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 … [Read more...]

Anibal Sanchez Is Back; So is De Aza

Anibal Sanchez will get the start tonight against the Brewers as he looks to come back from a right shoulder straight. Expect him to be limited to around 80 pitches as he makes his way back off the 15 day DL. The Marlins also recalled Alejandro De Aza from AAA New Orleans. He is expected to play a reserve role off the bench and provide a little more depth. This could be a sign that perhaps … [Read more...]

Marlins Win Big on Opening Day 2007

The Florida Marlins got a good start to the 2007 season with a 9-2 win over the Washington Nationals, who were very hospitable to their guests serving up a couple of home run pitches for the Marlins to crash the opener.Two mammoth home runs, one from Miguel Cabrera and another from Dan Uggla, assured the Marlins victory while Dontrelle Willis worked the plate to keep the Nats from threatening. For … [Read more...]

Fan Favorite Wood Makes Roster

Jason Wood, best known for his game winning pinch hit single in the final game against Philly, is now a member of the parent club's roster at the young age of 37. 'Bout time because this guy has hung with it and shown that he can flat-out hit.Right-Said-Fredi, as I like to call him (not to his face, obviously!), really likes Wood's compact swing and also visualizes the minor league vet as a pinch … [Read more...]

Marlins Update 3.23.07

The Marlins defeated the Cards yesterday 2-1. The biggest news being LaRussa's arrest the night before and his subsequent apology. That aside, the Marlins have some promising developments coming out of that win.Dontrelle Willis is going to be the Opening Day starter and he showed why going 6.2 innings of shutout baseball against the World Champs. He struck out 5, allowed 3 hits and 2 BBs. Not a … [Read more...]

Fish Eye On: Alejandro de Aza

Like most Marlin fans, you might be scratching your head (or wearing a paper bag) over what the Marlins are going to do about their center field needs. Clearly we have to field 9 players - I know some of you, like me, are asking do we really have to play 9 players?Um yeah, we do.So, with that positive attitude and in the spirit of confusion that can only be replicated by a coyote on PCP and you … [Read more...]