Maybin showcases skills early

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Matt Chico vs Scott Olsen...Nationals vs Marlins...Spring Opener Preview.
Published 2/26/2008 by e chigliak <info@federalbaseball.com> at Federal Baseball: Front Page Posts
An AP story out of Jupiter, Florida at the examiner.com entitled, "Scott Olsen to start Marlins' spring opener Wednesday against Nationals", has the Marlins starting twenty-four year old lefty Scott Olsen in the Spring Opener against the Washington Nationals, who will start Matt Chico, their own twenty-four year old left-hander, in each team's first game of 2008 at the Marlins' Spring home Roger Dean Stadium tomorrow night at 7:05 pm EST. Matt Chico's rookie campaign saw the D-Backs' 2003 3rd Round draft pick, (who was acquired by the Nationals along with pitcher Garrett Mock in return for Livan Hernandez in 2006), go (7-9) with 94 K's and a 4.63 ERA in 31 starts, (10 more starts than any other ...

Maybin Impresses
Published 2/26/2008 by photi at Fish Chunks
'"The main thing is the athleticism and the bat speed," hitting coach Jim Presley said when asked what jumped out at him about Maybin. "He's a baseball player. He really is. I don't get too excited about intrasquad games, but those were two balls that were hit pretty good."' (MLB)

Game Today
Published 2/26/2008 by craig <info@fishstripes.com> at FishStripes: Front Page Posts
The Marlins open up the exhibition season with their traditional game against the University of Miami in Jupiter. The Marlins pitching rotation is as follows: Bobby Keppel, Chris Seddon, Eulogio De La Cruz, Jesus Delgado, Taylor Tankersley and Lee Gardner. The Hurricanes pitcher(s) have yet to be announced. Game time is 3:05 p.m. If you would like to hear the game it will be on 90.5 FM.  Should you not live in South Florida, you can listen to the live streaming audio here:  WVUM. The expected starting lineup for the Fish will be the usual cast of characters. ...