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Miami Marlins Morning Catch: FishCast Episode 3!

By Michael Sonbeek

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Good morning, Marlin Maniac readers and welcome to Morning Catch, the daily morning news and notes column from MarlinManiac.com.

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Marlin Maniac had our third podcast yesterday. Staff writers Michael Sonbeek and Dillon Murrell, along with Jay Ramos and senior editor Ehsan Kassim talked about the latest Miami Marlins news and stories.

We started this podcast three weeks and go and we will continue them every Sunday at 8 o’clock .

We covered the first two weeks of Dan Jennings as the manager of the Marlins, as well as hitting on all the various injuries the Fish have suffered through this season.

We had some fun on the podcast doing the redoes on the off-season, with myself saying that I wouldn’t do the Martin Prado trade and just had signed Chase Headley instead.

You can watch the podcast here:

We want you to be part of the podcast! Tweet us your questions all week long at @MarlinManiac. Don’t have a twitter and want to be involved? You can email us your questions at FishCast@yahoo.com. We will try to answer all questions.

Our goal for this podcast is to expand ways to give you Marlins news and insight. Soon we will have some guest on the show from minor leagues to other writers.

Give us your feedback!

Marlins News from Around the Web:

Marlins experiment with lineup, but come up short

Joe Frisaro, MLB.com

NEW YORK — Working with a short bench, Marlins manager Dan Jennings decided to experiment with the lineup on Sunday in the series finale against the Mets at Citi Field.

For the first time since 2005, a Miami starting pitcher batted somewhere other than ninth. The altered lineup produced nine hits, but not enough runs in a 4-3 loss.

“We were one short on the bench, so we had to maximize those opportunities,” Jennings said. “We felt at that point, it was the right thing to do, and hopefully, it would extend our pitchers, if we needed to.” (Read More Here)

Marlins vow not to repeat 2012 purge

Barry Jackson, Miami Herald

The last time the Marlins went on a spending spree and flopped — just like they’re doing this season — owner Jeffrey Loria pressed the “reset button” and slashed payroll from $101 million in 2012 to $50 million and $45 million the next two seasons.

So might Loria again shed salary to dramatically reduce the Marlins’ $81 million payroll, of which $12.5 million is being covered by the Dodgers?

Marlins president David Samson insisted that’s not going to happen again.

“No,” Samson said adamantly. “These are our players and they need to play better. And we need to win more games.”

So any talk of again hitting the reset button? “No. Absolutely not,” Samson said. Nor apparently is Loria so fed up that’s he ready to give up and sell, despite receiving occasional overtures. (Read More Here)

Mets’ Bartolo Colon ‘surprised’ by RBI double vs. Miami Marlins

Maria Guardado | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com

NEW YORK — Bartolo Colon surprised even himself by swatting an RBI double in the Mets’ 4-3 win over the Miami Marlins on Sunday afternoon at Citi Field.

Colon collected the hit off Marlins starter David Phelps in the bottom of the second, driving a slider all the way to the center field wall to score Juan Lagares from second base.

“I’m a bit surprised because even for me, it seems like it’s really hard to accomplish,” Colon said through an interpreter. “But I was able to put the bat on the ball and get the RBI and get the double.” (Read More Here)

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