Much Ado About Nothing: Firing Fredi Gonzalez a Good Thing for Fish

June 24, 2010 in Coaching Moves, Commentary, Roster by jonnylons

Fredi Gonzalez has 276 on the books, the most of any manager in the brief history of the Marlins. The question is, was he the best manager in Marlins’ history? Clearly, no, but in judging from making the rounds reading the media reaction you would think he was. In fact, all of a sudden, it is being likened to another [...]

Yankees Sore Losers In Weekend Series With Marlins

June 22, 2009 in Marlins History, Regular Season by jonnylons

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 [...]

Double J Astounds Yankees

June 20, 2009 in Commentary, Roster by jonnylons

Josh Johnson matched AJ Burnett pitch for pitch tonight in what shaped up to be an old-fashioned pitching duel. Of course, the story line was AJ returns to Miami (with Joe Girardi, of course) to face his former team. It is quite obvious that AJ never liked the front office here – much like his current manager – yet, that [...]

Marlins Prepare for New Yorker Fans

June 19, 2009 in Commentary, Interleague Play by jonnylons

This recent set of games has been a reunion of sorts. Remember back in 2003 when the Marlins defeated the Yankee$ in 6 games to take the whole enchilada? That’s ok, no one in the media seems to remember either – and why would they? There is no one left from that team that is still on the Marlins. Mike [...]

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