marlinmaniac.com - 6/24/2009
—
I was more than happy to see the Marlins take the win over the Orioles tonight, but let’s face it, wins like these are so gutwrenching and agonizing that it makes me sick just reminscing about it. Nevertheless, a win’s a win, and the Marlins pull into .500 with some self-inflicted ...
Marlins Midseason Review: Can’t score if you’re not on base
marlinmaniac.com 7/5/2009 — I wanted to do this on the exact half-way point, but I missed out on that Friday, so I’ll start the inaugural Marlins Midseason Review today, after the 82nd game. Let’s start with the Marlins overview and offensive outlook.
Florida Marlins:
Record: 42-40
Run Scored-Allowed: ...
Blogservations 06/25/09, Marlins 11, Orioles 3
marlinmaniac.com 6/26/2009 — This will be a quick Blogservations, as I was not able to watch much of this shellacking of a game that the Marlins slapped on the Orioles. The Fish come out with a three game sweep and head to Tampa Bay looking to avenge the ugly affair that was a three-game sweep of the Marlins at Land Shark ...
Blogservations 06/24/09, Marlins 5, Orioles 2
marlinmaniac.com 6/25/2009 — Great win tonight by the Marlins over the Orioles . Every aspect of the game went our way and we were witness to a nice, smooth, non-one-run victory, something that seems a long time coming. Let’s take a look at what I saw.
Ricky Nolasco was dealing 2008-style.
Seems like it’s ...
Blogservations 06/28/09, Rays 5, Marlins 2
marlinmaniac.com 6/28/2009 — A dissapointing end to a Rays sweep of the Marlins at the Trop. Still, other than today’s game, you can make the argument that the Marlins matched toe-to-toe with the team with the best run differential in the American League, so you can’t be too disappointed with the way the team ...
Marlins Trade Candidates
mvn.com 6/5/2009 —
The Florida Marlins have come back down to earth a bit after a strong first month. Florida is now 7.5 games back in the National League East, boasting a 26-29 record and -27 run differential through Thursday. Although it's still early, playing in such a deep division won't make a ...
Marlins Midseason Review: The “U” in UZR stands for “Ugly”
marlinmaniac.com 7/9/2009 — See the first part here. Today we’re moving on to the newest and latest of analytic crazes, defense. With the advent and improvement of such statistics as UZR by Mitchel Lichtman, Total Zone Rating by Sean Smith, and +/- by John Dewan, defense has come into the spotlight as what many are ...
Best Marlins players ever?
marlinmaniac.com 7/4/2009 — I just found this recently, but a couple months back Sky Kalkman of BtB put up a fun list exercise involving finding your team’s best position players of all time . Here are the directions:
1. Jot down 25 or so names that you think might be in the top 10. Don’t skimp on slick ...
Around the Division interview with That Balls Outta Here
marlinmaniac.com 6/30/2009 — I did an interview today with Brant Houghton of FanSided’s Phillies blog, That Balls Outta Here , talking about the Marlins, their chances at the division, and what went right and wrong about this season’s fast start and slow May. Make sure you check out Brant’s blog, ...
Florida Marlins: Back to to the breakeven point
blogs.sun-sentinel.com 6/24/2009 — Not the way the Marlins drew it up, but Tuesday they won for the seventh time in 10 games and are back at .500 (36-36) for the first time since May 13. Nice little rebound job -- both Tuesday and over the last month -- as the Marlins as recently as ...
Florida Baseball
passion4baseball.blogspot.com 7/4/2009 — In two weeks of watching Florida baseball, there is much to be excited about when it comes to baseball down here. The Marlins and the Bay Rays are both exciting young teams. The Bay Rays are probably more talented from top to bottom in their lineup and bench, but the Marlins seem to have better ...
Marlins 7, Orioles 6 —
NYT > Baseball 6/24/2009
MIAMI (AP) -- Jorge Cantu singled home Emilio Bonifacio with no outs in the 12th inning Tuesday night to give the Florida Marlins a 7-6 victory over Baltimore that snapped the Orioles' five-game winning streak.
![Derek Jeter: Sportsman of the Year [Rumor Monger]](http://images.dailyradar.com/media/uploads/ballhype/story_preview/2009/11/27/derek_jeter_sportsman_of_the_year_rumor_monger.jpg)
