Matt Chico vs Scott Olsen...Nationals vs Marlins...Spring Opener Preview.
Federal Baseball —
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
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
FishStripes —
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. ...
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