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Haha pretty good.

this was so easy a caveman could do it...sorry had to.

myspace marlinsbaseball.com facebook various porn sites sunsentinel herald espn Finally an honest man and it falls 6th on mine.

welcome aboard. always glad to see a new member. Smart move with your fist post. My first post was about Neil Rogers. The people here didn't take to well to it, and like half of them still hate me to this day. Nobody likes the Chicken Man. He's right I don't...welcome aboard.

On a national stage he's thought of exactly where he should be but in terms of the local audience and Marlin fans he's overrated.

Jorge Julio have hard time today game getting three out he our closer for marlins when we need three out to win a game can he do job I'd be more worried about my grammar skills if I were you. Damn lay off the guy, it's a post not an English Essay...you people sometimes, and you complained two days ago about people taking this site too serious.

Is it a certainly (or should it be) that Amezaga makes the roster? I don't see why he wouldn't.

JUPITER, Fla. -- Marlins manager Fredi Gonzalez spent four years as Atlanta's third base coach watching Bobby Cox spit tobacco juice and squawk at umpires, so it's only fitting that he calls his former boss now and then to talk shop. Cox and Gonzalez, good friends and now National League East competitors, recently spoke after the Marlins lost starter Josh Johnson for at least two months with an elbow injury. If Gonzalez expected sympathy, he came to the wrong skipper. "Hey, read the paper,'' said Cox, who had just lost Mike Hampton to a strained oblique muscle. "Everybody is going through it. You just have to persevere and try to keep your team upbeat.'' Gonzalez, 43, gets his first shot to run a big league team as Joe Girardi's successor in Florida, and he comes with rave reviews. He's a personable guy with infectious energy and a passion for baseball, and it doesn't hurt that he's bilingual. As for his patience, check back around Memorial Day. A year ago this time, most national baseball authorities predicted Florida's loss total would surpass Charles Barkley's golf score from the black tees. But Girardi, with his focused, regimented, borderline militaristic mind-set, coaxed the absolute most from a young club. The Marlins went 78-84 and finished a game behind the third-place Braves in the NL East. The feel-good story line unraveled when Girardi's personality conflict with owner Jeffrey Loria got him run out of Miami. Now he's working for the YES Network, and we can look forward to seeing him mentioned as a candidate for at least a half-dozen jobs between now and Thanksgiving. Meanwhile, baseball is watching to see if Gonzalez has the same magic touch with young players. Can Dan Uggla, the Little Rule 5 Draft Pick That Could, come close to replicating his 27-homer binge? Can Josh Willingham and Mike Jacobs be consistently productive power hitters even as opponents study the scouting reports and try to exploit their weaknesses? And what about all those kid pitchers? "It's tough enough to worry about one guy going through the sophomore slump,'' said a scout in the Grapefruit League. "They have to worry about eight.'' Another scout said he doesn't see the Marlins playing with the same sense of urgency this year, which seems a tad alarmist given that it's still spring training. But unlike last March, when everyone was competing for a job and that extravagant major league minimum salary, the Florida youngsters have reason to feel relatively secure. Some are even collecting a bona fide paycheck. Dontrelle Willis, the Marlins' franchise leader with 58 career victories, signed a $6.45 million contract in January, and third baseman Miguel Cabrera will make $7.4 million after beating the club in salary arbitration. If there's a sure thing in the Florida lineup, it's Cabrera, who ranked second to Pittsburgh's Freddy Sanchez in batting at .339 and second to the Cardinals' Albert Pujols with a .431 on-base percentage. While you can nitpick about Cabrera's weight issues and perceived willingness to coast on his ability, he's an absolute monster player. Some of his teammates even regard him as a sort of hitting oracle, with transcendent powers of observation. "I told my people back home what a privilege it is to play with someone of his caliber,'' Marlins outfielder Cody Ross said. "It's hard for me to believe that I'm 26 and he's 23. He'll sit there and talk about hitting with somebody else and I'll just listen because he has so much knowledge.'' Several Marlins recalled a recent Grapefruit League game with Baltimore in which Cabrera whiffed on a Daniel Cabrera slider in his first at-bat. He returned to the dugout and proclaimed that he would hit the same pitch over the fence in his next plate appearance. So naturally, Miguel Cabrera jumped on a first-pitch slider, drove it over the fence and nearly broke the window outside general manager Admin Beinfest's office. He returned to the dugout with a sly smile, showing without a doubt that he's one precocious son of a gun. Florida infielder Aaron Boone, who signed a $925,000 deal in December, has quickly learned what all the fuss is about with Cabrera. "Miggy can step in the cage and it's real easy, effortless and strong, just like when Manny Ramirez gets in there,'' Boone said. "They step in that box, and it's like they're a genius in that box.'' Cabrera isn't the only Marlin lugging around "superstar'' expectations. Shortstop Hanley Ramirez, considered a talented problem child after a couple of spats in Boston's minor league system, quickly blossomed after coming over to Florida in the Josh Beckett trade. Ramirez scored 119 runs, stole 51 bases and overtook Uggla and Washington's Ryan Zimmerman in September to win the Rookie of the Year award. The 2007 Marlins Projected Lineup Hanley Ramirez, SS Dan Uggla, 2B Miguel Cabrera, 3B Josh Willingham, LF Mike Jacobs, 1B Jeremy Hermida, RF Miguel Olivo, C Alex Sanchez, CF Projected Rotation Dontrelle Willis, LHP Scott Olsen, LHP Anibal Sanchez, RHP Ricky Nolasco, RHP Sergio Mitre, RHP Projected Closer Matt Lindstrom, RHP Ramirez possesses a speed-power package in the Jose Reyes-Jimmy Rollins mold. In one game this spring, he legged out a triple and made a mad dash from first base to third on an errant throw. Last week against the Mets, he drove an Ambiorix Burgos pitch 400-plus feet over the center field fence. Gonzalez calls Ramirez "Nino,'' because of his childlike energy. Like many Latin players, Ramirez needed time to adjust because of the language barrier. This spring, he's clowning around more in the clubhouse and acting more relaxed around reporters covering the team. "In the little time I've spent with Hanley, he has emerged as a leader,'' Gonzalez said. "Call it maturity or whatever you want. He has been a joy to be around.'' If the Marlins plan to improve upon their 758 runs from last season, they could use a comeback year from erstwhile golden boy Jeremy Hermida, who appeared in only 99 games last season because of injuries and hit a soft .251. Hermida arrived in camp knowing the Marlins wanted him to show something, and he proceeded to hit .057 (2-for-35) in his first 12 Grapefruit League games. He hasn't even hit the ball with authority in batting practice. Ask talent evaluators in Florida what's wrong with Hermida, and you'll get more questions than answers. Is he hurt? Why can't he get the ball in the air? Is he expanding his strike zone in an effort to be more aggressive and exacerbating his problems? And is he in such a mental funk that he won't be able to dig himself out of it? "The guy makes me scratch my head,'' said an American League scout in Florida. "Sometimes it looks as if he doesn't want to be out there. The Marlins wouldn't admit it publicly, but I know they're worried.'' Hermida isn't the only cause for concern in Jupiter. Unless the Marlins trade for a proven closer, they'll probably go with rookie Matt Lindstrom. Eric Reed and Alex Sanchez are competing for the starting job in center field. And Boone, the fourth-highest-paid player on the team behind Cabrera, Willis and catcher Miguel Olivo, has shown a discomforting lack of bat speed in Florida. While Gonzalez is diplomatic, rest assured that he has a handle on all potential trouble spots. Before spring training began, Gonzalez served on a jury in Atlanta. A reporter from the Palm Beach Post asked him if he ever dozed off during deliberations. "I never dozed off, but I can't lie to you,'' Gonzalez said. "I did make some lineups in my head every once in a while.'' Gonzalez learned from one of the best in Cox, and now he's ready to put those lessons to use. Beginning Opening Day, he's the one being judged. Jerry Crasnick covers baseball for ESPN Insider. His book "License To Deal" has been published by Rodale. Click here to order a copy. Jerry can be reached via e-mail. Espn.com

I smell a World Title

Worst news of the offseason for the Fish. Best of luck to Perry and his family.

Why don't we just clone Eric Reed 24 times then we'll have a roster.

You forgot the best part of the deal.....Gaby Hernandez Just because you have 4,000 posts doesn't mean you know everything about baseball Mr. 4000 Post Man. I literally spit all over my screen laughing :notworthy :notworthy

Why have him kick in for a new stadium? You guys should try to get him to buy your team. I just keep picturing that scene in Major League 2 where Roger Dorn says he activated himself.

HE GETS AN A++++++++ FOR HEART!!!!!!!!

I'm pretty sure it's Phish

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1. Woody (although i hope Cody makes it cuz i still have some Cody Ross is my Homeboy shirts to unload.) 2. Joe-B 3. Owens to start the season at least

Some of you place far too much stock on spring training stats. I find them to be rather useless. Having said that, I still want Borchard/Amezaga/Ross out there. Where's Eric Reed? He's hit over .300 everywhere except the major leagues! Fixed. What a pointless thread when we have 30959348956 others on it. :lol :lol

I am planning on going on a road trip with my father to the Pittsburgh and Washington series in May and I was wondering if anyone knew what hotels the Marlins stay at each city? Thanks in advance everyone.

LOL. From this point forward I'm going to ask that everyone who reads my posts sends me a chocolate chip cookie. We're about equally as likely to get what we want.

Think you don't like it when religious folks come knocking on your door? Try having door after door slammed in your face. That's the reception Matt Lindstrom often got after he put his baseball career on hold to serve as a Mormon missionary in Sweden. "It can be very nerve-wracking,'' said Lindstrom, who turned down a $750,000 offer from the Texas Rangers to spend three years spreading the teachings of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1999-2001. "Those were humbling times,'' said Lindstrom, who was traded from the Mets to the Marlins in November. Turns out, the experience might have been just the preparation the hard-throwing right-hander needed to finish games in the ninth inning if he wins the Marlins' closer job. I don't see how learning to deal with rejection and what is like to get doors slammed in your face is good preparation for closing games. If I'm looking to see if the guy has the right closer mentality I don't like to read things like this - At 6-feet-4, 220 pounds, Lindstrom has the physique of a closer, but he admits that a closer's intimidating persona clashes with his religious background. Matt "Mr. Nice Guy" Lindstrom? Still, I am a bit more optimistic about Lindstrom than I was when the Marlins first acquired him. From the Mets scouting reports I read at the time, it sounded like his fastball, while it has great velocity, was as straight as an arrow. Reports I have read recently indicate he is working on improving his two-seam fastball and his slider. I don't know if he is ideal to be our closer, but I am definitely interested to see what he can do this spring. He's used to seeing door closed in his face so he's due to close some door in other teams faces. :whistle

I put it in the 'Meh" category because I don't like it as most fans wouldn't but I know it happens in baseball so I really can't complain because god knows who's calling players on our team.

March 11 SUN NYM @ FLA 1:10pm CW 11 (NY) March 25 SUN BOS @ FLA 1:05pm NESN (New England) March 30 FRI NYM @ FLA 1:10pm SNY (NY and cable) thats it so far... gracias i'll get to see a couple of those.

Nice to see JJ throwing again hopefully nothing goes bad thursday.

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