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Yankees Sore Losers In Weekend Series With Marlins
Seems that the Marlins taking two from the Yankees is just a bit too much to bear. Joe Girardi and the Yankees officially filed a protest to dispute the outcome of the game on Sunday, FOX reports.
Seems Fredi tricked himself with his moves: in the top of the 8th Chris Coghlan was slated to come out of LF for Alejandro De Aza, who batted for Reynel Pinto in a double switch. De Aza never came into the game and with Coghlan in LF, once Leo Nunez threw a pitch, Girardi came out of the Yankees dugout to protest the game. The Marlins had a 6-3 lead at the time.
Seems the intrigue was for naught as the Marlins held on to win 6-5 and arguably, it wasn’t because of any unfair advantage brought on by the mix up. In fact, Girardi joked he would like to uphold the protest and retain the two runs they gained to drop the lead from 6-3 to 6-5. A ruling will come this week about the matter but it should not overturn the result. Just seems like the Yankees, even if they have just cause, really are just being a bit sour about the result of this weekend’s series with the Fish. Stay tuned to see if the Yankees can rob a result from the Marlins, but it looks highly unlikely at this stage.
Uggla Hits 100th Career Home Run
The stocky 2nd baseman with Popeye forearms continues to impress with his power numbers. Dan Uggla, the rule 5 draft pick taken from the Arizona Diamondbacks by the Florida Marlins, hit his 100th career home run wearing the teal and black. The homer gave the Marlins a 2-1 lead on a rainy Tuesday night and also delighted the sparse crowd that attended. For Uggla, he becomes the fastest 2nd baseman to reach 100 home runs.
All of this despite rumors that Uggla might be traded to San Francisco. After winning his arbitration case with the Marlins this past offseason, earning $5.35 million for this season, his offense has been somewhat light after looking at his home run production.
Uggla has shown a bit more patience at times at the plate, and his power numbers are right where you want them to be. Nonetheless, congratulations to Dan Uggla for reaching this career milestone.
Marlins’ Hall of Fame Infield
That’s right: history, baby, pure history.
The Hall of Fame is calling and they want a piece of the Marlins 2008 infield. Why? Because they are the first team ever to have their entire infield hit over 25 home runs each. And the season isn’t even over yet.
Mike Jacobs, Dan Uggla, Hanley Ramirez and Jorge Cantu have all climbed over that peak but are looking to shatter it now. Cantu, splashing the other night with a grand slam, has 28 on the season. Two more and the Marlins can really set a precedent that will be hard to surpass – unless they all return for next season.
Hanley and Big Jake have 32 a piece, Uggla has 30 and Cantu has tied his career high with 28. The Hall of Fame has requested the lineup card from September 13, when Cantu hit a home run to be the final member of the group to surpass the home run plateau.
Hanley Ramirez Most Likely Out Tonight
Looks like Hanley’s strained left shoulder is going to keep him out of the lineup tonight as well. Last night, Ramirez was benched and replaced by utility wonder Alfredo Amezaga, the ‘Mazin’ Mexican. “Amazing”, as we also like to call him went 0-4 last night, but was 4 for 12 in the Astros series.
With Amezaga at SS, the Marlins unleashed Cameron Maybin for his first Marlin start of his career. All the kid did was go 4-4 with a BB and 2 runs. Maybe we should keep starting him in this series against the Phillies? Why not, couldn’t hurt to get him the experience and see what he is all about.
The Marlins could use the extra offense that Hanley Ramirez provides, but will probably not see HR until Saturday. Expect to see Maybin in CF again, and Amazing back at SS.
Ken Griffey Hits 600th
The 6th player ever in Major League Baseball history to do it – and he did it Monday night at Dolphins Stadium as the Marlins were hosting the Reds.
Ken Griffey Jr, who started his career in Seattle, watched his father play for the Reds during their heyday while growing up. Now, he has helped create a bit of Reds history himself, hitting his 600th home run 413 feet into the right field seats. The home run came on a 3-1 count off of pitcher Mark Hendrickson.
The ball, caught by a Marlins fan, surely will be sold to the highest bidder but this makes for an interesting case about Griffey and his hall of fame credentials. He is one of the top home run hitters of all time and surely is a testament to his durability. Next up, ex-Cubbie slugger Sammy Sosa who hit 609 home runs in his career.
A few years ago, this day may have seemed not likely at all for Griffey who was faced with injury after injury in his pursuit of history. Now, he can rest easier – the only question is, how long will he continue to play and did the pressure of hitting #600 weigh on him a bit?
Bartman Escorted Out of Wrigley
Itching to test out a new program being used on the site, mostly embedding YouTube videos and I was hunting for something to post. Well, I cam across this video that shows Steve Bartman being escorted out of the stadium on that fateful Fall evening back in 2003.
httpv://youtube.com/watch?v=JoumAUfwnI8
It amazes me how the Cub fans – and players – immediately made him the scapegoat. It was almost instantly and I recall watching the event and immediately recognizing that we were going to win the series because it almost seemed as if the Cubs entire organization and fanbase was looking for a collapse. They found it right there with Bartman who seemed to materialize all their fears. It is also kind of frightful how much he went through, but also just imagine being in his position coming out to see your favorite team. I think we should still build a memorial to the guy – maybe that is something I will propose for the new Marlins stadium.
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