• Uggla Slams Phillies

  • We’ll remember this game from Dan Uggla’s game winning grand slam in the bottom of the ninth, but let’s not forget the incredible pitching by Andrew Miller (7 IP, 1 ER, 1BB, 7 SO) and Jorge Cantu’s two home runs. Sadly, only 14,122 showed up to watch another playoff-like match up between two top teams in the National League.

    Update: And here is a Dan Uggla interview with ESPN:

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    • Dave
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      16 years ago

    • PS – That’s DON’T understand it. Sorry for the typo.

    • Dave
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      16 years ago

    • As a Marlins fan who does not live in South Florida, can anyone explain to me why people STILL wouldn’t be turning out to see this team? They’re playing well, they’re practically giving tickets away, I just understand it.

      When I look at the S. Florida newspaper and television station websites, I usually have to dig around until I can find some Marlins news. Is there any interest in this team at all down there from the media??

      I like to think if I still lived down there, I would be going to Marlins games a few times a month at least. I do try to catch a game every time they are in my neck of the woods (NY).

      What’s going on??

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  • Some Marlins Make Fun of Dontrelle’s Pain

  • The Mike Berardino is reporting that some Marlins players were making jokes about Dontrelle Willis’s demotion to A-ball:

    “Got to be the highest-paid pitcher in the history of A-ball,” one Marlin quipped.

    “Highest-paid Lakeland Flying Tiger ever, that’s for sure,” one of the younger Marlins chimed in a little too excitedly.

    These, it should be pointed out, were the words of players who never called Willis a teammate before.

    The article mentions that Andrew Miller did not have anything to say. I don’t know who thought it was funny, but as a Marlins fan, you have to feel for Dontrelle who is not only a great guy but such a meaningful part of Marlins history.

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    • Dave
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      16 years ago

    • I don’t feel any sort of satisfaction at watching Dontrelle’s tailspin; I still look at him as a member of the Marlins fraternity that exists only in my mind.

      However, I have to say I do feel a sense of relief, knowing we unloaded someone who could have eaten up a large portion of our non-existent salary pool. Although he was the face of the Marlins for years, he was in a steady decline since 2003, and would not have been worth what it would have took to keep him around.