Geoff Parkins
Geoff grew up in Simi Valley, California and Vienna, Virginia. As a child, he listened to Vin Scully calling Dodger games on an AM radio, and learned to love the O's, even through the bad years. After a thirty-year hiatus from baseball, his son's enthusiasm for the game has brought him back to the world of men playing a boy's game. Geoff plays in the local men's league, despite knees that sound like popcorn popping. By day, he is the Government contracts manager for a South Florida marine electrical firm, writing technical proposals and managing projects. Despite the Dodger Blue in his veins and a fondness for number 8, he is a dedicated Marlins fan, through good years and bad. He counts himself lucky that he didn't relocate to a city that recognizes the Designated Hitter.
I was treated to the rare combination of free time at home meshing with a West coast ballgame last night, and I got to watch the season debut of the guy that demonstrated that Larry Beinfest…Read More
The 12U Jupiter Hammerheads are back from a road trip that made lifetime memories for everyone involved. Like all things in life, some memories are good, and some… not so much.
What everyone…Read More
On Father’s Day, the Miami Marlins beat the St. Louis Cardinals, 7-2. What’s notable about the game is that the Marlins are the owners of the worst record in Major League Baseball, and the Cards are…Read More
Forget about the draft. Forget about the current crop of draftees that will hustle and succeed and hustle and fail. Let’s talk about an entire team of prospects that are headed for Cooperstown.…Read More
Last fall’s now-legendary trade with the Toronto Blue Jays saw the departure of most of the Marlins’ marquee players (and their salaries). In exchange, we got a headcase third baseman…Read More
And more..
For a couple of years I have been making the argument that ballplayers caught using banned…Read More
drubbing (n)
1. a beating, as with a stick, cudgel, etc.
2. a comprehensive or heavy defeat
That…Read More
Momentous times, sports fans! Yesterday, Senator John McCain (R-AZ) introduced the Television…Read More
Last Saturday, Jose Fernandez threw seven innings of one-hit baseball. At 20 years old,…Read More
With so many players moving on and off of the DL this year, no one in the front office…Read More
1) Norv Turner
2) Marty Schottenheimer
3) Steve Spurrier
4) Joe Gibbs
5) …Read More
Although the schedule called for two games to be played in Minnesota, the late season…Read More
Another display of top-drawer pitching set the stage for a win if the Marlins could plate…Read More
Starting in the spring, and continuing through today, the Marlins have lost some key pieces of…Read More
Even though the Marlins tallied eleven hits in another meat locker contest (on-field temp.…Read More
Yesterday, there was a story that was completely overshadowed by Strasburg’s 19-batter…Read More
As a baseball fan, I spend a lot of money each year to watch grown men playing a child’s game.…Read More
The Miami Marlins announced that Chris Valaika and Chris Coghlan got the nod over Wilson…Read More
Jacob Turner got the locker tag today, the Marlins announced. A lack of command and…Read More
The Miami Marlins announced today that they have released veteran utility man Chone Figgins. …Read More
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