Tuesday, April 30, 2013

Three-In-A-Row

Suddenly the Fish are on a winning streak, and at the same time the
Nats are down to a losing record...
http://sports.yahoo.com/news/marlins-rally-again-beat-reeling-mets-2-1-015353596.html

Victory & Frustration

The Marlins' first win streak of the season came about early this
morning when they fought back from a one-run deficit in the 15th
inning...
http://tinyurl.com/cb7ygwg

but Stanton hears a pop in his leg in the 10th inning and will again
be out of action who knows how long...
http://sports.yahoo.com/news/marlins-beat-mets-4-3-15-innings-045939802.html

Sunday, April 28, 2013

Sunday De-Sweeping

The Cubs won on Friday and Saturday, but the return of Stanton's power
stroke led the Fish to a win on Sunday...
http://tinyurl.com/c9bgyq4

Cubs Beat Fish 4-3

Pierre takes the blame for the loss...
http://tinyurl.com/dy99c7s

Marlins pitchers did not give up any walks, struck out 9...
http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/boxscore?gid=330425128

The Fish claim Duane Below off waivers from Detroit...
http://tinyurl.com/c8dcz5b

Knuckleball Update

Steven Wright gets called up, sits around for 9 days, finally pitches
on Tuesday, and is sent back down on Wednesday...
http://tinyurl.com/a2xl3ml

Cold-Weather Fish

Marlins bats perked up in the Minnesota cold - maybe Marlins Park
should turn up the air-conditioning...
http://sports.yahoo.com/news/marlins-beat-twins-split-day-035854776--mlb.html

Snow-Day Double-Header Today

Jose wants to get into the snow...
http://tinyurl.com/bv8enss

Check to see what the weather will be...
http://tinyurl.com/c23txu3

Weak Weekend

The Fish spent 8 innings not scoring a go-ahead run on Saturday...
http://sports.yahoo.com/news/phillips-sac-fly-13th-wins-215217161--mlb.html

...and scored 4 runs in the 9th when they needed 8 on Sunday...
http://sports.yahoo.com/news/phillips-sparks-8-run-7th-204235831--mlb.html

Saturday, April 20, 2013

A Couple of News Notes

Maine's out, Koehler's in, and Turner's still struggling...
http://tinyurl.com/bn373jd

The previous team that used to call itself the Miami Marlins has
started this season with a 12-game win streak and is now 14-1...
http://tinyurl.com/d4kfarm

Fish Win 2-1

Slowey contained Cincinatti to 1 run and 4 hits in 6 innings. Ruggiano
homers and Cishek saves the win.
http://sports.yahoo.com/news/ruggianos-hr-9th-sends-marlins-020147478--mlb.html

Nats Beat Fish 6-1

An ill Harper still hit Nolasco's best pitches. But Suzuki drove in
the runs. The Marlins' lone run came on a disputed call. A bigger
crowd surprisingly showed up...
http://sports.yahoo.com/news/detwiler-harper-lead-nationals-past-021539544--mlb.html

Knuckleball News

R.A. Dickey gets profiled on last Sunday's 60 Minutes...
http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=50144818n

Steven Wright is called up by the Red Sox...
http://tinyurl.com/csbu8d9

...which is probably why Wakefield is now a "special assignment
instructor" for Boston...
http://tinyurl.com/c59nuhf

Good News

Yeah the Marlins lost 10-3. But they actually scored 3 runs in a
game. Coghlan threw out 2 runners from center field. And they went 4
for 7 with runners in scoring position...
http://sports.yahoo.com/news/zimmermann-zimmerman-lead-nats-past-015348231--mlb.html

Sunday, April 14, 2013

Fishy News

Halladay gets his 200th win today...
http://tinyurl.com/cqyxorl

The Fish sign David Aardsma to a minor-league deal...
http://tinyurl.com/bskek99

The Marlins are heading for a team record...
http://tinyurl.com/c9q2a3h

Saturday, April 13, 2013

Marlins Win 2-1

Coghlan brings in Polanco from third on a ball that Utley couldn't
handle, and wins the game for the Fish in the 9th inning...
http://sports.yahoo.com/news/coghlan-singles-run-ninth-miami-023023862--mlb.html

Phils Beat Fish 3-1 in 10

Polanco's the 'star' of the 'offense' so far, hitting .351 this year
and going 2-for-4 yesterday with the team's only RBI...
http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/boxscore?gid=330412128

Fish Swept, Lose to Atlanta 8-0

Braves' Gattis hits homer into the pool. Valaika plays 1B for the
first time in his life, gets an error. Marlins now 1-8. Redmond says
"It's snowballing a little bit"....
http://sports.yahoo.com/news/gattis-minor-lead-braves-past-020951241--mlb.html

Again attendance was miniscule, but far from being surprising, it
signals a return of a hearty South Florida tradition...
http://tinyurl.com/cwojk4x

...and disgruntlement finds new means of expression in our
multi-cultural land...
http://tinyurl.com/c6bk9e7

At least the outfield is nice and green...
http://tinyurl.com/bvampjp

Fish Lose 3-2

14,222 official attendants see 2013 Marlins go to 1-7...
http://tinyurl.com/cflcvj9

...while up north, the 2012 Marlins go to 2-5...
http://tinyurl.com/cl3dess

Marlins pitchers walked 1, struck out 9 - Braves pitchers walked 5,
struck out 2. And Juan Pierre finally steals a base...
http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/boxscore?gid=330409128

Home Opener Won By Braves 2-0

Justin gets two more hits than all of the Marlins, and he scores both
runs. Unprotected Stanton walks three times. Brantly strikes out
three times but gets half of the Marlins' hits. Marlins' pitchers gave
up no walks - Slowey threw 5 fewer pitches than Maholm but tossed 8
more strikes. Marlins bullpen gives up no runs...
http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/boxscore?gid=330408128

Sunday, April 07, 2013

Marlins Beat By Marlon

Redmond brings the infield in, and Marlon Byrd slaps a ball past
Valaika, bringing in two Mets runners to beat the Fish 4-3 in the 9th
inning...
http://tinyurl.com/d28gwwg

Mets Beat Fish, Rubber Game Coming Up

Pierre getting called on interference after Buck bloodies his toe, and
other misfortunes, lead to a 7-3 loss for the Fish on Saturday.....
http://tinyurl.com/ctp8wzr

Home Stretch

The Marlins say that, with the help of Groupon, they have sold more
than 30000 tickets for the Home Opener.
Every game this year will have some cut-rate or free tickets, or some
other promotion....
http://tinyurl.com/cr4s547

Things Be Happening

Kotchman strains his string, and Gorkys stays in the system...
http://tinyurl.com/bsh9949

April 3 Scores

The Marlins return to fighting Washington...

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More Schedule Observations

---The 2013 Marlins play their longest stretch without a day off from
September 6th through the 25th. Their second longest breakless
stretch happens from July 19 to August 4.

---The Marlins this year finish up with the West Coast teams
relatively quickly - their last scheduled game against a team on the
West Coast is against San Francisco on June 23.

---The Fish finish with Cincinatti even faster - their last game
against the Reds this year is on May 16.

---On the other hand, 126 days separate the Marlins first meeting with
the Cubs (a Miami series ending April 28) and their second series (in
Chicago starting on September 2). Atlanta's two meetings with the
Cubs are separated by an even longer period of time - their first
series ends April 7, their second series starts September 20.

Tuesday, April 02, 2013

April 2 Games

Already, the delicate National League East takes a day off from its enormous exertions. However, other MLB teams can't be stopped from demonstrating their skills...

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Monday, April 01, 2013

Game No. 1

The Fish begin the National League Season with a 1:05 PM start in Miami against the Nationals on April Fools' Day, which may or may not be an omen.

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