marlinmaniac.com - 7/2/2009
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I know I wasn’t able to get a Blogservations piece for the first two games of the series, but I figured I’ll put up some quick analysis for the series in general in this installment of Blogservations. If I miss out on a series game or two, expect a series recap Blogservations piece ...
Blogservations 06/26/09, Rays 7, Marlins 3
marlinmaniac.com 6/27/2009 — Late Blogservations today, I apologize. Let’s get right to this mess .
The bullpen, oh the bullpen…
In what was otherwise a tight matchup between two evenly matched starters, what broke the Marlins last night was the performance of their bullpen. Burke Badenhop allowed two hits ...
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, Marlins Save the Season against the Phillies
marlinmaniac.com 8/10/2009 — Coming off the crippling three-game sweep at the hands of the Washington Nationals, the Marlins really needed to win two out of three games to remain squarely in the hunt. I’m not a big believer of the “critical series,” but if there was ever a series that I would circle, given ...
And I Thought We Were Bad
losmarlins.blogspot.com 6/21/2009 — Here at Marlins Die-Hards, we have done a few things to highlight the fact that we don't believe that our team will keep it's best players. We have the Future Former Marlins series 1 . We also have the Marlins Trade Pool. But, as semi-serious as each of those is, it is still mainly a joke ...
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, ...
Are the Marlins True Contenders?
downswinging.com 7/6/2009 — The Florida Marlins started out this season as the MLB’s hottest team, starting the season on an 11-1 streak. Now the team has won 10 of its last 14 games (with the three of those four losses coming against what were the red-hot Tampa Bay Rays) and is just one game behind the Phillies in ...
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 ...
Blogservations, Marlins-Braves series
marlinmaniac.com 7/31/2009 — Culminating in tonight’s tough loss to the Braves, the Marlins wrap up an overall solid series, taking two of three from Atlanta and continuing their winning ways. There was a lot of drama and interesting stuff going on during the series, so there was plenty of ammunition for ...
Blogservations 06/20/09, Marlins 2, Yankees 1
marlinmaniac.com 6/21/2009 — Great win tonight by the Marlins over the Yankees . I couldn’t have asked for anicer way to head into Sunday, knowing that the pitching matchup, Chris Volstad versus C.C. Sabathia, is going to be heavily in favor of the Yankees. Let’s look at some things.
Josh Johnson was ...
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 ...
Florida 5, Nats 3 —
Nationals Journal 7/1/2009
When the Washington Nationals play the Florida Marlins, excruciating baseball -- the kind favored by the Nats no matter the opponent -- forms an unholy alliance with cursed baseball. And so you get losses that feel outlandish, even when you know ...
Reading Material —
Nationals Journal 7/2/2009
"One simply cannot make this stuff up," Amy Shipley writes from Florida, where the Nats lost yet again. Shipley also mentions the latest spate of Ryan Zimmerman errors -- three in two games, and it would have been four, if not for a postmortem scoring ...
