, would be happy to play the spoiler role. Minor and Nolasco perform.

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Trying for DC Sweep

Last week it was Hand against Dickey. Today it's Hand vs. Wang.

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Go Hoppers

The final game of the SAL Championship is tonight - hopefully it can be heard through this link or this link.

And of course it's game number two tonight of the Marlins-Nationals series in Washington. Pitching will be the repaired Stephen Strasburg and the looking-for-another-win Chris Volstad.

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Fish Beat Nats 3-0

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AND...: The Grasshoppers force a winner-take-all championship game tommorrow night.

Hello Goodbye Philadelphia

The Marlins finish up with Philly this year with today's doubleheader. Anibal faces a rusty Kendrick in Game 1; and it's Alex Sanabia and Cliff Lee in Game 2.

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News and a Noontime Game

The best-of-5 South Atlantic League Championship Series is tied at a game apiece. The Hoppers go to Savannah to face the Sand Gnats for Game 3 on Thursday, and Johan Santana will be starting for Savannah.

Matt Dominguez's father, who's a copy editor for the Los Angeles Times, writes in the Times about his son's arrival to the majors.

Gaby's nominated for the Clemente.

Today, lunchtime rubber game. Ricky Nolasco and Randall Delgado will man the mound.

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UPDATE: Fish lose 4-1. And I've just noticed that this is the 4,000 post of this blog.

Braves Beat Fish 7-1

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Bye Bye, eh,....Who?

No, no not Cameron Maybin - it's Mike Cameron the Marlins release.

Brave Front

As the Hoppers start off the South Atlantic League Championship Series tonight, the Marlins attempt to do the spoiler thing in Atlanta, though without LoMo, whose knee requires looking-after in Miami.

This year the Fish are 4-4 in Monday away games (but lost their last 3), and the Braves are 5-2 in Monday home games.

Chris Volstad and Brandon Beachy will propel the pills.

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9/11 Baseball

Anibal's one-hitter last night creates a belief in the sweep in the series and the year for the Fish against the Bucs.

The 2011 Fish are 4-7 in Sunday away games (including a 'home' loss in Seattle), and lost their last one after winning the previous 3 in a row. The Pirates are 3-8 in Sunday home games this year and have lost their last 2.

Two recently hot pitchers, Javier Vazquez and James McDonald, fling this afternoon. Interestingly, considering today's 10th anniversary and the ceremonies conducted earlier, it's been noted that Javy is the only projected starter in today's games with a 9-11 record.

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Bad/Good News

LoMo's out of the lineup along with Stanton and Lopez. But the Fish had some stat improvements last night. And the Grasshoppers are in the Championship series.

In the last two years Florida has a 10-2 record against Pittsburgh. The 2011 Pirates are 7-4 in Saturday home games though they have lost 3 of their last 4. This year's Marlins are 6-4 in Saturday away games though they lost their last 2 and one of those wins was a 'home' game in Seattle.

Pitching will be Anibal and the MLB debut of Jeff Locke.

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Fish Beat Bucs 13-4

The Marlins slapped around the Pirates in the third.

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The Long And Short Of It

Thanks to the recently inserted double-header for next Thursday, the Marlins are beginning their longest road trip of the season.

At the same time, one of the shortest-service Marlins is planned to be part of the whoopee at the Final Game festivities.

But first, it's Pittsburgh. The Marlins, with 20 games left in the year, are 3 losses away from a losing season. The Pirates' record is 2.5 games better than the Marlins. Both Pittsburgh and Florida have won 4 of their last 10 games. The Pirates won their last game, but they've won only one of their last eight games after a win, while the Fish have won two of their last eleven road games.

Ricky Nolasco and Ross Ohlendorf square off on the mound in the diamond. (EDIT: But that's tomorrow night - here's tonight's scores...)

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Bye Bye Alfredo

Amezaga gets released - let's write him in to make the All-Time Team.

Wetness Wednesday

The trick with starting a game at 5 PM in Miami is hoping the daily thunderstorm deluge subsides a little earlier than usual.

Soon the new stadium wiil end these water worries, except maybe for an occasional overflow from one of the new extra toilets.

Brad Hand and knuckleballer R.A. Dickey square off this evening.

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Rainy Night Game

After 5.5 innings it's 2-1 Mets.

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Labor Day Night Game

The Fish just finished playing their last weekend series at What-Used-To-Be-Joe-Robbie Stadium. Now its the last 3 games with the Mets this year. After the 5th its 7-1 Florida.

UPDATE: Marlins win 9-3.

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Bye Bye Phillies

It's the last game for the Phils at Whatever-The-Name-Is Stadium. After 7 innings it's 3-2 Marlins.

UPDATE: Actually that was 'After 6 innings'. After 7 innings it was 4-4. And the Fish finally win in the 14th inning.

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Fish Hit 5 Homers, Beat Phillies 8-4

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Ugh! Phils Beat Marlins 5-3

The Fish give Philadelphia an historic win.

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Adios Big Apple

We'll have no Hanley and no Josh for the rest of this year. But the Marlins have one more outing in Flushing to get through.

Miguel Batista debuts for the Mets tonight; Clay's on the mound for the Fish.

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Ups and Downs

While the big-league team collapsed, the kids vie for the championship. And Dobbs is relieved, but Hanley's feeling worse.

Capuano and Volstad start tonight.

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Game 3 Of 5

Marlins try to avoid losing the series. Mets have won 4 games in a row. Pelfrey and Vazquez on the mound.

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Doable Double

Now that the Hopper has caught up on his movie-watching, it finally looks like a pretty day weather=wise for today's double-header. The Marlins have won 2 of their last 3 and have won 6 straight at Citi Field. First game has Anibal against Dickey; second game Ricky and Gee will pitch.

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Waiting Day

Today's game was pre-postponed. So here's today's games in other parts of the continent...

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Double Down

And Irene said, "You planning on playing TODAY?? We'll see about that!", and the double-header is moved to Sept. 15. Wonder when Mondays' double-header will be moved to?

And somewhere else, games go on...

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Half the Doubled Doubling

And now tomorrow's double-header is now a single-header, the originally scheduled night game rescheduled to when the next hurricane will hit. Somewhere in Canada Dewayne is giggling. And maybe tonight's game won't be a blowout.

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Double the Doubling

The Fish are now scheduled to play a double-header on Saturday to avoid the destructive fury of Irene as it hits New York on Sunday, where the Marlins are supposed to play another double-header with the Mets on Monday. (Triple-header, anybody?)

Meanwhile here's tonight's games...

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Double the Desparation

Logan returns to play two in today's hurricane double-header (Dewayne gets DFA'd). Vazquez and Volstad face Bailey and Arroyo.

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Back Home (Shudder)

D-Train returns as the Reds arrive to win a few games. Aftre 4 innings tonight it's 2-0 Reds.

UPDATE: Yay, Marlins take a 3-2 lead in the 5th.
UPDATE: Yuck. Leo lets the Marlins lose 8-6.

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Quandry

While the Marlins take some time off to figure out a way to start the rest of this season's games in the second inning, games are being played tonight...

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Getting Worserer

The question is becoming, not whether the Marlins can get out of their collapse, but whether they can avoid 100 losses this season. Anibal against Cory Luebke today.

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Oh Boy - Another Game Against The Padres

San Diego can slip ahead of the Fish in the Wild Card standings with a win tonight. Here's a slight bit of optimism - the Marlins are 6-3 this year in Saturday away games (although they lost their last one in Atlanta). More good news - Omar Infante's been activated (bye bye Ozzie). It's Hensley and Harang on the hill.

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Getting Worser?

The Marlins with 37 games left in the season are 10 games under .500, and even Trader Jack now has a losing record. With Stanton suffering from toe-main, the Fish are putting out tonight what some are calling the worst lineup in baseball. Volstad and LeBlanc are the pitchers.

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Former Fish Follies

Mike Jacobs gets tested, and booted.

One of Cameron Maybin's idols growing up plays for the Marlins now.

Craig Counsell garners a dubious record.

A friend of David Pinto's finds El Pulpo.

Got a Post Done Before Game Time

The Fish start a 4-gamer tonight, their last 4-gamer of the year now that the upcoming Mets series at the Citi will now be a 5-gamer. It's the Marlins' last West Coast series, and last series against a NL West team, this year. Luckily, enviroment-wise, they get to do it in San Diego. But oh-oh, the Marlins have lost 9 of their last 12 against the Padres. Florida has lost 11 of their last 13, but won 13 of their last 18 road games.

Tim Stauffer and Javier Vazquez deliver.

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Game's On

The Marlins' last game in Denver this year is going on as I write this. Nolasco and Cook are hurling tonight.

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Matt (alias:Wes) Helms' New Assignment

"Super-Secret Double-Agent Mole" Wes Helms is now infiltrating the Braves organization.

Fish Lead in 7th of Game 2 in Denver

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G2K

It's the 2000th game of Jack's managing career tonight. Florida leads 2-1 after 2.5 innings.

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LoMo To Go To NO

Morrison gets demoted to the Zephyrs under suspicious but not entirely surprising circumstances (which now Beinfest confirms), and Twitter is barking loudly. And the Fish are also now Wes-less. Jose and Ozzie are the replacements.

2:10 PM: To perhaps accent the decision-making folly of the front office, Cody has already hit a 2-run homer for the Giants in today's game. In the middle of the 4th it's 3-1 Giants.

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Yawn

The boring Marlins try to get another win against the Giants tonight. Javier Vazquez and some guy named Lincecum will be pitching. After the game two guys I have never heard of will be yelling into microphones.

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Giants Arrive, War Of the Jinxes Possible?

Ever since the Giants series in S.F. the Marlins have been aimed straight towards the bottom of the standings. Combined with that is the Horror of playing in Sun Life Masoleum, where the last time the Marlins won a game the stock market was still a viable investment and Jerry Lewis was still on the Telethon. Maybe the Giants' series being played at the house Robbie built starting tonight may cause a cosmic collision of calamities that would cancel each of these black clouds out. Just seeing Cody again would be a sky-brightener.

Tonight Rick and Matt sling the orbs.

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No Loss Tonight

First, last night's scores...

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Then tonight's day-off scores...

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Braves Game 2 at Sun Life Dungeon

Uggla goes for 30 in a row tonight. Beachy pitches near the beach.

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Lowe, Hand Start Tonight

The Braves return, and tonight the Fish have no Hanley and no LoMo. Derek and Brad are tossing.

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Sweep-less Sunday

Hanley's still not in the line-up today to help the Marlins stop the sweep. Although this guy thinks they may still do it. Besides, it's Gaby's mom's birthday so there's some extra incentive.

Javy and Jaime take the mound. According to this article, "Garcia is 5-1 with a 1.54 ERA in 11 starts against NL East teams...(while)...Vazquez...is 4-2 with a 2.13 ERA in his last eight starts."

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This Date in History

It's interesting to note that on the exact same spot where the new 38,000-seat Marlins ballpark is being hurried to completion, a baseball game was played 55 years ago that was viewed by a crowd so large that the new stadium probably would not have been able to contain it.

Super Saturday With the Cards

Hanley's not in the line-up tonight, but Alfredo is. Nolasco and Carpenter propel the spheres.

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Welcome Home Alfredo!

Amezaga returns tonight!

Friday's Game

With Infante out, Hanley thinks maybe he could come back tonight. It's Anibal against Westbrook tonight.

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A Couple of News Bits

The city of Miami is having trouble finding tenants for the retail and restaurant spaces in the new stadium's garages.

And Ozzie would be honored to manage the Marlins.

Saint Louis in the House

First, congrats to the GCL Marlins, who at this point have the highest winning percentage in pro baseball.

The Yadi-less Cardinals start a four-gamer tonight in Miami Gardens, where the rain has let up for now. Fearless prediction: There will be fewer spectators for tonight's game than for last night's exhibition 'futbol' match at the same venue.

Starting will be Kyle and Clay.

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Rainout Edition

The Fish and Mets rain out tonight. Time for make-up day bingo. This guy thinks they'll probably play a 5-game series at the end of the month. My choice would be September 8, a travel day for both teams coming from Miami where they will just finish a 3-game series here (on the 9th the Mets stay at home to play the Cubs while the Fish travel just down the street to Pittsburgh).

Not to mention the Marlins now have to come back to start a home series against the Cards with the threat of a tropical storm this weekend. (Damn, I mentioned it.)

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Marlins-Mets Game 2

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Fish and Mets Fight

7:29PM: After 2 innings Fla. leads 1-0.
7:59PM: 2-0 after 2.5.
8:23PM: 3-0 after 3-and-a-half.
8:55PM: After 5 innings it's 3-1.
9:58PM: Duda owns Leo, hits a 2-run homer in 9th to tie game.
10:15PM: Stanton grand-slams it; Fish lead 7-3 in the 10th.
10:26PM: And that's the final score.

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Beat the Sweep Mode

The Braves traded for Michael Bourn. LoMo's not in today's line-up. Ricky Nolasco and Tommy Hanson pitch.

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Middle Game With Braves

The Fish must fight off a resurgent Uggla. Anibal and Tim Hudson start.

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Fish Lose In Atlanta 5-0

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Fish Sweep Nats, Climb Beyond Cellar

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Another Nats Night

The battle from the basement continues. Livan and Javy tonight.

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Marlins Pulverize Washington 11-2

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Fish-less Games

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Battle For Series Win Today

As Van Horne becomes a Hall of Famer, the Fish break their losing streak and face the Mets this afternoon. Dillon Gee makes his first start against the Marlins, who'll start Anibal.

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Marlins Win on Super Saturday 8-5

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100-Game Stat Look

(FIXED SOME THINGS) Now that the 100-game mark has passed, I'm looking at Baseball Reference 2011 NL stats to see in which categories the Fish stand out.

According to them, the Marlins are middle-of-the-pack in many of their team pitching and batting stats. Here are some of the Marlins team stats that are closer to being either best or worst - the Marlins are...

...5th worst in the NL in team batting average (.245; the Padres are last at .233, the Cards are first at .268)

...4th in stealing the fewest bases (57; Cubs have fewest with 35, most is San Diego with 106).

...5th highest in striking out (745; worst are the Padres with 835, best are Cards with 602)

...4th in the league in both sacrifice bunts and sacrifice flies (San Diego is last in sacrfice bunts but 3rd in th NL in sacrifice flies)

...next to last in the league in pitches hitting batters (23; the Rockies are last with 22).

...5th in the league in walks allowed (the Cubs are 37 walks ahead of the #2 team).

...tops in the NL in walking batters intentionally (43; the Brewers are last with 12).

...3rd-least in the league in being walked intentionally (18; worst is Cubs with 13, most is Dodgers with 38).

...5th in the league in runs allowed (440, tied with Arizona, and 62 behind the leader the Cubs).

...tied for next to last with Houston in wild pitches thrown (22; the Phils are last at 12, the Brewers are first with 43).

...2nd in batters faced (3831; Cubs first with 3915, Phils last at 3668).

...6th in striking batters out (751; Giants are first at 828, Pirates last at 589)

...2nd in the NL in balks (7; Reds are first with 10, Cards last with 0).

...5th worst in walking batters per 9 innings (3.3; Cubs worst with 3.9, Phils best with 2.5)

Mets, Marlins Start 3-Gamer Tonight

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