• Not Conine!

  • Jeff Conine - All Star Game MVPThe New York Mets continue stacking their team with former Marlins and this time they have Mr. Marlin himself Jeff Conine.

    The Mets picked him up from the Reds in exchange for a couple of minor leaguers. I laugh when I hear that because I think of all the great minor league talent we’ve picked up from the Mets over the years, including A.J. Burnett, Preston Wilson, Matt Lindstrom, Henry Owens, Mike Jacobs and Gabby Hernandez to name a few. Not that he’s to blame for all these trades, but maybe one day someone in baseball will wake up and admit that Omar Minaya is not that good of a GM (unless you have an open check book and great talent to give away).

    Anyway, back to Niner, the Mets needed him, ironically, after former Marlin Damion Easley sprained his ankle.

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  • UM Leaving Orange Bowl

  • The Orange BowlToday may turn out to be on of the most important days in Florida Marlins history.

    Following their president’s recommendation, the University of Miami Board of Trustees is expected to approve moving the football team out of the Orange Bowl and into Dolphin Stadium. This should hopefully set off a series of events culminating with the Florida Marlins announcing a new ballpark.

    UM’s decision takes a $205 million package offered by the County off the table. Without that money, the stadium will be torn down. The County can now focus on saving its baseball team and overcoming two big issues: where to build the stadium and how to close a funding gap.

    There are ways to close this funding gap either through MLB, the Marlins, or even some of that money the County is no longer sending to UM. As for the site, it appears that several County leaders insist on using the Orange Bowl site, despite the Marlins’ and MLB’s push for a more logical downtown location. The question is how long the Marlins will hold onto that position since a ballpark in the Orange Bowl is better than no ballpark.

    Update: It’s official

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    • Sebastian
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      19 years ago

    • May the Marlins rot in hell. UM sacrificed home field advantage for a few $$$ and to please wine & cheese and corporate folks. DS will never give the Canes a homefield advantage. In any event, if fans didn’t want to trek to Little Havana six times a year for football, why would any more than the paltry few thousand that currently go to DS show up? The OB is being torn down for nothing…everyone will regret it. But go ahead and cheer fishboy.

  • UM May Decide Soon; County Thinks Orange Bowl is “Urban”

  • If you’re familiar with our frustration over UM’s impact on the ballpark situation, you can imagine our dismay as we read the latest updates.

    First, we are reminded that the ballpark is on hold while the world waits for the University of Miami to make up its mind on whether to renovate the Orange Bowl or move to Dolphin Stadium.

    [T]he University of Miami’s indecision over whether to stay in the Orange Bowl is stalling arrangements to move the Marlins into a Miami home, says Ian Yorty, who handles baseball negotiations for Miami-Dade County

    And of course, the County wants the Marlins to play at the OB site:

    Major League Baseball is “willing,” Mr. Hernandez said, to bring the Marlins to the Orange Bowl should the university choose to leave … Orange Bowl still fits the Marlins’ desired bill of “an urban ballpark setting.”

    Really? More

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    • Go Canes
    • RETWEETED
      19 years ago

    • To answer your question….because baseball sucks. I can’t wait for the Marlins to become the Las Vegas Slot Machines. i’m sure they’ll be able to get their stadium right on The Strip – next to the Mandarin.

      Go CANES!!

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  • Best Young Shortstop? Hanley a No-Brainer

  • Yes, we all know that Jose Reyes and Jimmy Rollins are great players but when you look at the total package (and the stats) Fish fans know that Hanley Ramirez is the best of the bunch.

    Now Sports Illustrated agrees with us.

    This season, Hanley is batting a league-leading .343 with 21 HR and 61 RBI. He is also second in the league with 93 runs scores and third in stolen bases (37). Heck, he is eighth in the league in slugging. His only weakness is his defense where he’s committed 17 errors.

    Update: From ESPN’s Jason Stark:

    One of the sharpest scouting minds we know was talking the other day about Marlins shortstop Hanley Ramirez — and uttered a sentence we can’t get out of our heads:

    “Other than Alex Rodriguez,” he said, “Hanley Ramirez may be the best all-around player in the game.”

    Yes, sir. He really said that. About Hanley Ramirez.

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  • Marlins Ink Draft Pick

  • Matt DominguezGood news for all you anxious Marlins fans.

    The Fish signed their first round pick Matt Dominguez a mere 4 hours before the deadline. The third baseman, who was chosen 12th overall, is expected to earn a cool $1.8 million.

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  • Olsen Provides Some Interesting Insight

  • locker roomWhile we’re at it, the Palm Beach Post also provides us with a couple of interesting gems courtesy of Scott Olsen:

    Commenting about the Joe Girardi / Jeffery Loria fued:

    “We haven’t had to deal with that this year, which is a plus,”

    I don’t seem to remember players really commenting about that before. Clearly it was a huge clubhouse issue. It’s amazing to believe that so many rookies did so well with something like that hanging over their heads.

    Also,

    “He was more genuinely concerned about my health and my well-being than I thought he would be,” Olsen said. “That was a big relief … Some coaches would probably ream you out for that. He knows that I know I messed up.

    “I get suspended, arrested, and he sat me down and said, ‘This is how it is, this is what you need, this is what we need.’ Everything is straightforward with him.”

    Interesting to hear Scott Olsen talk openly about his screw-ups. My reading is that Fredi‘s reaction is helping Scott recognize, accept, and hopefully address his problems.

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