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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

Josh Johnson, Heath Bell struggle again, Infante leads Marlins to extra innings win

The Miami Marlins have now won four straight games. You would think that Ozzie Guillen and his team would be relaxed and finally enjoying the 2012 season. Unfortunately, not the case. The Miami Marlins…Read More

Miami Marlins 2012 Season Preview: The Bullpen

Depending on Juan Oviedo‘s immigration status, the Miami Marlins 2012 bullpen could already be set. Oviedo who is still battling VISA issues after admitting he had been playing under an assumed name…Read More

Miami Marlins: Grading the Off-Season

With spring training just around the corner, the Miami Marlins are most likely done with an unforgettable off-season. Usually feeding off the “leftover” free-agents, the front office finally…Read More

Marlins Way

Another Friday means another round of Marlins Way for all you fans out there. Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving. I just want to say I am very thankful for my readers at MarlinManiac! You guys are…Read More

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Marlins acquire Wade LeBlanc for catcher John Baker

The Miami Marlins first move of the off-season is finally upon us. No the Fish did not sign Albert Pujols…Read More

Buck vs. Baker: Battle of the Johns

A Marlin Maniac reader emailed me over the weekend with an interesting comparison that I thought was…Read More

Fish Bites

It’s Wednesday, so it’s time for your Fish Bites from the past week. - Yesterday the news…Read More

2011 Marlins Season Preview: Catcher

Today, we begin our position-by-position breakdown of the 2011 Florida Marlins here at the official 2011…Read More

Marlin Maniac Season Preview: Meet your 2011 Florida Marlins!

Welcome to the first piece of the 2011 Marlin Maniac Season Preview! The 2011 season is going to be an…Read More

Catching tandem failed Marlins this season

Before the year started, I previewed the Marlins’ various position situations and gave particularly…Read More

Ditch the catching platoon?

We’re now eight months into the John Baker/Ronny Paulino catching platoon and the results have…Read More

Series Preview: Arizona Diamondbacks

After the Fish’s euphoric four-game sweep of the New York Mets, the Marlins will go after the Arizona…Read More

Nuñez’s slider: A secret to his success?

This afternoon on the Miami Herald’s website, I read this story, featuring an interesting note…Read More

Fish Bites

Quick late morning Fish Bites for your consumption. I apologize for the lack of them recently, though…Read More

Saber-Terms: Catcher Defense

Perhaps I should have gone into this before embarking on the WAR series, but this topic is relevant to…Read More

2010 Marlin Maniac Preview: Catcher

Part of what we’ll do for the official Marlin Maniac preview of the 2010 Florida Marlins is to…Read More

Fish Bites

Quick late links for this afternoon. Hopefully more content to come. - The Marlins are off in Kuwait…Read More

Marlins WAR: Position Players

I figured I’d share this with everyone, even though I don’t think it is all that significant.…Read More

Offseason Outlook: The Two-Headed Marlins Catcher

In our previous Outlook series, I spent some time mulling over Cody Ross and his chances of coming back…Read More