Placido Estevez
Growing up in Culver City, California Placido's dream was to replace his favorite player, Steve Garvey, as the clean up hitter for the Los Angeles Dodgers. He still roots for those Dodgers, but has also become an avid follower of the Marlins since moving to Miami in 1993. A career in finance has naturally drawn him to become interested in the statistical analysis aspect of baseball. Above all, though, it is the intricacy and beauty of the game of baseball itself that Placido enjoys most.
Not surprisingly the return of Giancarlo Stanton has coincided with an eruption, by Marlins standards anyway, in offense. The Marlins took 2 out of 3 games against the National League’s best team…Read More
The Miami Marlins suffered a deflating 10-1 loss to the Milwaukee Brewers on Wednesday night at Marlins Park. Deflating because it came a day after a come from behind victory led by the new look lineup…Read More
The Miami Marlins lineup is quickly rounding into form as a number of players have come off or are about to come off the disabled list. Logan Morrison came off the disabled list on Sunday to see his…Read More
The long awaited and much anticipated return of the @LoMoMarlins twitter account to the major leagues is finally upon us. The Miami Marlins activated Logan Morrison from the 60-day disabled list this…Read More
According to a report from Joe Frisaro at MLB.com, the Miami Marlins are not considering trading relievers Steve Cishek and Mike Dunn. However, starter Ricky Nolasco and possibly reliever Ryan Webb…Read More
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The Miami Marlins took on the Philadelphia Phillies in the final game of the three game set hoping to…Read More
The Maimi Marlins completed a three game sweep of the New York Mets with an 11-6 victory on Sunday at…Read More
The Miami Marlins offense continued its season long M.I.A. act on Wednesday night as they fell to the…Read More
Desperate times call for desperate measures. Mike Redmond knows all about this as the manager of the…Read More
Looks like Alex Sanabia not only hurt his record and his pride during the loss to the White Sox on Sunday…Read More
The Miami Marlins were shutout for the ninth time in the 2013 season on a 3-0 loss to the Philadelphia…Read More
The Miami Marlins avoided a sweep at the hands of the Arizona Diamondbacks by picking up a 2-1 win on…Read More
Upon hearing that his obituary had been published in a New York newspaper, Mark Twain famously wrote,…Read More
The Miami Marlins offense, as usual, brought a knife to a gunfight last night as the Cincinnati Reds…Read More
Over the last several years Major League Baseball has used the occasion of Mother’s Day to promote…Read More
Based on my own low expectations for the team coming into the season, continued outrage against the…Read More
In the second inning of Tuesday night’s game, Miami Marlins’s rightfielder Marcell Ozuna lost a…Read More
The Miami Marlins played inspired baseball to win the final two games of their series over the weekend…Read More
We are a month into the 2013 season, so I thought it might be interesting to check into the results…Read More
The Miami Marlins came into this game looking to sweep the New York Mets after guaranteeing themselves…Read More