Tuesday, December 20, 2016

"Jeffrey Loria has Outfoxed Everyone in his Path"

"Few people on Earth know how to game the system in which they operate better than Jeffrey Loria."  - Jonah Keri
http://tinyurl.com/jkzv59y

Friday, December 16, 2016

Dickey Disaster

Ely Sussman agrees that Dickey going to the Braves means trouble for the Fish...
http://tinyurl.com/zhthtdw

Friday, November 11, 2016

A Cooler Roger Dean

Shade canopies will be covering 1400 more seats at the Marlins spring stadium...
http://tinyurl.com/hkyr58d

Spring Is Closer

The Fish revealed its 2017 spring schedule, with 5 of its games being
played at the new ballpark in West Palm Beach....
http://miami.cbslocal.com/2016/11/10/marlins-announce-2017-spring-training-schedule/

Thursday, November 10, 2016

Braves Snag Dickey

The pitching-poor Marlins will now be victimized by the knuckleball instead of flummoxing other teams with it for 200+ innings...
http://tinyurl.com/ht8w7r3

Tuesday, November 08, 2016

Who's the Frick?

The Ford Frick award will go to a home-town announcer this year - my
favorite is Staats, the only TV guy the Rays have had...
https://twitter.com/Ken_Rosenthal/status/795727203132547072
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dewayne_Staats

Jacksonville Beats New Orleans in Goofy Name Race

While the saga to rename the Zephyrs continues, the owner of the Suns changes their name to the "Jumbo Shrimp"...
http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/mlb/miami-marlins/article112011702.html

Monday, October 31, 2016

Where Did the 2016 Marlins Improve?

On the road...

Marlins wins/losses at home...
2014...42-39
2015...41-40
2016...40-40

Marlins wins/losses on the road...
2014...35-46
2015...30-51
2016...39-42

Windy City Series Tonight

Game 3 of the WS will be played amid wind gusts up to 35 mph, according to weather.gov... (Yahoo)(MLB)(FOXsports)(NBCSports)(CBSSports)(USAToday)

Chilly Series

Chicago at Cleveland stars on Tuesday.
No snow expected yet (drat)
Forecasts so far...
Cleveland on Tuesday: 7 mph wind, high of 50, low of 36.
Wednesday: 13 mph wind, showers late, high 50, low 45.
Chicago on Friday: Chance of showers, high 65, low 51.
Saturday: Clouds, high 58, low 44.
http://www.weather.gov

Thursday, October 20, 2016

NO to New Name in NO

The Zephyrs have narrowed their search of a new name to three choices, all of which stink, according to Fletcher Mackel....
http://www.wdsu.com/article/fletcher-mackel-forget-talking-about-saints-this-week-zephyrs-owners-have-no-respect-for-new-orleans/6504314

Monday, October 10, 2016

AFL Gets Started

Yefri Perez and 7 other Marlins will be playing for the Mesa Solar Sox in the Arizona Fall League, getting underway tomorrow...
http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/events/afl/index.jsp

No.16 Will Be There Tonight

https://twitter.com/clarkspencer/status/780447675099459584

Jose Fernandez, R. I. P.

Many , many prayers to his devastated family

W C Update

Fish are 5 games back, with 8 left.

Wild Card Update

The Marlins are now 5 games behind, with 9 games left.

Wild Card Update

Fish are still 4 games back, with 10 games left

Wild Card Update

Miami is four games back, with eleven to go.

Wild Card Update

Marlins are 4 games back for the 2nd wild card, with 12 games left.

Down the Stretch

The Fish beat the Dodgers on Sunday, ending up with a 6-1 record
against them, and a 41-25 record against all NL teams not in the NL
East.

The Marlins have a 24-33 record against the NL East. They have 19
games left before the playoffs, all against the NL East. Only 3 of
those are against the Phillies, the NL East team the Marlins have the
best record against (8-8).

Memories of 2003 NL Playoffs

Yelich throws a shot to Mathis at the plate, reminiscent of Conine and
Pudge against the Giants, to get the runner out and win today's
game...
http://scores.nbcsports.com/mlb/recap.asp?g=360814128&final=true

Monday, August 01, 2016

Friday, July 15, 2016

The Fish Season Looks Like This

Record at All-Star break... 47-41
Record against NL Central and West...27-10
Number of future games against NL Central and West...29
Record against NL East...16-24
Number of future games against NL East...36
Record against AL Central...1-6
Number of future games against AL Central...9
http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/MIA/2016-schedule-scores.shtml

P.S.: The Marlins will be playing in Cleveland, but apparently without
Marlins Man...
http://thebiglead.com/2016/06/19/marlins-man-invokes-world-war-ii-calls-indians-fans-losers-with-a-keyboard/

Wednesday, May 18, 2016

Bye Bye Batavia?

Someone may be buying the Muckdogs, which if true would move them out
of New York and end their affiliation with the Marlins....
http://13wham.com/sports/rochester-red-wings/batavia-muckdogs-president-addresses-sale-rumors

Fredi Fired

The former Marlins manager is now the former Braves manager...
http://tinyurl.com/zqqm7q6

Friday, May 06, 2016