Another win for the first place Marlins, this time riding a strong performance by Mark Hendrickson and surviving another outfield blunder. Great play by Josh Willingham to save a game tying homerun.
In unrelated news, Mike Rabelo was activated off the DL and Paul Hoover was sent down to AAA.
Nice article in the Rock Mount Telegram about the Carolina Mudcats and the impressive line up we have in AA. They played their opener against the Montgomery Biscuits (I kid you not).
Eight of the top 11 prospects in the Florida Marlins organization are with the Double-A team, and it was easy to see why this group is thought of so highly.
Starting pitcher Chris Volstad was efficient, giving up one run in six innings.
Cameron Maybin, the crown jewel of the system, might have struck out twice, but he had a pair of singles and a stolen base.
Shortstop Manuel Mayorson hit a double and scored, stole a base and took several hits away from the Biscuits.
Chris Coghlan, the best hitter for average the Marlins have in the minor leagues, was 3-for-4 and as impressive at second base as Mayorson was at short.
The Mudcats won 7-1.
One day, Miami-Dade will stop voting on the ballpark and just move forward. Apparently, the County has two more votes to go (ugh!) by July first and Commissioner Joe Martinez says there is not enough support. More
CJ — Thanks for the insight.
Yes, I also appreciate that the deal is not completely done but all parties involved have been behaving like it is. Unfortunately, this reliance allows various people (both opponents and opportunists) to leverage the lack of closure to get something in return or to prove a point.
Let’s hope this will be closed soon.
This is not rhetoric. There is absolute truth in what Martinez said. If the Marlins don’t stop screwing around, and give a little, they will have no stadium. By the way, their problems also extend to the City of Miami because of the public safety component. The City Commissioners want the City Fire and Police Department to hold operational control of the site. That is not what was agreed to by the respective managers. That is going to come to a head soon as well. Contrary to popular belief, the Marlins Stadium is not a done deal!!!
Officials from the City and Miami and Miami-Dade County have finally agreed on how and who will police and protect the new ballpark. In what was reminiscent of an old-school Chicago-style labor dispute,the city and county negotiated this issue under pressure and threats from the police and fire unions who were trying to maximize over-time and other benefits (um… that sounds more like the Sopranos, but anyway).
The agreement states that:
– County police are to provide off-duty staffing within the stadium and within about 100 feet of the park for baseball events, and the city is to staff other areas, including the garage, retail and commercial development and a planned soccer stadium.
– City police are to staff the surrounding neighborhood and streets during ballgames.
– The city and county are each to provide one fire-rescue unit for ballgames.
There are mixed responses coming from the unions:
Members of the county’s police and fire-rescue union told commissioners the agreement was equitable, but not Armando Aguilar, president of Miami’s Fraternal Order of Police.
“We have not agreed to this,” he told the commission.
Despite that, the pact was approved and this issue is resolved.
In today’s haystack of weird stories comes this needle from the AP via The Dickinson Press.
Apparently, David Samson is an old friend of North Dakota Senator Kent Conrad so he used the opportunity of a day off in DC to visit his pal. Surprisingly, despite this “friendship”, Samson has yet to contribute a dime to Conrad’s campaign. More
Now now, let’s be nice.
Samson is such a douche.
Let’s all welcome Bright Orange Seats to the ever-growing family of Marlins websites.
If you aren’t impressed by the work of Larry Beinfest and Michael Hill, you should reconsider. Apparently the “cash” exchanged with the Phillies is $2.15 Million which happens to be Wes Helms‘ 2008 salary. Now the fish will probably buy out his last year at $750,000 but that’s not a bad price for a quality veteran.
Update: Turns out the Marlins gave Philadelphia $1 as consideration for the deal.
Marlins win with home runs. Once again starting pitching can’t get to the 6th (or out of the 4th, for that matter). If we solve that problem we’ll continue to be the first-place Florida Marlins.
Note to MLB: Having a day off tomorrow is not cool. Why not just start the series tomorrow? And why do the Nationals have a one-game opening day, then another home game a week later followed by another day off before their third home game?
The Marlins activated Jeremy Hermida off the 15-day DL and optioned Brett Carroll to AAA.
Wondering were all the marketing dollars we hear the team is spending end up? (No, it wasn’t all spent on a bunch of fat guys dancing between inning) More