Oh Charlie, make that knuckler dance! That Carr can move pretty fast; steals bases and balls in the gap. Mister Marlin, get that hit; get that MVP! Shef with a bomb over the Teal Monster! Speaking of that, where’d those teal helmets go?   Leiter gets a no-hitter!   CJ gets a Gold Glove! Oh we got Leyland! We got Leyland! Spending spreeeeee!   Kevin Brown with a no-hitter!   Livan a dream! Renteria with a liner off Nagy’s … [Read more...]

It's easy to write the Miami Marlins off and most media outlets are doing just that.   The team traded off a good portion of the roster and looks vastly different than it did one year ago on Opening Day.  It's gotten younger, and it's gotten cheaper but the truth it -- it's also gotten better.   That's going to be something you don't read or hear much right now however.   What you will see are projections for 100 loss seasons, last place finishes, and maybe even some comparisons to the 1962 … [Read more...]

Ah, what a difference a year makes.  It seems so long ago that the excitement of a new ballpark, a new roster flush with talent and an exciting new manager was the talk of baseball.  In the spring of 2012, Marlins fans had added a new word to their vocabulary, optimism.  After all, the normally frugal Marlins had gone on a free agent blitz, making moves to sign big name free agents, and falling just short on others.  Fast forward a year and that optimism that surrounded the franchise is now … [Read more...]