No surprise here.
The Marlins are moving to WAXY 790 AM “The Ticket”. David Samson will announce that tomorrow on the Dan Le Ba[s]tard show. The Fish have been on WQAM since day one but the Dolphins return to 560 forced the Marlins out (once again, Wayne Huizenga is keeping us down). They also still need someone to replace Roxy Bernstein on the broadcast.
The Marlins began their first purge of bench players / guys-with-potential-who-couldn’t-cut-it / oops with a series of transactions:
Huh? Why did we lose Jose Garcia? Why would we sit on him for a year as he recovers from surgery only to lose him?
I’m guessing the Fish tried to sneak him through but the smart guys at Oakland didn’t miss a beat. As for Reginald Damascus Abercrombie, I can’t say much because like everyone else I liked his talent but frankly he was constantly given opportunities and never delivered. Maybe a change of scenery will help. BTW, you think we could have packaged those two in a trade for a veteran pitcher? Anyway.
I have an administrative/design question for all of you. Which theme do you like for this website?
Today is Game 1 of the NLCS and it will feature two expansion teams. Tomorrow’s ALCS Game 1 features the long suffering but finally reprieved Red Sox and the long suffering Indians. The story lines are historically fascinating because Boston or Arizona may join the Marlins with their 2nd world series in the last decade, the Indians may record their first in half-a-century, or Colorado their first ever. Regardless, you have to give Bud Selig some credit because 3 out of 4 of his expansion teams have done well. This is all great for the game.
Update: It’s also great when you look at payroll:
#2 – Boston Red Sox ($143,026,214)
#23 – Cleveland Indians ($61,673,267)
#25 – Colorado Rockies ($54,424,000)
#26 – Arizona Diamondbacks ($52,067,546)
Now, a completely different issue. More