Season Starting

The Marlins lose the last game of the spring to their first opponant of the regular season. Tonight will be the free workout.

MLB starts the 2011 season today. Here are links to today's scores from six different sites - take your choice...

(Yahoo)(ESPN)(CBSSports)(MLB)(FOX)(CNNSI)

Fish Win 10th In A Row

And Badenhop is surprisingly sent dwn. (beaumontenterprise)

3-Word News

More Fish cuts. (fishstripes)

World Series odds. (documentedhandicappers)

LoMo with Cardy. (30-Year-Old-Cardboard)

Stanton's early maturity. (miamiherald)

McKeon's still Jack. (mlb)

Marlins worth $360,000,000. (bizjournals)

Topping ceremony Friday. (ballparkdigest)

Ballpark needs businesses. (miamitodaynews)

FREE Marlins workout! (palmbeachpost)

Some Stories

So much for giddy optimism: Ben Pritchett asks and answers 5 questions about the Marlins, and concludes that they will finish last in the NL East.

But there's one less thing to worry about: David Hill reports that the Marlins aren't a contraction target anymore

Jonathan Sumple of throughthefencebaseball.com gives us Part 1 of an interview with Juan C. Rodriguez that explores what it's like to be a beat reporter.

More Bloggage

It's the time of year for new blogs about, or around, or slightly mentioning, the Marlins.

First, a hat tip to Craig for finding a Zephyrs blog, called Catching Z's.

Another hat tip to Marlins Die-hards for linking to the often-times outrageous Strip Club With Stanton. The coverage of FanFest is in itself worth the price of admission.

And now two more from the MLBlogs domain - there's the recently reignited Never A Flamingo, Always A Marlin, and then a blog with only one post so far called Fish Sticks.

MORE: I've added the Florida Marlins Team Fan Blog to my roll. Yeah, it has that automated-advertising look to it, but some of its randomized-text postings makes more sense than the things I write.

New News

Jeffrey seems a little pissed off, as everyone's losing all around him - not only have the Marlins lost nine straight, but his buddy Mayor Alvarez is now an ex-Mayor as he gets resoundingly booted out for, among other things, supporting the unbalanced Marlins stadium deal.

The Fish and Cards agree to do their springs in Jupiter until 2027 (unless the Nats or Mets move away, that is).

Michael Jong wonders how effective Perry Hill's gimmicks actually are in improving defense, while Clark Spencer just hopes our outfielders won't run into each other.

But there's no need to worry as Bart Gadbury says the Marlins will win the World Series this year anyway.

Craig reports on the Marlins' latest cuts, and how, at the moment, it's impossible to get a ticket to the Seattle series.

Today's game against the Cardinals is on the radio.

GOOD-NEWS: Marlins win today 5-2.

Seven-Ugh

Marlins lose today's game to the Twins 9-0.

They've lost their last seven by a combined score of I-don't-wanna-look-at-it.

And now Anibal, whose x-rays look okay, will not be starting tomorrow.

UGH!

The Fish lose bad to the Mets on Friday and the Red Sox on Saturday.

Moves Made

It's reported yesterday that Hand, Rasmussen, Jennings and Downs were sent to minor-league camp. (twitter)

And today Ceda goes to Nawlins; Hatcher, Reed and Poveda goe to Jacksonville; and Caminero to Jupiter. (rotoworld)

Triple-Ugly Day

Not only did the Marlins lose tonight to the Tigers and lose this afternoon to the Mets, but in that first game Anibal suffered a nasty bruise.

Streak Stopped

Marlins lose today 8-4. (rotoworld)

BUT: Dobbs and Donnie both homer. (palmbeachpost)

Some Stories

The new ballpark's season tickets may sell even faster now that the "fire-rated smoke exhaust and stair pressurization ductwork systems" have been installed.

Nolasco's looking good

Mike Piazza hung around and talked about stuff.

Umpire has trouble communicating how good Leo's slider is.

The Roll Continues

Today the Marlins beat the Tigers in Lakeland 9-5. (mlive)

Today's Results

The Marlins continue their winning ways, this time in their first contest against their former manager, as they beat the Braves in 10 innings.

Marlins Smack The Sox 11-2

(mlb)

Mets at Marlins

The game is on local radio today.

Fish at Kissimmee

The Astros radio crew is doing today's game on XM 185.

Todays Game's in Viera

No local tv/radio in this one, and no XM either. (SunSentinel)

Josh gets rocked - Fish lose.

Thumbs Up

Ricky pitched some today, and felt better.

Chris Volstad starts today against the Cardinals.

RADIO: The Cards' radio team are doing the game on XM Channel 186.

UGH: Some good defense, but the Fish lose 7-1.