Dead in the Water

September 28, 2005 in Uncategorized by jonnylons

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 [...]

Marlins magic is done

September 21, 2005 in Uncategorized by jonnylons

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 [...]

Opportunity Knocks

September 16, 2005 in Uncategorized by jonnylons

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 [...]

Marlins luck out once again

September 12, 2005 in Uncategorized by jonnylons

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 [...]

Dontrelle reels in 20th win

September 8, 2005 in Uncategorized by jonnylons

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 [...]

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