If you love talking about the Miami Marlins and want to share your opinions with the thousands of other fans, Marlin Maniac is the perfect place for you to write. Marlin Maniac is searching for new writers to add to our already amazing staff.

Our goal on MM is to provide the best Marlins-related news on the internet. This ranges from game recaps to the latest breaking news. When the Marlins make a major trade, we are going to not only cover it, we will also have full analysis on how the trade affects the Marlins, as well as our own opinions on the move.

Marlin Maniac is apart of the Fansided network. Fansided is a fast growing network that provides great sports coverage ranging from Major League Baseball down to Golfing. It has become the go-to place for many sports fans to get their fix off all the latest sports news on the internet. With our content partnership with Sports Illustrated our work is also featured at SI.com, making it a certainty that what you write won’t go unnoticed.

Our biggest requirement is simply an enthusiasm for Miami Marlins baseball (and the MLB). Prior writing experience, though encouraged, is not necessarily required.

Here is a rundown of the positions that Marlin Maniac is currently seeking:

Contributors:

If you are looking for the occasional outlet to vent on your team, contributing may be the best role for you. The requirements for this position would be one or two posts a month, but we would welcome more if possible.

Staff Writer:

For this role, you’ll need to be a little more involved. A staff writer is required to post at least once a week and four to six times a month. We want our staff writers to be the site’s backbone, as everyone brings a brand new perspective to the site. Not everyone of our writers see eye-to-eye on every Marlin subject.

Fantasy Analyst:

Do you love fantasy baseball and want to give others advise on how to build their fantasy teams? Do you want to give start/sit advise and which players are the best pickup on waivers? This is a position that has never been filled on MM before and we would love to start now.

Social Media Manager:

Do you love interacting with other Marlins fans on Twitter and Facebook? If so, this is the perfect role for you. You will be in charge of the Marlin Maniac Twitter and Facebook pages and provide in-game updates and interact with fans on a regular basis. This is a fun role and does not require any posting commitment at all.

Think you might have some interest in joining the team or know someone who would? Head over and complete our online application. The application will ask you a few questions about your past experience as well as ask you to provide a sample writing. If you are qualified to be a writer for the Fansided Network, we’ll be in touch from there and will be happy to answer whatever questions you might have as we further discuss the expectations that we ask of our writing team.

Fansided’s Miami Heat (All U Can Heat) and the Florida Panthers (The Rat Trick) sites are seeking writers as well. Please check out their sites to see what they are looking for in a writer.

Plus, these browser themes are now interactive – keeping you up to date on scores, highlights, and breaking news. They’ll also keep you informed of some season long exclusive promotions straight from MLB, most of which are typically free to enter and participate in.

MLB.com has released new browser themes for the 2013 season for Internet Explorer, Firefox, and Chrome. All 30 teams are available in one central location and are all downloadable for free! There’s even a standard AL/NL one for those of you who can’t pick just one team.

Here is a look at how the Miami Marlins theme for the Browser looks:

March Madness is finally here!

I do not often spend much time on Marlin Maniac talking about other sports, but today I wanted to bring to your attention some exciting news about the upcoming NCAA Tournament.

This is the perfect way to pass time until Opening Day arrives in just two short weeks. Especially since Spring Training games mean very little.

There is something about the NCAA Tournament that gets sports fan everywhere excited and brings people together. With this year’s tournament field now completely unveiled, it’s time for the madness to begin and what better way to get in the spirit than by filling out a bracket for this year’s event.

And we’ve made it easy for you, just download a full bracket here.

Each year, millions of people fill out brackets. People do it for just fun competition or they try it out to beat their friends for some money. Either way, the competition for getting the most picks right on a bracket is always exciting.

This season, Florida fans should have more interest, as they have two of the better teams in the tournament: The University of Miami (2 seed) and the University of Florida (3 seed).

Have some fun with your friends and fill out a bracket today!

Do you enjoy writing about the Miami Marlins? This could be your opportunity to write about the team that you love with a growing audience of fans to reach. We don’t require any formal writing/blogging experience for our Staff Writer position (though it certainly doesn’t hurt) – just a solid understanding of the game, the team, and writing in general is all that is needed.

Our Staff Writers are asked to contribute a minimum of 6-8 posts a month (roughly 1-2 per week) with a focus on quality, not quantity. Ideal candidates will also possess the willingness to help promote the site and your work through social media. This role is currently an unpaid one, though there are other non-monetary benefits to joining the team and the FanSided Network.

Interested? Head over and complete FanSided’s application and someone will be in touch from there.

I also have a role on the Marlin Maniac staff, which does not require any writing at all. Currently, we are looking for a Social Media manager. All you have to do is take control of the Marlin Maniac Facebook and Twitter profiles and update them throughout the day, as well as Tweet live during Marlins games. If you are interested, please email us at marlinmaniacfs@gmail.com.

With my return to Marlin Maniac, I am hoping to get the site back to the level it was before the Miami Marlins debacle of a season that 2012 was. The teams struggle in 2012 made it very hard at times maintain the interest in the team on an every day basis. Even with the latest setback as a Marlins fan, the blockbuster fire-sale in November, I promise that Marlin Maniac will be better then ever in Marlins baseball coverage.

To do this, we will have four great authors, myself included, along with Geoff Parkins, Andy Salgado, and Alex Agueros. But we are not limited to just these authors, as always, we are always looking to add capable writers to our staff. If you enjoy writing about the Marlins, please fill out this application! It’s a wonderful opportunity with a top notch network.

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