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Does Stanton’s Derby Mean Marlins All-Star Woes Over?

By Sean Millerick

Color that man IMPRESSED.Mandatory Credit: Jake Roth-USA TODAY Sports
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Nov 2, 2013; Boston, MA, USA; Boston Red Sox pitcher Ryan Dempster walks along Boylston Street during the World Series parade and celebration. Mandatory Credit: Bob DeChiara-USA TODAY Sports
Nov 2, 2013; Boston, MA, USA; Boston Red Sox pitcher Ryan Dempster walks along Boylston Street during the World Series parade and celebration. Mandatory Credit: Bob DeChiara-USA TODAY Sports /

Four years, nearly zero stats, though Renteria did manage to score.

But that small victory was dramatically outshone by the fact that in the first post fire-sale All-Star Game, the 1998 NL roster featured five 1997 World Champions that didn’t currently play for Florida.

  • 1997: Moises Alou gets a hit, Kevin Brown scoreless inning, three Marlins in the game, and we win our first title.
  • 1996: Kevin Brown and Al Leiter combine for no runs in effective relief.
  • 1995: The Jeff Conine Game.  All-Star MVP on a winning HR.
  • 1994: Conine DNP
  • 1993: Gary Sheffield 2 for 3, HR, 2 RBI, Bryan Harvey scoreless inning. Plus everything is awesome, we have a baseball team.

Which one of these, doesn’t belong, right? A glorious first foray into All-Star play.

The NL actually won three of these five games. Conine wins the MVP award, while Sheffield turns in the best performance in Marlins All-Star history in their first year.  

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In 1997, no one could have predicted what was to come. But in twenty-two seasons since that first All-Star game with a Marlin, no one has passed Sheff’s tally. And in eighteen seasons since ’97, you’d struggle to find two All-Star games where you were actually pretty satisfied with how your hero played.  It’s been that bleak.

So, there’s that.

Tonight’s conversation pre-game will likely be all about Stanton, at least when it isn’t about David Ortiz.  Nothing critical you can say about that 61 HR salute yesterday. Fingers crossed those good vibes carry on through the night, and are the start of a new age of Marlins All-Star prowess.

Even if Jose does groove one to Big Papi.

I’ve included the link to the original article here, if you want to bring the mood down a bit with some 2015 flashbacks.

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