News Blips

The Fish' clean injury record this spring ends with Crow...
http://tinyurl.com/owoju6f

The value of long baseball contracts...
http://tinyurl.com/mall2xa

The Marlins will remember the time when they face the Cubs for the
2015 Workd Series…
http://www.foxsports.com/florida/story/miami-marlins-back-to-the-future-2-campaign-033115

End of Warm-Ups

The Marlins end the practice games with two against their minor league teams...
http://www.milb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20141029&content_id=99960462&fext=.jsp&vkey=news_t477&sid=t477
http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=4944594

Warm-Ups

The Marlins begin the 2015 campaign by roughing up a couple of college teams...
http://miami.cbslocal.com/2015/03/03/marlins-open-spring-with-wins-over-fiu-um/

Weekend News

Loria is now spending so much money on the team...
http://tinyurl.com/mrx8yfd

...that even the mayor of Miami-Dade County might go see a game this year.
http://tinyurl.com/keywzdk

Stanton tests his new faceguard design...
http://tinyurl.com/mnsg5z6

...and gets his first plunk since last year.
http://tinyurl.com/owtp9he

Done Juan

Pierre retired today...
http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/12394519/juan-pierre-retires-14-year-mlb-career

Giancarlo News

Stanton says he was angered at first at the Marlins' contract offer,...
http://tinyurl.com/nm7o244

...and now he's the first athlete to be covered in paint for SI...
http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/mlb/miami-marlins/article11140238.html

Back To Baseball Again

The Marlins bring Lenny Harris back,...
http://marlinmaniac.com/2015/02/19/marlins-way-return-lenny-harris/

...the promotions have been planned,...
http://miami.cbslocal.com/2015/02/19/top-2015-giveaways-and-promotions-at-marlins-park/

...the pitchers and catchers officially report on Friday,...
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/sports/miami-marlins/fl-marlins-players-to-watch-0220-20150219-story.html

...and the Winter Warm-Up is Saturday...
http://miami.marlins.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20150211&content_id=108956476&vkey=pr_mia&c_id=mia

To Review...

...here is a quick look at the additions made by the Marlins this off-season...
http://www.baseballmusings.com/?p=104520

All-Stars Aim Again to South Florida

Looks like MLB will make the somewhat-controversial pick of Miami for
the 2017 All-Star game...
http://tbo.com/sports/miami-marlins-will-host-2017-all-star-game-20150211/

Hello Ichiro

Reports say Suzuki is now a Marlin...
http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/mlb/miami-marlins/article8000739.html

Fish Get Stem

The Dodgers send Craig Stem to the Marlins organization for their
acquisition of Kyle Jensen last month...
http://www.baysportsnet.com/giants-acquire-casey-mcgehee-marlins-re-sign-peavy/

Goodbye Casey

The Comeback Player of the Year won't be coming back next season until
the Giants come to town...
http://www.baysportsnet.com/giants-acquire-casey-mcgehee-marlins-re-sign-peavy/

Another Big Trade

The Yanks get Nathan Eovaldi, Garrett Jones and Domingo German; the
Marlins get Martin Prado and David Phelps, ...
http://tinyurl.com/kuevfh7

Here Comes the Miami Beach Bowl

The first-ever game between BYU and Memphis will be 2PM Monday at
Marlins Park...
http://miami.marlins.mlb.com/mia/ballpark/miami_beach_bowl.jsp

The gridiron is already in place...
http://tinyurl.com/mfrgkfj

Reports Say Morse Is a Marlin

http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/12036030/michael-morse-miami-marlins-agreement-place

Samson, Loria Reportedly Plan on Stanton Opting-Out

http://tinyurl.com/pu9bg65

Goodbye Dan Jennings

No, not that one,...the other one...
http://tinyurl.com/l2kyp2v

Marlins Go To The Mat

Fish trade Anthony DeSclafani and Chad Wallach to the Reds for Latos...
https://twitter.com/Ken_Rosenthal/status/543085842630057984
http://tinyurl.com/p9wosb5

Heaney a Dodger for a Minute or Two

The Dodgers immediately sent Andrew to the Angels for Howie Kendrick.
The Marlins, meanwhile, got Miguel Rojas and a player to be named or
cash in yesterday's trade...
http://tinyurl.com/p8crarp

Fish Get Speed

Marlins trade Heaney, Hernandez, Hatcher and Barnes to the Dodgers for
Dee Gordon and the possibly retiring Dan Haren...
http://www.sportstalkflorida.com/breaking-down-the-marlins-trade-for-dee-gordon/

Brantly Claimed by White Sox

http://tinyurl.com/ppxutn2

Marlins Sign Narveson

http://tinyurl.com/pjz93yr

Ryan Retires

Dempster spent 1998-2002 with the Fish...
http://m.cubs.mlb.com/news/article/103268552/ryan-dempster-retires-as-a-chicago-cub
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/d/dempsry01.shtml

Derek in Little Havana

Jeffrey gives Jeter a Marlins Park tour, speculation starts....
http://tinyurl.com/mkcwzcz

Fish Get Crow

The Marlins make a trade...
http://tinyurl.com/qy5um6c

Watch Out Rich & Tommy

Sporting News reviews a randomly-selected Marlins TV broadcast...
http://tinyurl.com/po8u7eq

The Hammer Hangs It Up

Josh Willingham retires...
http://www.tsn.ca/free-agent-of-willingham-announces-retirement-1.143311

After the Celebrating...

...Stanton is going to have an enormous tax bill...
http://tinyurl.com/kbpv6xt

...and Loria soon can sell the team without penalty...
http://www.miamiherald.com/incoming/article1944603.html

More Giancarlo News

His deal, as expected, is backloaded...
http://www.local10.com/sports/report-stanton-deal-backloaded/29800442

...and Jeffrey is thrilled...
http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/mlb/miami-marlins/article3984093.html

...and Giancarlo decided to celebrate...
http://tinyurl.com/lxtclcr

Non-Giancarlo News

The Fish annonce their '15 Spring Schedule...
http://www.foxsports.com/florida/story/miami-marlins-spring-training-schedule-announced-111814

...and, in the midst of yesterday's hoopla, the Marlins made a move...
http://www.fishstripes.com/2014/11/17/7239149/dodgers-acquire-kyle-jensen-miami-marlins-trade

Is He Worth It?

Neil Greenberg crunches the numbers on our new face of the franchise...
http://tinyurl.com/ktpg4fd

Report: Stanton is Gonna Be One Rich Son-Of-A-Gun

According to CBSSports.com, Giancarlo will be getting a belated
birthday gift from the Marlins to the tune of $325 million, insuring
Stanton will be staying a Marlin until Jeffrey turns 87...
http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/mlb/miami-marlins/article3942125.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giancarlo_Stanton
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeffrey_Loria

Hot Stove Radio Returning

The Glenn Geffner-hosted hour will be on most Mondays through February
on 940AM in Miami...
http://tinyurl.com/nob85qp

"Brothers in Exile"

ESPN shows a documentary tonight on Livan and El Duque...
http://tinyurl.com/nkv26eq

Front Office Seeks Speedy Stanton Signing

Michael Hill wants Giancarlo signed before the Winter Meetings...
http://tinyurl.com/qhcffu7

Happy Anniversary to Me

Today marks 10 years since my first post on this blog (the anniversary
of my second post will be in another three months). The blog has
progressed from links with short comments to infrequent long articles
to infrequent links with short comments. I admit I've been less
enthused about the Fish since they moved farther away from my house,
although I'm strangely interested in this off-season, for some reason.
Who knows, things may get better.

Moves, Non-Moves

Four Fish choose free agency....
http://www.fishstripes.com/2014/10/30/7133547/reed-johnson-among-marlins-to-elect-free-agency

...but Mathis is staying...
http://www.vavel.com/en-us/mlb/409885-marlins-execute-option-on-jeff-mathis.html

All the Marbles

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World Series Veteran

KC's Eric Hosmer was at Game 7 in 1997....
http://tinyurl.com/lvpdnfq

WS Game 6

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Awards

Casey is the NL Comeback Kid...
http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/mlb/miami-marlins/article3108344.html

...and Giancarlo wins the NL Hank Aaron award...
http://archive.rgj.com/usatoday/article/17926591

WS Game 5

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WS Game 4

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WS Game 3

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'Marlins Man' Star of the Series

Mr. Leavy's attire is an inspiration, especially to the Fish' front office...
http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/mlb/miami-marlins/article3223542.html

World Series Game 2 Scores

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World Series Game 1 Scores

Weather looks good tonight...

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Thursday's Game

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Bye Bye Springtime in Jupiter?

The city of West Palm Beach's desire to negotiate a new housing
project may lead to the end of spring training on Florida's east
coast...
http://ballparkdigest.com/2014/10/15/west-palm-beach-another-no-to-spring-training/

UPDATE: The Palm Beach County Commission comes to the rescue...
http://m.astros.mlb.com/news/article/99156720/astros-one-step-closer-to-moving-spring-facility-south

Wednesday's Championship Scores

The Orioles are one loss from elimination....

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Secret Weapon to Chicago

Former Fish Rick Renteria is reported to be the Cubs' new manager...
http://touch.baltimoresun.com/#section/-1/article/p2p-78017620/

EDIT: Tuesday's Championship Scores

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NL Playoff Scores

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Saturday's Scores

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Tonight's ALCS Scores

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Adios Ed

Lucas has been sent to the Rangers...
http://tinyurl.com/pt95y8d

Fish Notes

Sad to hear of Frank Cook's passing…
http://touch.sun-sentinel.com/#section/-1/article/p2p-81623891/

The Marlins honor the retiring Beckett…
http://tinyurl.com/mkhtnhq

Salty will get rid of your bugs….
http://www.cbs12.com/sports/stories/vid_1282.shtml

The League Championships finally get started in Baltimore tonight.
Since we are always hoping for raging blizzards during the
too-late-in-the-year World Series, we're pushing for KC and St. Louis.
But the forecasts look disturbingly mild…
http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/predictions/814day/

AFL is On

The Arizona Fall League started up yesterday. The AFL site and
scoreboard is now in the links list. The Fish have 7 prospects
playing for the Salt River Rafters...
http://m.marlins.mlb.com/news/article/91590820/desclafani-heads-marlins-contingent-in-afl

Tonight's NL Playoff Scores

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Today's NL Playoff Scores

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Miller v. Miggy

Former Fishes Andrew and Cabrera face each other last night - Miller gets a hold and Detroit is out......
http://tinyurl.com/ovyjxvg

AL Playoff Scores

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Petit Power

Former Fish Yusmeiro pitched 6 innings of 1-hit relief to get the win
in last night's 18-inning game...
http://sports.yahoo.com/news/belts-hr-18th-lifts-giants-over-nats-lead-041006343--mlb.html

National League Playoff Scores

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October 3 Playoff Scores

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October 2 Playoff Scorres

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Giants at Pittsburgh Tonight

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Oakland at Kansas City Tonight

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News of the Future

Jeffrey Loria will reportedly spend about $16 million more next year
to keep the improved Marlins improving. And Samson can't wait to talk
contract with Stanton…
http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/mlb/miami-marlins/article2315988.html

$3 Billion = 2000 More Fans per Game

Corporations continue to put their name on everything but Marlins Park...
http://tinyurl.com/mdwrq6s

Season Wrapup

The Fish finish fourth in the NL East, they get no-hit by the Nats on
the last day, manager Mike gets extended through 2017, and talks will
commence with Giancarlo...
http://tinyurl.com/kx87apk

Regular Season Ending Scores

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September 27 Scores

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September 26 Scores

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September 13 Scores

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#GetWellGiancarlo

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September 12 Scores

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September 11 Scores

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September 3 Scores

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September 2 Scores

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Yesterday's Day-Off Scores

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