• 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.

  • News

  • 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

  • Marlins Park
    • Sebastian
    • RETWEETED
      17 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.