Geoff ParkinsGeoff 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.

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Miami Marlins Rotation Update: The Return of Nathan Eovaldi

    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

Other Minor League News: Expectations and Reality

  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

How the Worst (Miami Marlins) Beat the Best (St. Louis Cardinals)

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

The Other Jupiter Hammerheads

  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

The Maniac Interviews Marlins Prospect Anthony DeSclafani

    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

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Biogenesis and Moral Relativism

    For a couple of years I have been making the argument that ballplayers caught using banned…Read More

Miami Marlins Get Major Drubbing from Arizona Diamondbacks

  drubbing (n) 1. a beating, as with a stick, cudgel, etc. 2. a comprehensive or heavy defeat   That…Read More

Congress To Address Blackout Policies and Bundling

    Momentous times, sports fans! Yesterday, Senator John McCain (R-AZ) introduced the Television…Read More

Miami Marlins’ Jose Fernandez: Pitching Mechanics Analysis [UPDATED re: J.A. Happ]

    Last Saturday, Jose Fernandez threw seven innings of one-hit baseball.  At 20 years old,…Read More

Miami Marlins Early May Roster Moves

    With so many players moving on and off of the DL this year, no one in the front office…Read More

Miami Marlins: What do the Following Names Have in Common?

    1)   Norv  Turner 2)   Marty Schottenheimer 3)   Steve Spurrier 4)   Joe Gibbs 5)  …Read More

Miami Marlins try to bring sunshine to Target Field UPDATE: Pitchers Switched

    Although the schedule called for two games to be played in Minnesota, the late season…Read More

Miami Marlins Put the Pieces Together for a Tough Win in Cincinnati

    Another display of top-drawer pitching set the stage for a win if the Marlins could plate…Read More

Injuries Continue to Plague Miami Marlins Roster

  Starting in the spring, and continuing through today, the Marlins have lost some key pieces of…Read More

Miami Marlins Cough up Four Late-Game Runs in a 7-3 Loss to the Mets

    Even though the Marlins tallied eleven hits in another meat locker contest (on-field temp.…Read More

Miami Marlins No. 1 Starter: A Closer Look at Ricky Nolasco

    Yesterday, there was a story that was completely overshadowed by Strasburg’s 19-batter…Read More

Dear MLB: Your Blackout Policy Sucks

  As a baseball fan, I spend a lot of money each year to watch grown men playing a child’s game.…Read More

Miami Marlins Final Roster Inches Toward “Final” Stamp

    The Miami Marlins announced that Chris Valaika and Chris Coghlan got the nod over Wilson…Read More

Miami Marlins Camp News: Jacob Turner is Gone. Six other Tuesday AM Moves

    Jacob Turner got the locker tag today, the Marlins announced.  A lack of command and…Read More

Miami Marlins Trim Down to 42; Fishing Ensues

  The Miami Marlins announced today that they have released veteran utility man Chone Figgins. …Read More