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So long, and thanks for all the Fish

Michael Jong — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 16:35:58 +0000

Folks, you have not seen me around much recently since my decision to step down as Editor of Marlin Maniac due to my time constraints. I have been working behind the scenes a bit to help out in the transition to a new Editor, who will debut in that … [visit site to read more]

C.J. Wilson and the Over-hyping of Playoff Numbers

Ehsan Kassim — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 19:18:03 +0000

One of the worst outcomes about the baseball post-season is that players are often turned into to heroes or zeroes based on their play in the post-season. This has happened numerous times in the past. An example of a player being overrated due to their post-season success is former Florida Marlins fan favorite Cody Ross. I am not going to deny it, I was a big fan of Cody Ross when he was tenured with the Marlins. I wanted to see him succeed more then anything else. I was shocked into disbelief when the Marlins traded Ross to the San Francisco Giants and got nothing in return. In the Marlins defense, they were not likely to get much in return for Ross and they had to get Cameron Maybin in the lineup full-time. That season, Ross looked to be an average player and nothing more. Then the post-season came along and people actually started to believe Ross was a star player. Ross went on to win the NLCS MVP. Most teams were extremely lucky that Ross was not a free agent, or otherwise, they would have vastly overpaid for an average player.

One of the best examples of a player being thrashed for their post-season play is Alex Rodriguez and his “failures” in the playoffs. A look at Rodriguez’s overall playoff numbers would not paint the picture that most people see or want to see. I am not getting into the Rodriguez mess right now though. I will however talk about another player that is getting killed for his lack of post-season success. It has reached the point where people have begun to doubt his regular season success. That player is C.J. Wilson.

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Rumors and Stuff.

James C. Etzbach Jr. — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 23:46:34 +0000

Being new to the whole sports writer thing, I recently realized that I probably used a good amount of my writing ideas during the season where instead I should have saved some of those ideas so that I would have something interesting to talk about … [visit site to read more]

Hanley being Hanley: Why Hanley is still the Marlins best player

Ehsan Kassim — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 16:43:18 +0000

I do not know about anyone else, but I am getting very sick of the Hanley Ramirez hate that is making its rounds through Marlins fans right now. It seems that fans have forgotten how good he actually is. Today, my goal is to give everyone a quick refresher on why Hanley Ramirez is still the Florida (Miami) Marlins‘ best player.

Over Hanley’s six-year major league career, he has posted these numbers:

PA	AVG	OBP	SLG	wOBA	BABIP	WAR
3757	.306	.380	.506	.385	.339	31.1

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Welcome to La La Land!

James C. Etzbach Jr. — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 19:58:47 +0000

I am truly beginning to believe that the Marlins design team is made up of the people Disney fired for coming to work on a bad acid trip. I will just leave this here for you this week as proof that God has forsaken the Marlins … [visit site to read more]