August 3, 200422 yr We will see a rejuvenated team. With Lo Duca hitting 3rd, we will see an offense with more punch and a greater ability to advance the runners. Enc is also no slouch on offense - he can get hot. Encarnacion is ready to play and perform. He is rejuventated as well. The bullpen will be gnastier. Mota has the tools and will get it done. When Benitez comes back, we get downright frightening. Koch performs much better with less pressure. We see more dominant performances from our starters. Beckett and Burnett are bulldogs. They are brash and dont give in to anyone. Lo Duca will boost their confidence with his credentials and will keep them under control. As a whole, the starters get better knowing that they have an All-star to throw to and get more comfortable with him out there. Valdez does his best Pavano imitations. Pavano continues to make an argument for our staff ace. Willis becomes more consistent. Conine goes on a home run hitting rampage. Stays hot. We start winning.
August 3, 200422 yr I hope you're right--this team's back is against the wall right now. Just a couple more losses while the Braves are hot could finish us off. But I do think they'll get something started here with the new guys around, especially Lo Duca.
August 3, 200422 yr I'm not concerned with how each individual player performs, I just want to win the division. :whistle
August 3, 200422 yr LETS DO IT!!! The stretch run starts today, the team needs to come through with clutch hitting and the pitchers need to go out and do there parts. BRAVES WE ARE COMING FOR YOU!!!!!!!!!!
August 3, 200422 yr ITS ON!!! WE'RE DOING THIS s***!! IT STARTS TONIGHT!! :mad : :mad : sorry, im kinda pumped, its been 2 days since we've played a game (not counting sunday) and theres so much on the line.
August 3, 200422 yr This is just what this team needs, for sports anaylsts to count them out. We want to be the underdogs as of right now i think that we are beacuse of the braves. Lets go underdogs ..Hough! hough! hough!
August 3, 200422 yr Author Even early in the season, in a casual conversation before the Marlins faced the Dodgers at Pro Player Stadium, A.J. Burnett made his pitch. "He came up to me and said: 'I love the way you play, and I wish we had you here,'" Lo Duca recalls of the pregame discussion. "That's the best compliment -- when you get it from the guys you play with, your peers. You take that kind of stuff to heart." Some proof that the Marlins starters - especially Burnett (and Beckett) - will perform better as they will be more confident about their battery mate.
August 3, 200422 yr Author They do - but Red cant play everyday. And he wont have to now. And neither will Lo Duca - which will keep him fresh.
August 3, 200422 yr I'd take 16-10, as long as those 10 losses are to GOOD teams, not basement dwellers
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