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Loria might as well name himself GM....signing Dobbs, hiring Tino, picking which players moving up from AAA. He is Jerry Jones without actually spending money.

Solano has been hot at the plate...but his glove has cost as much.

He has played a hell of a lot better defense than Solano....he's made 2 or 3 stops that Solano would not have made...and NO ERRORS (as of the 8th inning). Plus he went DEEP. Not sayin...just sayin!

Kind of fitting, considering Loria thinks he's George Steinbrenner, except he won't actually spend to win. Yup, signing Delgado in '05 (4 years/52 mill) was a fiction and he didn't actually spend 100 mill last year alone after signing Reyes (6 years/106 mill,) Buehrle (4 years/58 mill) and Bell (3 years/27 mill.) He never did those things. And he never signed Ramirez (6 years/70 mill) or JJ (4 years/39 mill) or Nolasco (3 years, 26.5 mill,) or Buck (3 years/18 mill.) One can argue that various contracts were bad deals or bad ideas, but one cannot argue that 40% of a billion dollars in long-term contracts never were offered and signed. Unless, of course, your sole object is to propagate Loria-hatred via idiotic, false statements. And what percentage of those "commitments" did Loria & Co acutally pay out? Many of those deals (Delgado, Reyes, Buehrle, Ramirez) were heavily backloaded...so their new teams paid out the overwhelming majority of the dollars. Other than Ricky Nolaosco...not a single one of those players has made to the final year of their contract as a Marlin. Don't get me wrong, I get...for the most part...why Loria does what he does. But I don't have to like it...and 95% of the fan base agrees with me.

Oh..and Ruggiano gets traded too

My friend and I were discussing this at Monday's game....the line up on the field today will look nothing like the line up post-trade deadline. Here's what we were thinking.....assuming no injuries. 1B- Lomo 2B- Dietrich SS- Hech 3B- Cox RF- Stanton CF- Yelich LF- Marisnick C- Brantley This assumes Polanco and JP get traded and players like Solano and Dobbs return to bench roles. Also assume that Ricky Nolasco gets traded. Thoughts?

Positives for tonight: Coghlan got 2 hits...and they were both solid 3 runs scored The loaded nachos were spectacular My friend and I scalped tix right behind home plate for $5 each

Polanco is the only one who is hitting!

They overspent last year....then over-corrected this year. If they had put a $70-80 million payroll on the field this year (perhaps by keeping Buerhle and Reyes)....nobody would be complaining about Loria being "cheap"...and I think attendance would be much more respectable. I know for fact that I would have kept my three 20 game plans if nothing else. As for tv ratings...they are going to suck every night against the Heat during what is going to be a historic title rurn for them. No shame in that. Does anyone have a comparison between Heat and non-Heat nights? Also....I can tell you from living near DC for awhile...the Nats used to get TV ratings measured in decimal points (>1.0) only....so the fact that the Marlins are getting 1.4 ratings is not historically bad, all things considered. One of the Marlins other "revenue problems"...they counted on selling naming rights to the ballpark for $10 million a year...plus other sponsorships that did not materialize (If I recall, they only sold 2 of 4 "quadrant" sponsorships). Perhaps major sponsors were smart not to trust this ownership group. My guess is Loria will sell once the sales penalties owed to the county are over....in 2015,

report will be about 14k reality...maybe 8k NAILED IT!

report will be about 14k reality...maybe 8k

I question letting a no-pop Hech hit with 2 on and 2 out in the 9th when you have a power hitter (Miguel Olivo) available on the bench. That was about the only fault I could see with Redmond. Otherwise, this team can't hit. Glad to see Slowey doing well though...I liked him when he was a Twin. I'm sure Olivo would've struck out on 3 pitches. I'm so happy he didn't get a chance to hit. Hopefully he never hits again. Or plays again. He sucks so much, and only makes this team less likable. The Marlins should've at least brought in players who didn't suck their first time here. Like Juan Pierre. He sucks now, but at least he was here in 2003 so fun memories. Hech struck out and looked completely overmatched by Kimbrel. Olivo probably would have struck out too...but there would have at least been the hope/chance that he could run into a pitch and hit it out. I thought the reason they brought up Skipworth was to be able to use Olivo as a bat off the bench.....if not 2 outs/2 on/down 2-0 in the 9th...when else are you going to use him?

I question letting a no-pop Hech hit with 2 on and 2 out in the 9th when you have a power hitter (Miguel Olivo) available on the bench. That was about the only fault I could see with Redmond. Otherwise, this team can't hit. Glad to see Slowey doing well though...I liked him when he was a Twin.

Granted this team is not going to win a ton of games....but the starting pitching, so far, has been good enough to win just about every game...and there was enough offense to hand the bullpen leads all three games against the Mets.....so what can be done about the 'pen? Closer needs to close games he gets and not allow those baserunners. Middle relievers cannot keep giving up long balls.

announced: 34,500 or so real: 22,000