Nielsosky

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Close one between Giants and Indians

ahhhh, we'll he should have got the money. look at his stats this year, and if he keeps this up for the rest of his detroit stay, than we look more stupid. we should have resigned pudge with a contract like the one he has with detroit. its something like, if he gets injured and is put on the DL for a long time, the contract is terminated or something. 438292[/snapback] We'd love to be able to afford that kind of contract...but we can't

Congrats Admin!!!! I won't be able to watch it, I live in San Francisco...some one put it on the site Mention that none of it would've been possible without "Nielsosky" :lol "

It's very close...either way works :cool Penny has a better ERA though, and has been more consistent.

*sigh*

It could either be a hugegame, or it could knock the air out of the Marlins...I hate starting Oliver when our offense is struggling, so we'd better get some hits tonight.

There's no way we can keep Oliver in the rotation and send Willis to the bullpen. Wayne Rosenthal can work these things out...hopefully while keeping Willis' delivery the same. I think we should keep Willis in the rotation...he started the season 3-0.

We need to give Harris a chance. We're aren't doing great lately, no one can deny that, and he could be a surprise for us, he really could. He's done good so far this year, you gotta give him a chance.

Heh, tha'ts cool. I sued to live in Michigan, and I still like the Pistons.

Borowski has been sucking all year...any success last year was a flike IMO. And what's the point of emoticon-only posts??

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We need many people going to a few games here and there. Not a select few going to 40. I would if I lived maybe like 10 states closer to Florida...I live in San Francisco, but it's really a pity I can't support them by going to games very much...

In my mind, the single most disgraceful fan is the one that starts wearing his Marlins jersey when they win the World Series, and then decides to become a basketball fan instead when the Fish drop out of the division. I can't say I care for fans that become Marlins fans when the go to the playoffs. A true fan is any fan that has stuck with the Marlins through slumps and losing season. Lots of people can't make many games because of their schedule or residence, but they can still be a true fan. A true fan in my mind is some one that sticks with their team no matter what.

Here's something not hard to imagine: some one closing this soon. Plz plz plz

It should be interesting to see how Randy Johnson rebounds from his perfect game...I think we all remember the last time D-Train took on Big Unit. Freakin' awesome... Depending upon which Dontrelle shows up....this could be a fantastic game to see. If we can win against Johnson, man that'll be huge and could turn our season around.

We need Helling desperately to help our bullpen. He always seems to pitch well here. Although we can't expect as much as we got from him last season, he isn't going to be worse than Bump.

Looper would be nice, definitely, but I'm still not sure I'd want to trade Willingham for him .It boils down to: what's a bigger problem, our catcher or our bullpen?

hahahahahahahaha :lol : :lol : Can't stop laughing...

MLB: Marlins NFL: 49ers NHL: Sharks NBA: Golden State Warriors, Pistons NCAA: Michigan Wolverines

I don't see the point of this thread. What if we'd signed Barry instead of Vlad? Than: Pierre Castillo Lowell Bonds Cabrera Conine Redmond A-Gon

I can see...you are right about the pitching, although the bullpen isn't great, about Pierre, about the HR hitters, but there is some stuff to be excited about :thumbup

Call yourself a Marlins fan? What if we also had Tony Pena and Joe Torre: we'd have the best managerd team!

It should be interesting to see how Randy Johnson rebounds from his perfect game...I think we all remember the last time D-Train took on Big Unit. Freakin' awesome...

there is very little to be excited about right now.... Little to be excited about? W're only 1/2 game back in the division. In 98 you'd have given anything to be 1/2 game back, at this time last year you'd have given anything to be 1/2 back. Just because we won the WS doesn't mean you have to get like a Yankees fan and claim we suck is we aren't 5 games up in the division!