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Miami Marlins: Former Marlins star pitcher Dontrelle Willis Retires

Yesterday was a sad day for Florida Marlins fans and it’s history. A huge part of the Marlins 2003 World Series Championship and more importantly, one of the best characters to ever wear a Marlins…Read More

The NL East Starts to Tighten Up

      With their 7-6 victory over the cellar-dwelling Colorado Rockies last night, the Marlins are now 5 games over .500, and have moved into third place in the NL East, ahead of the Mets. Ricky…Read More

Small Ball takes the Fish out of the Cellar

Small Ball Carries the Marlins to .500   Ricky Nolasco and Giancarlo Stanton were the keystones for the Marlins’ series wrap-up game last night in San Diego.  Finishing in nine innings, the Marlins…Read More

Miami Marlins 2012 Season Preview: # 3 Starter

After the Miami Marlins decided that Albert Pujols was not coming to South Beach, they decided to pursue their consolation prize. The Marlins signed the crafty lefty, Mark Buehlre, right away. They then…Read More

Lets Not Forget: Big Z Can Hit!

Throughout all the off-season drama and signings, the Miami Marlins have made an impressive run on improving the lineup and pitching staff for the new 2012 squad. Drastically improving the starting rotation,…Read More

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Weekly Recap (3/12/12-3/18/12)

It is on to another week here on Marlin Maniac. As the weeks of March keep passing by, the closer we…Read More

Dontrelle Willis Released. Should the Miami Marlins Show Interest?

That’s right, “The D-Train” is now once again available. After signing a 1 year, 1…Read More

Miami Marlins: Memo to Fans, stop being so damn sentimental!

You will not get too many of these types of posts from me, but today I just feel like I need to get this…Read More

1997 v. 2003: Left Field

We have already taken a look at the catcher, first base, and second base, third base, and short stop…Read More

What to expect at the Winter Meetings in Milwaukee

The annual General Managers meetings are set to take place in Milwaukee starting tomorrow, Tuesday, November…Read More

Marlins All-Time Team (Pitchers)

On Wednesday I made my All-Time Marlins Team (Batting). For the most part, the fans picked the same team…Read More

Where do we go now?

Now that the lyrics to “Sweet Child O’ Mine,” by Guns N’ Roses are running through…Read More

The Marlins All-Decade Team: Pitchers

Earlier today I unveiled the Marlins All-Decade team position players, according to WAR. Now, let’s…Read More

Marlins’ Decade Top Ten Seasons: 2005 Dontrelle Willis

Now that we’ve finished out the bottom five of the top ten seasons by Marlins this decade, we can…Read More

A lesson from Akinori Iwamura

As you might have heard two days ago, the Tampa Bay Rays and the Pittsburgh Pirates completed a deal…Read More

Revisiting ’03: Seeing Redman

Last week in Revisiting ’03, we delved into the 2003 season and subsequent career of former young…Read More

Revisiting ’03: Hop on the D-Train

Welcome back to Revisiting ’03, a sabermetric look at the amazing 2003 Florida Marlins team that…Read More

Revisiting ’03: The Marlins’ Best Player?

Welcome back to Revisiting ’03, where I look back through my saber-eyes at the 2003 Florida Marlins…Read More

Best Marlins players ever?

I just found this recently, but a couple months back Sky Kalkman of BtB put up a fun list exercise involving…Read More