I just got my tickets for opening day! Also there's a 5 game package on the Marlins website for opening day +4 random weekday games. It ranges from $96 - $ 450. I got the lower homerun seats for $170 per ticket. Was way cheaper than getting shit seats on stubhub for $150 a piece.
Just started playing MLB 12 The Show. New stadium looks amazing...didn't realize there was a freaking pool in left center field.
Just went to the last spring training day today. Hanley launched a ball that went off the roof of the building beyond left field. Twas a bomb. Man I miss Spring Training at the Dean.
GAME DAY! Heading down to the stadium in about an hour joe capozzi @joecapMARLINS Reply Retweet Favorite · Open #Marlins today vs NYY SS reyes, CF Boni, 3B Hanley, RF Stanton, DH LoMo, 1B GAby, 2B Infante, LF Kearns, C Buck, RHP Nolasco
joe capozzi @joecapMARLINS Reply Retweet Favorite · Open #Marlins will meet in next half hour to determine roof status but team expects it will be CLOSED for today's game
Can you guys let us know what the best way for parking is. Mjj are you taking the metro/trirail all the way from PBG?
Also my favorite line from yesterday at the Marlins, Mets game was the Jose, Jose, Jose chant when Reyes came up to bat. Mets fans tried to drown it out with boos. Then some dude just yells c'mon Mets fans you guys know this one! I chuckled.
Center Field is so fucking big. Gonna need a lot of speed out there in CF, love that Boni will be playing there, not sure Cespedes could cover that ground. Also Reyes is such an upgrade defensively over Hanley
No the last train back north on the tri tail leaves at 9:46 so are driving to the Palmetto station of the metro rail and taking that to the Culmer station and taking the shuttle to the stadium
Sooooo yeah didn't find a single arepa stand Burn this piece of shirt communist stadium to the ground
Suspension set for Marlins' Oviedo; Former Canes greats puzzled by Dolphins SUNDAY BUZZ COLUMN Good thing the Marlins signed Heath Bell this winter, because they will not be seeing Juan Carlos Oviedo (the closer formerly known as Leo Nunez) anytime soon. Even when he’s finally able to resolve his visa issues, more bad news awaits Oviedo when he returns to the United States. According to a source, Major League Baseball intends to suspend him for six weeks after his removal from MLB’s restricted list. Several people already have been informed of the suspension. To escape the restricted list, Oviedo first must get a visa, which is probably inevitable but hasn’t happened yet. Oviedo was banished to the Dominican Republic and placed on the restricted list last September when it was discovered he used a fake name and age. He said he falsified his identity when he was young so that he could play professionally. When he recently tried to secure a visa, he was told he must first complete community service in the Dominican Republic. He eventually will be brought back for another interview as part of the visa application process. If he had obtained the visa in March, MLB intended to suspend him for two weeks of spring training and six weeks of the regular season. The Marlins are off the hook for his $6 million salary as long as he’s on the restricted list or suspended. Without Oviedo, they will use Edward Mujica as their primary set-up man. Oviedo converted 36 of 42 save chances last year, with a 4.06 ERA. MORE MARLINS TALK ### A few Marlins observations raised during my discussion with two scouts and astute MLB Network analyst and former Indians GM John Hart: The scouts said Hanley Ramirez has looked good at third this spring and ultimately might profile better there than at shortstop. “If Hanley is engaged, he still falls into the elite talent category,” Hart said. “What he hasn’t proven is that he’s a real good team player.’’… Hart said “Heath Bell’s stuff was a tick down last year,” but a scout said he has thrown well this spring. Both scouts raved about reliever Steve Cishek. “He was throwing 93, and under-handers don’t throw with that kind of velocity. Very impressive.”… Everyone expects more from Ricky Nolasco. One scout questioned his focus, and why he “falls in love with a certain pitch and ignores one of his others.” Said Hart: “He gave up way too many hits last year for the kind of stuff he has.” Carlos Zambrano’s control issues have been troublesome, but his velocity has encouraged scouts. “He’s a risk worth taking; you live with the baggage,” Hart said, adding that “Mark Buehrle will pitch with below average stuff, but he does all the little things a winning pitcher does.’’…. Hart said the Phillies’ starting pitching gives them the edge in the division and ranks the Marlins’ rotation between 8th and 12th among the 30 teams…. “The thing I really like,” Hart said, “is how dynamic they are at the top of the order with Jose Reyes and Emilio Bonifacio. It’s disruptive, game-changing speed. The Braves and Phillies don’t have that.” Marlins special assistant Jeff Conine said Reyes and Bonifacio “are faster and will potentially steal more bases than Juan Pierre and Luis Castillo did when they created havoc” on the 2003 World Series team.
I tried to get most of them, but people in my league were dumb and left good players still on the board, so I didnt want to pass them up
Did a league with all Marlins fans (well they're really just bandwagon fans, but you can't be picky). Stanton got taken early in the 2nd round. Hanley in the 1st, Lomo in the 4th, JJ in the 2nd, Reyes in the late 2nd. I was quite ticked. I did pick up Anibal really late though, their knowledge of the team doesn't extend that far.