This isn't how a season dies. This isn't supposed to be how a team goes from playing meaningful games in September to all of a sudden coming up a bit short. No, this is sabotage. And it comes from within and burns with the betrayal of a close friend. It stinks like a rotting fish - which is what happened now.The Marlins dismissed AJ Burnett for the rest of the season. McKeon called him into … [Read more...]

The Marlins are mathematically still in the wild card race, but you cannot realistically involve them in the race for anything other than spoiler at this point. Even as a fan. The Marlins are now 3 games out, losing in extra innings to the Mets who may have already nailed the coffin down even tighter on this 2005 season for the Marlins. This team has not played consistently enough to assert its … [Read more...]

Knock knock...No, this is not some bad joke, it is the NL Wild Card race. And boy, is it wild.The Marlins started out their road trip .5 games in back of the Astros. They go 6-5 against the Nationals, Phillies, and Astros and come back home, .5 games in back of the Astros.Could it be worse? Oh yeah. They dropped 2 of three against the Phillies, and that let them back into the race. The … [Read more...]

So, the Marlins lost today 11-1 to the Phillies and end up losing the series as well. They also gave life to a franchise that had lost 5 straight before they opened this series, and seemed to lose out on what once was a one-sided meeting.To continue the bad news, the Marlins starters, in all three contests, failed to get past the 4th inning and the bullpen not only got overworked, but … [Read more...]

Congratulations to Dontrelle Willis, who got his 20th win of the season in a crucial game against the Washington Nationals. It was the first 20th win by a pitcher in a Marlins uniform - ever. It was also the 13th time an African-American pitcher has won 20 games, the last to accomplish the feat was Dave Stewart (1994) who pitched nearby to Dontrelle's hometown.In fact, a book is scheduled to be … [Read more...]