Here is a link to the pictures of the new Marlins proposed ballpark..... http://www.marlinsnewballpark.com/renderings.php
Here is the 2009 Florida Marlins Spring Training schedule February Wednesday, February 25 @ Cardinals 1:05 PM Thursday, February 26 @ Mets 1:10 PM Friday, February 27 vs Orioles 1:05 PM WAXY 790 Saturday, February 28 @ Orioles 1:05 PM WAQI 710 (Sp.) March Sunday, March 1 vs Cardinals 1:05 PM WAQI 710 (Sp.) Tuesday, March 3 vs Dominican Republic 1:05 PM WAXY 790 Wednesday, March 4 vs Italy 1:05 PM Thursday, March 5 @ Orioles 1:05 PM Friday, March 6 @ Red Sox 1:05 PM WAXY 790 Saturday, March 7 vs Orioles 1:05 PM WAXY 790, WAQI 710 (Sp.) Sunday, March 8 @ Cardinals 1:05 PM WAXY 790, WAQI 710 (Sp.) Monday, March 9 vs Tigers 7:05 PM Wednesday, March 11 vs Cardinals 1:05 PM WAXY 790 Thursday, March 12 @ Mets 7:10 PM Friday, March 13 vs Braves 1:05 PM Saturday, March 14 @ Twins 1:05 PM FS-F WAQI 710 (Sp.) Sunday, March 15 vs Mets 1:05 PM WAXY 790, WAQI 710 (Sp.) Monday, March 16 vs Nationals 1:05 PM Wednesday, March 18 @ Nationals 7:05 PM Thursday, March 19 vs Phillies 1:05 PM WAXY 790 Friday, March 20 @ Braves 1:05 PM Saturday, March 21 vs Red Sox 1:05 PM WAXY 790, WAQI 710 (Sp.) Sunday, March 22 @ Tigers 1:05 PM WAXY 790, WAQI 710 (Sp.) Monday, March 23 @ Astros 1:05 PM FS-F Tuesday, March 24 vs Twins 1:05 PM WAXY 790 Thursday, March 26 @ Orioles 1:05 PM Friday, March 27 vs Orioles 1:05 PM Saturday, March 28 @ Mets 1:10 PM WAXY 790, WAQI 710 (Sp.) Sunday, March 29 vs Nationals 1:05 PM WAXY 790, WAQI 710 (Sp.) Monday, March 30 @ Cardinals 1:05 PM Tuesday, March 31 vs Mets 7:05 PM
Florida Marlins Organization players at the WBC Canada # 52-Christopher Leroux Dominican Republic # 2-Hanley Ramirez Mexico # 3-Jorge Cantu # 4-Alfredo Amezaga Netherlands # 56-Rick VandenHurk United States # 29-Matt Lindstrom
Maybe we'll make the playoffs since someone besides me started the thread. And I still say getting in and out of that ballpark is going to be a pain in the ***. Have we heard anything about a lease extension for playing in Dolphin Stadium for another year or two?
Desi, it won't happen, so this stadium issue now, is do or die. There is a poison pill in the U of Miami contract that calls for the Marlins to be out, or the U recieves all of the Marlins revenue that would be for the stadium for that season. No way Dolphin Stadium Management is going to let the Marlins play there without the stadium recieving a penny. Unfortunately Oakland lost its bid the other day to build a new place, and now the ugly "c" word is back in play (that word would be contraction).
i love this team! i hope we surprise people again....just wish i could afford mlb extra innings its gunna be completley depressing not being able to see my boys play nightly
Did not know that. That's a major problem. If the Marlins wind up playing in that run-down minor league stadium... what an embarrassment for MLB. Then again, Bud Selig doesn't give a damn about baseball in Florida.
I think mlb.com offers an extra innings type package on their website that is very cheap (I think it's under 50 bucks, maybe even 20 bucks) compared to the $180 bucks of so the extra innings package costs. I'd check that out.
This problem should have been solved by Selig years ago, but I think you hit on a major theme here. The Brewers play Spring ball where ? In AZ, and have always done so. Bud Selig used to own which team ? The Brewers. Where does Selig have his 2nd home ? AZ...... Guess what team got a special loan from MLB to complete and make sure their stadium was built from day one ? I wonder.....could that be the AZ D'backs ? If Selig wanted to he could have bridged that $ 30 million shortfall in 2005 between the City of Miami and the Marlins and gotten the stadium done at that time, but he wouldn't do it, even though he had committed $ 60 million in loans to Colangelo the then owner of the D'Backs for their stadium. It took until the Spring of 2008 for Selig to send Bob DuPuy his 2nd in command down here to help with the negotiations for the stadium project. Selig also allowed the whole John Henry fiasco, and also made sure that Loria came to South Fla, instead of going with his old franchise to Washington DC. You think its coincidence he did that ? Its because Washington DC metro has a population of 8 million, and South Fla 5 million. Selig would rather Loria screw up in So Fla than in Washington DC. because its a smaller market. Man I hate Bud Selig
And don't get me started on his pulling the 2000 All Star Game from us.....that was one of the worst stunts he pulled
Actually MLB.TV is $ 109.95 for the HD package, and $ 79.95 for the lower package, and the audio package is extremely affordable at just $ 14.95 for the whole season, and yes that includes EVERY game - more than 1000 games for $ 15 !!!! I have both the Extra Innings on my DirecTV and the MLB.TV so I can look at more than one game at a time.
And then the talking heads blame the people of South Florida for the state of the Marlins. Uh, no, guys, it's hard to root for a team that has chronic instability at the top and along the roster. Some of us manage anyway, but when the commissioner's office is not committed to popularizing and establishing expansion teams, you wind up with problems. The sad thing is that if Selig doesn't make the Hall of Fame, it'll be more because of steroids and less because of his selective competence in the actual business of baseball.
There is nowhere to relocate to. Las Vegas ? Their economy is in worse shape than So Fla. San Antonio ? That is the 39th market. MLB has already said they will not go from the 11th Market (So Fla) to the 39th. No the only alternative is the "c" word - contraction. However Loria has said if they do that, or try to, he will sue MLB and according to what I have read he would have a great chance of winning. MLB doesn't want to do that -- sooooooo what I do see is eventually a bargain basement stadium without a cover (built maybe so that a cover could be put on eventually) will be built for about $ 325 million. My best guess.
Marlins 9, Cardinals 8 ZERO errors by the Marlins Yes you read that right, no errors by the Marlins today in the victory over St. Louis. The bats had a big day too....nice win. http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20090308&content_id=3943334&vkey=recap&fext=.jsp&c_id=fla
If that happened, Marlins fans would finally have a reason to fully and unconditionally support Loria.
Well not really, because that would mean the Marlins will have been contracted already. The Loria lawsuit would be over the amount of compensation that Loria would get from MLB. You know he will want 2 or 3 times what they will give him.
At that point, Marlins fans would want blood, so any amount of money Loria can steal from MLB would be cheered.
Marlins 1, Tigers 0 - Johnson tosses 5 shutout innings http://florida.marlins.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20090309&content_id=3955072&vkey=recap&fext=.jsp&c_id=fla
Not that spring training means anything but Hermida, Baker, and Maybin have been hitting the snot out of the ball and Nolasco and Volstad look sharp. JJ has yet to give up a run in 8 innings of work. Hopefully Anibal and Miller get their act together before Opening Day.
What... what the hell? The coaching staff is actually doing its job? This is unheard of in the Fredi Gonzalez era.
Logan Morrison is an absolute stud. If we struggle at all offensively, look for him to come up circa Cabrera in 2003.
Marlins pound Mets 16-8 and pound 5 homers http://florida.marlins.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20090312&content_id=3975010&vkey=recap&fext=.jsp&c_id=fla Danny Uggla powers 2 homers. Maybin and Hermida continue torrid pace. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Florida 0 1 3 6 3 0 0 0 3 16 20 1 NY Mets 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 6 0 8 8 2 Standings | Recap: FLA | NYM Florida AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG Bonifacio, 3B-2B-SS 6 1 2 0 0 0 4 .179 Maybin, CF 4 3 2 1 0 1 2 .346 Tankersley, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Lindsey, 1B 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 .143 Hermida, LF 4 3 3 4 0 0 0 .391 Stanton, RF 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 .364 Uggla, 2B 4 2 2 3 0 0 2 .286 Coghlan, 3B 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 Gibbons, RF 4 1 2 3 0 1 0 .313 Raynor, RF-LF 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .200 Morrison, 1B 3 1 2 1 0 0 0 .222 Pinto, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Mayorson, 2B 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .214 Andino, SS 4 0 0 0 0 2 3 .207 Hayes, C 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .333 Rabelo, C 4 1 2 0 0 0 1 .286 Tucker, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Owens, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 b-Ryan, PH 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 .182 Calero, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Nolasco, P 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 a-Cousins, PH-CF 2 2 1 2 1 0 0 .143 Totals 45 16 20 15 2 9 15 a-Walked for Nolasco in the 5th. b-Walked for Owens in the 9th. BATTING 2B: Cousins (1, Stokes). HR: Uggla 2 (3, 2nd inning off Santana, 0 on, 0 out; 3rd inning off DeSalvo, 1 on, 2 out), Gibbons (1, 4th inning off Redding, 2 on, 2 out), Morrison (1, 4th inning off Redding, 0 on, 2 out), Hermida (3, 5th inning off Redding, 2 on, 2 out). TB: Bonifacio 2; Maybin 2; Lindsey; Hermida 6; Stanton; Uggla 8; Gibbons 5; Morrison 5; Hayes; Rabelo 2; Nolasco; Cousins 2. RBI: Uggla 3 (4), Maybin (2), Hermida 4 (9), Gibbons 3 (7), Morrison (2), Cousins 2 (2), Lindsey (1). 2-out RBI: Uggla 2; Gibbons 3; Morrison; Hermida 3; Lindsey. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Andino; Lindsey; Coghlan. S: Nolasco. Team LOB: 6. BASERUNNING CS: Bonifacio (1, 2nd base by Santana/Schneider). PO: Bonifacio (1st base by Santana). FIELDING E: Coghlan (1, throw). DP: 2 (Morrison, Bonifacio-Mayorson-Lindsey). NY Mets AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG Castillo, 2B 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 .300 Veloz, 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Sullivan, CF 4 1 0 0 1 0 2 .308 Murphy, LF 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 .333 Armas, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Green, S, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 c-Mackowiak, PH-RF 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 .182 Evans, 1B 5 1 2 3 0 2 2 .313 Church, RF 4 1 2 0 0 0 2 .333 Stokes, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Valentin, Jo, 3B 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 .280 Green, A, 3B 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 .267 Schneider, C 2 1 1 0 0 1 1 .273 Castro, R, C 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 .214 Martinez, R, SS 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 .000 Tejada, SS 2 0 1 2 0 0 1 .500 Santana, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 DeSalvo, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 a-Thole, PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .429 Redding, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 b-Kielty, PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .235 Switzer, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Reed, LF 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 .296 Totals 32 8 8 8 5 5 15 a-Grounded out for DeSalvo in the 3rd. b-Grounded out for Redding in the 5th. c-Reached on error for Green, S in the 8th. BATTING 2B: Castillo (3, Nolasco), Church (4, Nolasco), Evans (2, Nolasco), Schneider (1, Tankersley). HR: Reed (1, 8th inning off Tucker, 0 on, 0 out), Evans (2, 8th inning off Tucker, 2 on, 1 out). TB: Castillo 2; Evans 6; Church 3; Schneider 2; Tejada; Reed 4. RBI: Murphy (4), Martinez, R (1), Reed (4), Evans 3 (8), Tejada 2 (2). 2-out RBI: Tejada 2. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Martinez, R; Valentin, Jo. SF: Murphy; Martinez, R. GIDP: Tejada. Team LOB: 5. FIELDING E: Sullivan (1, fielding), Tejada (1, throw). Pickoffs: Santana (Bonifacio at 1st base). Florida IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA Nolasco (W, 2-1) 4.0 3 1 1 1 4 0 3.27 Tankersley 1.0 1 1 1 0 0 0 9.64 Pinto 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 Tucker 1.1 3 6 3 3 0 2 8.10 Owens 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 Calero 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.00 NY Mets IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA Santana (L, 0-1) 2.2 4 3 3 0 2 1 10.13 DeSalvo 0.1 3 1 1 0 1 1 3.38 Redding 2.0 8 9 9 1 0 3 40.50 Switzer 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4.50 Armas 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0.00 Green, S 1.0 0 0 0 0 3 0 4.91 Stokes 1.0 4 3 3 1 1 0 6.00 WP: Tankersley, Owens, Armas. HBP: Murphy (by Pinto), Morrison (by Santana). Groundouts-flyouts: Nolasco 5-2, Tankersley 2-1, Pinto 2-1, Tucker 3-1, Owens 1-1, Calero 0-2, Santana 2-3, DeSalvo 0-0, Redding 4-2, Switzer 1-1, Armas 0-2, Green, S 0-0, Stokes 1-1. Batters faced: Nolasco 15, Tankersley 4, Pinto 4, Tucker 10, Owens 3, Calero 4, Santana 12, DeSalvo 4, Redding 15, Switzer 3, Armas 4, Green, S 3, Stokes 8. Inherited runners-scored: Owens 2-2, DeSalvo 1-1. Umpires: HP: Adrian Johnson. 1B: Gary Cederstrom. 2B: Paul Nauert. 3B: James Hoye. Weather: 75 degrees, clear. Wind: 5 mph, In from RF. T: 3:02. Att: 6,290. March 12, 2009
Nice results. Beating the Mets is always good, spring training or not. Also, so much for all those fears about giving away the entire roster during the offseason. Hanley, Uggla, and Hermida are still around.
Those were largely unjustified and baseless. I do think, however, that we could see Uggla gone by midseason if we are out of it.
Appreciate the effort man. But that looks pretty time consuming. Next time just post the box score graphic. Its a lot easier.
Dont think so. Uggla has more value, is making more money, and has replacements that are major league ready.
Barry Jackson in today's Miami Herald is reporting...... http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/columnists/barry-jackson/story/947411.html Typical of the national media. They still hate us because the Marlins knocked out the Cubs from the 2003 World Series.
Well I copied and pasted but it looks like you found a clean link to it.....next time I'll see if I can find that link too.
We managed to negotiate trading Hermida for Manny Ramirez and a bunch of cash, man. If Uggla is worth more, then we'd better not settle for anything less than trading Uggla away for Chase Utley and also getting Josh Beckett back.
Well it was Hermida and Mike Stanton and other prospects. If the Pirates only wanted Hermida, Manny would have been a Marlin.
Remember, the reason that deal fell through was Bud Selig's rejection of it, not because the parties didn't come to terms.
Did Selig ever give a reason to nix the deal ? What was his motivation ? As I remember our deal was basically equal with what the Dodgers gave up.....was he showing hate towards the Marlins ?
