passion4baseball.blogspot.com - 7/4/2009
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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 ...
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 ...
Fish Bites
marlinmaniac.com 7/16/2009 — Quick Bites links before I start working on a real article. Haven’t done that in a while.
- First off, here’s what might be the most important series of the season so far, a four-game set with the Phillies starting tonight . The Marlins will send Chris Volstad to the mound to ...
Check out the Marlins’ new digs
scoresreport.com 8/6/2009 —
Earlier this year, the Miami-Dade County Commission approved construction of the Marlins’ new ballpark , which just recently began construction. The ballpark will be located in the downtown area of “Little Havana,” on the site of the former Miami Orange Bowl.
It’s ...
Marlins Win Series in L.A.
miamisportsgeneration.com 7/27/2009 — The Florida Marlins finished off their series win against the Los Angeles Dodgers in impressive fashion - holding off the best team in the Majors in an 8-6 victory. The Dodgers made a push in the 6th inning and almost completed a comeback in the 9th, but the Marlins didn't let the lead slip. ...
The Marlins are ROBBING Miami
slanchreport.com 7/9/2009 — After years of wrangling the tax-payers, the Florida Marlins are now set to break ground on their new stadium in Little Havana, the project originally estimated to be around $1.8-2 billion has now seen cost estimates soar to approximately $2.4 billion. That seems like a lot.
Fortunately, ...
Marlins Take on A.L. East
miamisportsgeneration.com 6/12/2009 — Since the inception of inter-league play in 1997, the Florida Marlins have compiled a National League best 111-93 record. Out of those 204 games, 67 percent of them have come against the American League East. The N.L. East and A.L. East faced each other every year until 2002 when the ...
Marlins Trade Candidates
tylersarticles.blogspot.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 playoff ...
A not-so-modest trade proposal for the Marlins
marlinmaniac.com 7/27/2009 — Before we go into trades, make sure you don’t trade the Maniac away for any other blog subscription. Please subscribe to Marlin Maniac for your Marlins maniacal needs.
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The first part of a resposne on FishStripes became an idea for a post I’ve been brewing up in my head ...
Trade Analysis: Nick Johnson to the Marlins
marlinmaniac.com 8/2/2009 — As reported earlier by many sources, the Marlins have acquired Nick Johnson from the Washington Nationals for Double-A lefty Aaron Thompson. With our awesome projection analysis powers and the Trade Value Calculator, we can analyze the dollar worth of this trade. But I’ll go a step beyond ...
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: ...
Rangers 3, Rays 1 —
NYT > Baseball 7/4/2009
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) -- Tommy Hunter earned his first career victory on his 23rd birthday, Hank Blalock homered and the Texas Rangers won their third in a row, beating the Tampa Bay Rays 3-1 Friday night.
Pirates 7, Marlins 4 —
NYT > Baseball 7/4/2009
MIAMI (AP) -- Brandon Moss and Ramon Vazquez homered and Charlie Morton pitched six shutout innings to help the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Florida Marlins 7-4 on Friday night.