Weekly Recap (1/2/12-1/8/12)
By Ehsan Kassim
This is going to be our first weekly recap of 2012. We will still be following the format we were following in the past. My weekly recap posts will usually go up on Monday’s and are a quick way to recap what was talked about on MarlinManiac in the past week, in the case that someone missed something during the week and would like to read and catch up. Let us get started with last week’s recap:
Will Stanifer:
- Will started the New Year off with some new resolutions. Will examined what went wrong for the Miami Marlins in 2011, and how they can fix that this season.
- Will also spent some time in Orlando this past week, watching his Gamecocks play in their bowl game. While in Orlando, Will noticed that the Marlins popularity is increasing. Will noticed tons and tons of Marlins merchandise. My advise, go buy those now before they are all gone!
Cory Eucalitto:
- Cory delivered some fantastic news for us on Tuesday. Apparently, Hanley Ramirez is indicating a willingness to move to third base. If Ramirez is sincere about this, the Marlins 2012 looks like it will be extremely bright.
James C. Etzbach Jr.:
- Now we must move onto the bad news. The end of the world may seriously be upon us. Well, at least for Marlins fans. We now have to live in shame. I bet Jeffery Loria saw this and started to fist pump.
Ehsan Kassim:
- The Marlins last week acquired starting pitcher Carlos Zambrano from the Chicago Cubs for pitcher Chris Volstad.
- The Marlins busy off-season was not done there, they then went and resigned veteran pinch hitter Gregg Dobbs.
- Wondering why the Marlins have been so reluctant to make a move to sign Edwin Jackson or Roy Oswalt, both pitchers that are likely better then Zambrano? Well, I have my own theory on why that is the case.