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Who are they?

Michael Jong is just another poor college student with a daily obsession for baseball numbers and the Florida Marlins. He has been a Marlins fan since he hopped on the bandwagon as a young child in 1997 and has followed them through two World Series championships and numerous rebuilding trades. He got into statistical analysis craze last year and has been trying tirelessly to catch up to all the data and knowledge he’s been missing out on his first few baseball fan years. Michael graduated from the University of Florida in August 2009 with a degree in chemistry and microbiology and is currently working for Kaplan Test Prep & Admissions and the U.S. Census Bureau.

Michael also covers for the Marlins for Heater Magazine, is one of the many writers of Hot Spots, a daily article series on Baseball Prospectus Fantasy, and writes (sporadically) for Beyond the Box Score.

John Herold is a contributor on Marlin Maniac. Originally a Marlins fan once the team came to be, he lost interest in all sports from 2000 until he reunited with the Fish in 2006.  Too young to properly appreciate 1997, and not being a fan in 2003, he awaits the chance to bathe in the glory of a Marlins championship.  He’s also been obsessed with numbers his entire life, and upon regaining interest in baseball, was amazed to see the statistical movement and immersed himself in as much as he could.  Formerly working in the IT field, he quit the field and is currently looking where to go next.

Dave McGrath grew up watching the Atlanta Braves nationally televised games on TBS in Miami, Fl., until 1993 when the Marlins stole his allegiance. He has been a Fish fan ever since, despite relocating to Madison, Wis. and later the Twin Cities. Having worked as a sports writer since 2004, he has covered the University of Wisconsin’s football and men’s basketball teams, the Green Bay Packers and even covered some MLB games. Dave graduated from UW with degrees in English and Journalism in 2003.

Dave also covers the Milwaukee Brewers over at the FanSided site Reviewing the Brew.

You can contact either Adam (FanSided senior editor) or Zach (FanSided director of business development) with all questions concerning the site at:

Send e-mail here or fansided@gmail.com

You can contact Michael at SFiercex4@gmail.com; he’s usually quick to respond.

You can contact John at zquestionmark@hotmail.com

You can contact Dave at miamidave72@gmail.com

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