Day Care Game Today

The Rockies series ends with a 12:10 ET start time today. Probably lots of kids in the stands. Josh Johnson and Jorge De La Rosa start.

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SERIES-SUCCESS: Bizzaro Bonifacio triples in the ninth and Ronny singles him home for a walk-off win 3-2.

Bye Bye Nate, Hello Brad

Robertson has been DFA, and Brad Davis was flown in to cover for Brett. (miamiherald)

More With the Rocks

Jason Hammel, "the Rockies' best pitcher over the last two months", starts tonight against Ricky, who's going for No. 50.

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POW: Gaby rockets a 3-run homer as the Fish win 5-2.

Game 2 With Colorado

The Rockies are complaining about the stadium's "rugged and uneven" outfield (well, let 'em wait until football starts).

Jeff Francis and Nate Robertson are scheduled to start tonight.

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YUCK!: Fish lose 10-0.

Rockies Arrive

It's Ubaldo vs. Anibaldo for Game 1.

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ARRIVEDERCHI: Donnie Murphy wallops a pinch-hit 2-run homer with 2 outs in the 9th to win for the Fish 9-8.

Series-Deciding Game

Cogz will be out for a while so Emilio will lead off today. The Marlins DFA Mike Lamb again and bring up Bryan Petersen again.

Alejando Sanabia and Craig Stammen start. Maybe there's still some honey near the visitors' bullpen.

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HOORAY: Fish win their first 1-0 game at home in nearly four years.

To The Rescue

The Marlins have lost their last 3 Super Saturday games. The Nats have lost their last 5 Saturday away games, including one here in Miami Gardens on May 1.

Josh and Ronny are tonight's Marlins' battery - old Fish Livan and Pudge will play catch for the Nats. El Torito will perform afterwards.

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GOOD: Marlins win 2-0.

Welcome Back Warriors

The Marlins finally return to the mediocre confines of Some Life Stadium after an epic journey that spanned across five time zones and lasted what seems like a year and a half.

Tonight the Fish face the Nats. Nolasco starts against some kid named Strasburg. Edwin's flipping Dan and Jorge around in the batting order.

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ARGH: Fish lose their 4th straight Miami game, 4-0.

Break-Ending News

Dan Meyer goes back to N.O. (nola)

The Marlins are the 29th most popular MLB team in the US (take that, Toronto!). ((philly.com)

The tourists are doing extra duty to help pay for the stadium. (miamiherald)

Mets, Phils, Braves Play Tonight

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Break-Time News

No pizza party for Hanley and Jon Lester. (BostonHerald)

The Maniac puts out his 2010 Trade Deadline Primer. (MarlinManiac)

The Marlins invite the media over for the one-year anniversary of the start of stadium construction. (bignews.biz)

In more construction news, the Marlins are involved in efforts to bring food to, and build homes in, Haiti - and John Baker goes there. (FSFlorida)

Still more construction news: the city of Miami will finally start selling bonds next week for the building of the parking garages, which now requires $103.6 million. (MiamiToday)

Tryin' For The Tie

The tired Marlins hope to win (and not get traded). Alex Sanabia makes his 1st MLB start against Barry Enright, who's making his 3rd MLB start.

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WIN: Fish start the break on a winning note.

Game Three

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FOO: Fish fail 5-4.

Game Two of Four in Feenix

Nolasco and Haren tonight (if anyone notices).

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PHABULOUS: Marlins win 3-2.

Fish in Desert Battling Snakes

The No. 2 Marlins face the No. 1 strikeout kings for this season. Rodrigo Lopez and Anibal Sanchez occupy the elevated protuberence.

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Rubber Game and Bounce-backs

Volstad's sent down, Badenhop's brought up, and both Craig and Michael Jong wonder why.

Tonight Josh faces the Dodgers, and Hiroki faces the Marlins.

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BOUNCE: Johnson shuts the Dodgers down - Fish win 4-0.

Game Two in L.A. (No Earthquakes Allowed, Please)

Vicente Padilla and Chris Volstad square off on the round mound.

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FUDGE: Dodgers win 7-3.

Celebrations

Congrats to Gaby for winning the NL Rookie of the Month award and to Josh for being voted the NL Pitcher of the Month.

Luck Happens

The Marlins at the moment are the most 'unlucky' team in the NL. Their win-loss record is now 4 games under their Pythagorean win-loss record (which supposedly is an indicator of how lucky or unlucky a team has been), a number which is now the lowest in the NL. The next 'unluckiest' teams are San Fran and St. Loo, who now are both 3 games under their Pw-l.

The Fish are now the only NL team that have scored more runs (384) than they've allowed (360) but still have a losing record (39-43).

This year both the Marlins and Dodgers have scored 24 more runs than they have allowed, but the Dodgers are 8 games over .500 while the Marlins are 4 games under .500.

In their last 17 games the Marlins have a 8-9 win-loss record but still have scored more runs than they've allowed (83-79).

West Coast Reunions

Mike, Brett and Edwin see old friends at Dodger Stadium tonight. Nate Robertson and John Ely start tonight.

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YAY: Fish squeak by with a win 6-5.

Independance Day Desperation

Marlins try to stop the sweep. Donnie Murphy comes from AAA to replace Brian Barden, who was DFA. Tim Hudson and Ricky Nolasco start at 5:05 ET today.

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BOOM: Leo somehow saves the game - Marlins win 3-2.

Saturday in Georgia

Anibal and Hanson start.

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BLECH: Leo didn't have a chance to blow this one as the Fish lose outright, 4-1.

Marlins Continue/Start Their Road Trip

The Marlins begin their series in Atlanta tonight, and the handicappers have their opinions...(MadduxSports)...(BetUs)...(OnlineSportsHandicapping)...(Accuscore)

Josh Johnson and Kris Medlen start.

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LEO-LOSS: Nunez gives us his second blown-save in as many tries, and the Braves win 4-3.

Puerto Rican Goodbye

The Marlins and Braves take a day off before tomorrow's epic battle. The rest of the NL East plays tonight.

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Sweep Out of San Juan?

Can the Marlins score for Volstad, and can Pelfrey cool off in those warm Caribbean breezes? Tune in tonight.

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OOF: Fish lose 6-5.

Edwin's In

Sr. Rodriguez has been christened by Jeffery as less-interim than he was earlier - Loria announced before last night's game that for the sake of "continuity" (guffaw) Edwin would remain manager for the rest of the season (here's a friendly tip for job security: don't become Manager of the Year).

MORE-MANAGER-STUFF: Speaking of continuity, Valentine says dealing with the Marlins FO was "very disturbing, confusing and...insulting at times". Meanwhile, Fredi's wife may be kicking him out of the house shortly.

AND: Here's who Loria =really= wants...(MiamiCityOfChamps)

Home Without a Home

While construction continues at the new Marlins ballpark (and malaise continues in its neighborhood), the Marlins host the Mets at their vacation home for Game Two of the series in Puerto Rico tonight (no hurricanes nearby as of yet).

The crapshoots known as Takahashi and Robertson will start.

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TWO-FER: Fish walk-off winners.

Marlins Face Brutal Dickey

The Fish, basking in the news of Bobby V's apparent unworthiness, have to interrupt their San Juan vacation to play three games against the Mets, the first one starting knuckleballer R.A. Dickey. Dickey beat the Marlins on June 4th and is 6-0 since he's been in the Mets' rotation. Starting opposite Dickey will be Ricky, who beat the Mets his last time against them.

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VICTORY: Marlins win 10-3.

A Bit of Loyalty Amidst the Bloodletting

A quick note to recognize the resignation of coach Dave Collins, who eschewed the team where everyone's an "interim" because "he felt an obligation to (Fredi) Gonzalez." Tarrik Brock is now interim 1st-base coach.

De-Sweepize Sunday

The Fish have won all five Sunday home games they've played this year. The Padres have won their last two Sunday away games (they are 2-3 for the year).

Mat Latos returs home to the unfriendly confines of Sun Stroke Stadium to start for the Pads. Anibal goes for the Fish, but the Marlins' best hope may come from home plate umpire Wally Bell.

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SWIFFERED: Marlins lose 4th straight, 4-2.

Re-Superize Saturday

Reports today are that Valentine won't join the Marlins at least until the Puerto Rico series is over, if then.

The Marlins have lost their last five Saturday games.

Josh Johnson and Jon Garland pitch tonight. And after the game, it's O.A.R.

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DOUBLE-BLECH: Fish lose 2-1.

Fiesta Friday

Bobby V would probably be the manager now if it weren't for the show the Marlins need to put on to avoid fines, and/or the pick-me-up Edwin may give to the Puerto Rican series next week. Edwin's debut in Miami will have Chris Volstad and Clayton Richard as the starters.

Why did the schedule-masters decide that the Padres were going to be the only team outside the NL East to play two 3-game series in Miami Gardens this year? San Diego won 2-of-3 from the Fish when they were here in April, and have a 19-14 road record this year. But they are 5-5 in their last 3 road series, while the Marlins in their last 3 road series are 5-4 (with a rainout in Philly).

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BLECH: Fish lose 3-0.

Clean Sweep?

Among the rumors of Armando Benitez and bans on vuvuzelas and of course Fredi's replacement, the Marlins attempt their first road sweep of the year tonight at Baltimore.

The Orioles have been swept 8 times already this year, 3 times at home.

Kevin Millwood and Nate Robertson are the starters.

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DIRTY: Marlins lose 11-5.

Oh, Right... There's a Game Tonight

The Interim Marlins try to make it three-in-a-row this evening.

Wednesday, May 12 - that's the only Wednesday, out of eleven Wednesdays so far, in which the Orioles have won this season.

The Marlins have lost their last 3 Wednesday games, but they won their last Wednesday road game, which was way back on May 19 (they are 2-2 in Wednesday road games this year).

The Marlins are 3-1 in games immediately following a mid-season managerial change (that includes Cookie).

It's Ricky Nolasco and Brian Matusz on the mound tonight.

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No More Vuvuzelas for Fredi

Loria finally does what he wanted to do last year, and fires Fredi Gonzalez, Carlos Tosca, and Jim Presley. (Yahoo)

Even though the pitching has been consistently pointed out as the problem with the Fish, pitching coach St. Claire still seems employed. (FishStripes)

MORE: Fredi had a strangly worded response to ESPNdesportes about his firing (or maybe it was a mis-translation)...

---"This is something that I want to make very clear: My exit from the Marlins had nothing to do with Hanley," Gonzalez told ESPNdeportes on Wednesday. "The situation with Hanley had to do with them - the Marlins. They wanted to make a change to move in another direction."---

The way those last two sentences sound together makes it seem that it Was the Hanley situation that sent the Marlins into 'another direction', no matter what the first sentence said.

Well, as the Gabbing Blog says, whether or not Hanley's situation led to Fredi's firing, the Marlins' new manager at least has played in the majors.

Camden Crunch

The last time the Orioles have won at least two games in a series was on May 13th at home against Seattle. They've only swept one team this year - Boston at home from April 30-May 2, followed by being swept for three by the Yankees in NY. They've got one win in four of their last five series. They're on a five-game-losing streak against NL East teams (Washington and the Mets). But they have also won three of their last five Tuesday games.

The Marlins have lost their last two Tuesday games after winning four Tuesdays in a row. Florida hasn't lost to Baltimore since June 21, 2006.

It's Anibal against Jeremy Guthrie.

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ADIOS: Fredi goes out a 10-4 winner.

Moves Etc.

Sosa gets DFA, Buente's back in AAA, the Fish call up Sanabia and Houser, and they release Hunter Jones to possibly re-sign him when he heals.

Meanwhile the O's get a new outfielder for a former Fish.

Off to Baltimore

The Nationals are the only NL East team playing tonight.

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Game's On

Marlins and Rays are tied in the middle of the 4th inning. And you can put the sound back up on your TV again.

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THE-TROPHY-IS-OURS: Fish win 4-1.

Super Saturday Sickness

The Marlins go for the previously-misplaced Citrus Series trophy tonight. Making the task unbearable will be 15,000 high-pitched vuvuzelas, given out for free by the Marlins to help promote psychosis throughout the community. Historical stats for players swinging the bats while simultaneously holding their ears have never before been compiled by STATS, LLC.

Trying to pitch with bleeding ears will be Chris Volstad and Jeff Niemann.

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Citrus Series South

The Rays bring new white suits to Miami, hoping to thrash the tepid Marlins at Sun Life Sweat Lodge. Tampa Bay has a 23-10 record on the road, but have gone 2-4 in their last 6 road games.

But (ugh) the Marlins are also 2-4 in their last 6 home games, and are 1-3 in Friday home games so far this year.

Trying to help the Marlins 'regress to the mean' will be Nate Robinson, who scarily "has not beaten the Rays in seven career starts", though he was good in relief against them last Saturday. Matt Garza starts for the Flatter Fish.

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REGRESSION!: Fish win 7-4.

From One Swamp to Another

Cameron finally gets some playing time - but it'll be back down (or up, or north, or whatever) in New Orleans. Mike Lamb returns to pinch-hit. Hensley goes on the DL, and Scott Strickland takes his place. And Chris Leroux goes off the DL and over to AAA. (sun-sentinel)

UPDATE: And now it seems John Baker's been moved to the 60-day DL.

Sweep-Stoppin' Time

Texas wins four road games in a row but still has a 14-17 road record this year. The 2010 Marlins are now .500 at home.

One straw to grasp on is that Texas has lost 5 of its last 6 road series finales, although that one win was this past Sunday. The Fish have won 4 of their last 6 home series finales.

Dustin Nippert gets his first start of the year against the struggling Ricky Nolasco.

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ARGGH: Fish lose 6-4.

V-P Day

Celebrations are heard across the land as the Marlins designate Renyel Pinto for assignment.

Math on Our Side

The Fish have lost their last four Wednesday home games. But tonight for them will be Game Number 65, and the Marlins have won their last four games whose numbers ended in 5 (55, 45, 35 and 25). They are 9-3 this year in games that are multiples of 5. So there.

Tonight it's Anibal vs. Tommy Hunter.

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DAMN-WEDNESDAY: Fish lose 6-3.

Texas Rangers Come to Town

The Rangers haven't played in Miami Gardens since 2005. Hopefully Hanley will start smacking in some more runs. C.J. Wilson vs. Josh Johnson tonight.

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SMACKED: Matt Treanor wallops a two-run triple into center field to beat his former club 3-2.

Baker's Still In One Piece

The bottom of this article reports that John Baker doesn't need surgery but does need a month more of non-active layoff.

So while we're waiting here's part 1 and part 2 of an interview John did with the California Golden Blogs blog.

NL East Rests

Here's scores for the games tonight...

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Rubber Citrus Game

The Marlins are still going for the series win. "Red-hot" Jeff Niemann pitches against "hit hard" Chris Volstad.

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REBOUND: Fish win 6-1.

St. Pete Saturday

The Fish go for the series win. Nolasco vs. Garza tonight.

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UGH: Rays win 6-5.

Sour Citrus Series

The Marlins return to what is perennially the skankiest-looking artificial-turf rug in the majors (Maddon doesn't want Crawford playing on it). The Rays have the best record in baseball (39-21), but a not-quite-as-super 17-13 record at home. James Shields and Anibal Sanchez are tonight's starters. And as Craig reminded us last year, the Marlins are not the bad guys in this series.

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SWEETER: Fish win 14-9.

Thursday's Classic

Tonight - Josh vs. Roy. Possibly bad - Josh has a 3.52 ERA on the road this year. Possibly good - Roy will face Stanton this time around.

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POSSIBLY-GREAT: JJ and Leo do the shutout thing.

Sitting In The Fish Tank

Not since the Hanley Ramirez episode has the Internets lit up with Marlins talk like they are with the news that the Marlins new stadium will have aquariums in the backstop. Here's some now...

(Sarah Talalay)...(HardballTalk)...(FanHouse)...(BigLeagueStew)...(MarlinsHood)...(SlanchReport)...(MarlinsDieHards)

Day Shot

First, Baker's headed to Birmingham as his arm injury worsens.

And now tonight's Marlins-Phillies Johnson-Halladay rematch has been postponed due to inclement weather.

Here's tonight's scoreboards...

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THOT: Joe Frisaro thinks Sept. 6 is a good day for a doubleheader, but if MLB would rather not have a doubleheader, and if both the Marlins and Phillies would give up a day off, then there are a couple of days available on the schedules that could be seen as not particularly hard on either team. One date would be after that Sept. 6 series, on Sept. 9, where both teams have an off day before going on short road trips (Fish to D.C., Phils to N.Y.). An earlier date, though not attached to a Phillies series, would be August 9, where the Phils have a day off during a home stand, and the Marlins have a day off before a road trip starting just down the street, again at Washington. A similar situation occurs on June 21, with the Fish playing in Baltimore on the 22nd, although that date would be crappy given the wild travelling the Fish will do through the end of June - going to Baltimore for 3 games, back home for 3, flying out to Puerto Rico for 3 more, followed by a day off to go all the way out to L.A. on a West Coast swing.

SPECULATION-SCHMECKULATION: Joe Capozzi confirms the Sept. 6 doubleheader.

Fish 8 - Phils 7 in the Top of the 8th

Stanton's 2-for-4 and scored a run so far.

DOWNDATE: Clay and Taylor allow 3 runs to score in the bottom of the 8th.

END: Lidge load the bases with 2 out but Ronny pops up - Fish lose 10-8. Stsnton went 3-for-5 and scored 2 runs.

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No Game Today, Many Moves Today

Stanton, Boni, and the Hurk get called up, Carroll and Wood get sent down, and Lamb gets DFA.

Now , the scoreboards for Monday...

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Sweepless Afternoon?

Ricky Nolasco vs. Hisanori Takahashi today.

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NO!: Fish get swept out of the Citi.

More Mets Today

It's Niese vs. Nate.

EDIT: Fixed the scoreboards.

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FOOEY: Fish lose again.

The Future, Maybe

You may remember I did lists of "predictive streaks" of each NL team - points on each team's schedule where a win or loss historically foreshadows a winning or losing season for that team on each year of the streak. I checked for these streaks during the first two months of each season, and now that the first two months of this season are over, here's where the streaks are pointing...

First, for the NL East (here's the original article)...
---The Marlins won on April 10, didn't play on April 19, and won Game No. 37.
---The Nationals won on May 10, and lost Game No. 18.
---The Mets lost on May 19, and won Game No. 33.
---The Braves won both on May 10 and Game No. 2.
---The Phillies won on May 15, and lost Game No. 49.

Now the NL Central (original article)...
---The Cubs won on April 21 and Game No. 35, didn't play on May 3, and lost on May 6.
---The Reds have won both Games No. 47 and 38.
---The Astros lost Games No. 3, 43, and on May 4, and won on April 23, 25 and on May 21.
---The Brewers won on April 18, May 20 and Game No. 6. They lost on April 12 and 14.
---The Pirates won on April 7, but lost Game No. 47.
---The Cardinals won on April 29, May 21 and Game No. 15.

Finally the NL West (original article)
---The Diamondbacks lost both Game No. 33 and on May 8.
---The Dodgers lost on May 25 and April 23.
---The Giants won on April 7.
---The Padres lost both Games No. 48 and 24.
---The Rockies lost Game No. 2, won on May 12 and Game No. 47, and didn't play on May 24.

Fish In The Citi

The Mets' R. A. Dickey will float his knuckleball in front of Marlins hitters tonight. Anibal stars for the Fish. Both pitchers are on win streaks - Dickey has 2-in-a-row, Anibal has 4-in-a-row.

Florida, though, has only won 6 of Anibal's last 21 road starts, while the Mets won 17 of their last 22 home games (and 5 of their last 6). The Marlins haven't lost to the Mets since the first game of the year.

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Goin' For Series Win

It's been raining on or near the stadium all day. Maybe it'll let up by gametime. Chris Capuano is scheduled to start for the first time since 2007, and the Fish have Josh scheduled.

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REIGN: Marlins win 3-2, take 3 of 4 from the Brew Crew.

Game Three of Four

Gallardo and Volstad are to toe the rubber.

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FUDGE: Fish lose 7-4.

Putting the Fans in Yesterday's Seats

Since it's a Tuesday, and the Brewers are in town, ticket sales will probably be slow - but today it's possible that the Marlins will sell more tickets for last Saturday's game than for tonight's.

Indeed, Halladay's perfect outing against the Fish inspired not only ticket sales in parellel time dimensions, but also Jeffrey's decision to set up the home plate from that game as some sort of evil shrine in the new stadium - a decision that frankly rankles.

Tonight's mound will be stepped on by two pitchers (Dave Bush and Ricky Nolasco) trying to shake off slumps.

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Flat Brewers Slosh into Town

Milwaukee has a 21-29 record, but a 13-13 road record. The Marlins, who are 14-14 at home, are the best in the NL against lefties so far this year. Pitching today will be lefties Nate Robertson and Chris Narveson.

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VA-VOOM!: Marlins wait until the 6th inning to start scoring, win 13-5.

Stop The Insanity

The Fish try to halt the losses, with Anibal pitching against former Fish-fryerJamie Moyer.

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YAY: Anibal wins 1-0.

The Big Guns Come Out

Josh Johnson and Roy Halladay start this evening.

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JEESH: It took a perfect game to beat Josh, and Roy done did it.

Phils For Three

It's Volstad and Kendrick hurling tonight.

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More Moves

After last night's walkaround, the Marlins DFA Dan Meyer and bring up Jorge Sosa.

Rubber Thursday

Tim Hudson vs. Ricky Nolasco in the battle for the series.

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Moving Day

Renyel goes on the DL, Taylor comes back to the team, Bryan and Burke gets sent down to AAA, and Jay Buente and Mike Lamb are brought up. (MLB)

Will the Fish Win 3-in-a-Row?

Nate Robertson and Tommy Hanson will fling tonight.

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NO-ROW: Marlins lose 7-3.

Home With the Braves

Anibal and Kenshin toe the rubber tonight.

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So Many Things

The web today is full of stories that have at least some connection to the Marlins...

Lonely Hanley may have secured Fredi's future, says Steve Phillips.

Girardi remembers pre-superstar Hanley. (FanHouse)

Michael Jong compares last year's Uggla slump with this year's Coghlan slump. (MarlinManiac)

Former Fish Chris Resop is about ready to come back to the big leagues. (GainesvilleTimes)

And where is Fo-Fish Brian Daubach?...Coaching the Pittsfield Colonials. (MassLive.com)

The former meets the present - Rich Donnelly's connection to Anibal. (SunSentinel)

Future Fish Mike Stanton spends his long bus rides trying not to think of the future. (mlb)

The Marlins are working to make Matt Dominguez into a Future Fish. (PBPost)

Local firm ISS will do the fire safety system for the new stadium. (SecuritySystemsNews)

Day of Rest

10-10. That's the win-loss record the Marlins ended up with in their just-completed 20-games-in-20-days stretch. 11 of those games were out of town, played on that error-free grass so common at other stadiums. All sarcasm aside, so far this year the Marlins have made (by my count) 13 errors in the 23 away games they've played, and 23 errors in the 22 home games they've played. Hmmmm....

Anyway, no game today. Here's the other games for tonight...

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Save Us Josh

The Fish are in danger of being swept today. Josh Johnson and Freddy Garcia start.

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SAVED: Marlins win 13-0.

Don't Worry Be Happy

Jeffrey says everything's okay. And there's been no errors since Hanley's debacle. So let's see if a win can be pasted together out of all this joy. It's Volstad and Floyd on the mound today.

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Back to the Shelter

The Marlins return to their temporary home to face the White Sox. Mark Buehrle and Ricky Nolasco start the interleague madness.

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OUCH: Sox win 8-0.

Pieces of Info

Fellow countryman David Ortiz may have been the one to convince Hanley to apologize. (weei)

Itching to see a ball-and-bat game live in SoFla this weekend? See Sri Lanka vs. New Zealand, "the first International Cricket Committee teams to play on American soil". (ESPN)

A "chance meeting at a Florida department store" has revived Former-Fish Nate Bump's career. (csnphilly.com)

Similar to what happened to the Reds last night, The Zephyrs had a "nightmarish 8th inning". (minorleaguebaseball.com)

Grasshoppers pitcher Curtis Petersen will be honored by Wal-Mart at this Sunday's game in Greensboro. (minorleaguebaseball.com)

Sweep in the Busch?

Nate Robertson for the Fish, Adam Wainwright for the Cards.

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NOPE: Marlins lose 4-2.

Missouri Loves Company

The Fish are in St. Louis to do another version of a night-day doubleheader - if it all goes according to plan, they'll finish this series about 21 hours after it starts. Chilly showers are predicted for tonight and tomorrow, though.

Leroux went on the DL, and Wood returns.

Hanley's back in the lineup. And on the mound it's Anibal against the phenom Jaime Garcia.

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YES!: Anibal was a phenom in his own right, as the Fish win 5-1.

Anything Happen While I Was Gone?

I was on the road returning from a family event. When I got back I see that the Marlins lost on Monday (boo) but won on Tuesday (yay). By the way, here's Tuesday's scoreboards....

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And then I say, "What's all this stuff about Hanley?" Seems Mr. Ramirez and Mr. Gonzalez differed over how much energy Hanley should have expended while fielding a ball during Monday's second inning. The differences apparently continue, and everyone and his mother is commenting on the situation, with opinions that scour the spectrum. Here's links to some of the more interesting ones...

Craig...Michael Jong....Janie Campbell...City of Champs...First Place Fish...bk1015...Dave Hyde...Mark Teixeira...'Duk...Joe Posnanski...Jesse...Tom D'Angelo ...

LATEST-NEWS: ESPNdesportes reportes that Hanley's apologizing.

Snakes Will Play

Time for the spurt of two-game serii that happens every May. First it’s the Diamondbacks, who, with tonight’s game and tomorrow’s afternoon start, are scheduled be doing this whole series within a 24-hour span. Edwin Jackson and Chris Volstad mount the mound tonight.

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Afternoon Cleaning

The Marlins, in their longest winning streak of the year, will attempt today to complete a four-game sweep of the Mets. Jonathon Niese and Ricky Nolasco start.

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Return Move

Good thing I didn't mention that Bryan Peterson was sent down the other day, because he's already back with the major-league club, as John Baker is now on the DL.

Michael Jackson Revived

Well, maybe his spirit will be revived during the Super Saturday laser show after the game. And the 'Long Haul Bombers' will be playing softball before the game. So go to the game and grab your maracas. John Maine and Nate Robertson are the pitchers.

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Friday With the Mets

Ollie against Anibal tonight.

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Stuff Etc.

The Phillies get caught stealing signs with binoculars - Marlins are not surprised. (MiamiHerald)

Ballpark ia one-third finished, Marlins set up sales office. (MLB)

Brett Hayes has been called up, and Dougie Eye Chart was released. (PBPost)

Back Home...Eww, It's the Mets!

Josh and Johan are scheduled to start.

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WIN!!!: Johan gave up only 6 hits, but Josh gave up half that. Cody, who stole home a couple of days ago, grabs it again on a wild pitch to win the game 2-1.

Finally, A Day Game at Wrigley

Volstad against Silva today, I think. (I posted this last night).

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Fun Again?

The Marlins hope to follow up on last night's inspiring win. It's Nolasco and Wells on the mound.

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Struggle-Mania

The struggling Marlins are in Chicago to face the struggling Cubs. Struggling Nate Robinson and struggling Ted Lilly will start.

NOTE: Dan Meyer returns, replacing the struggling Hunter Jones. Let's wait and see if Dan struggles.

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Mother's Day Baseball

Another afternoon affair, this time starring Anibal and Livan.

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Early Saturday Game

Wake up - it's Josh Johnson vs. Matt Chico right now.

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(edited) WHEN YOU'RE HOT, YOU'RE HOT...RENYEL-HOP, YOU'RE NOT: Pinto may get to see more of his mother if he plunks in more winning runs for opposing teams - Fish lose 5-4.

D.C. For Three

You used to rely on the Nationals to give your team a break when your team has been thrashed by a bunch of other teams. But now the Nats have a better record than the Fish, so it could be that the pushovers of the past may be past.

The Lamb has been replaced by the Condor - immediate effect uncertain. Volstad and Stammen are on the mound tonight.

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Don't Fear The Sweeper

Fredi, probably feeling Jeffrey's hot breath down his neck, is sitting Maybin tonight and leading off with Coghlan, or switching one slumping player for another. Frisaro suggests bringing Boni back, if only to put more speed on the basepaths during the few times he's on the basepaths.

Meanwhile the Marlins sign the man who has been known at least since 2005 as 'Dougie Eye Chart' to a minor league deal, and Andrew still flailing away.

Matt Cain and Ricky Nolasco start tonight. Rain storms have been floating around the stadium this afternoon.

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SWEPT: Cain pitched a no-hitter until the sixth, but the Fish got 3 runs, which was 3 too short.

Cinco de Sorry

Another late post, and the Fish lose again 3-2. Here's the boards...

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Heat, Humidity, Giants Return

NOTES: Hensley's off the berevement list and Wood's off to AAA, John Raynor's a Marlin again, and Hanley's cars get trashed in Weston.

The Giants are in town -Lincecum's pitching in his 2nd start against the Fish, Anibal's starting for the first time against San Fran, and Hanley's ready.

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Calm Before the Deluge

The Marlins have today off before they go twenty games straight without a break, their longest scheduled uninterrupted stretch of this season. They start a three-gamer against the Giants tomorrow and, no matter how much the Herald's Clark Spencer tried to make them admit fear in facing Lincecum, Zito and Cain, Wes and Jorge would have none of it.

Four NL games on tap tonight - here's the scoreboards...

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Daytime Rubber Game

Josh Johnson vs. John Lannan today.

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Super Saturday Sadness

Our condolenses to Clay Helmsley on the death of his father, to Leo Nunez on the loss of his grandmother, and to Mike Kozak on the passing of his mother. (PBPost)

Hope we don't need Willy Chirino to perk our spirits up after the game, which is another way of saying I hope the Marlins win and beat off this 3-game losing funk that they're in.

It's Volstad against Stammen tonight.

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SMILIN': Fish win 7-1.