Marlins
Cody Ross. The one who once pitched an inning against the Phillies as a Marlin and the one who once killed the Phillies in the National League Championship Series back in 2010. Could Ross goe from foe to friend? National Baseball Writer Nick Carfardo of the Boston Globe is reporting that the Phillies and Yankees […]
It's a busy late Tuesday night. The Phillies' N.L. East rival the Miami Marlins continued their stunning sale of players late Tuesday night when they traded IF Hanley Ramirez and reliever Randy Choate to to the Los Angeles Dodgers. The move means the Marlins have given up on their re-tooled team that was supposed […]
In the top of the fourth inning of today's Nationals-Marlins series finale in Miami, the fourth inning was disrupted by an verbal altercation between Marlins manager Ozzie Guillen and Nationals outfielder Bryce Harper. As Bryce Harper came to the plate, the 19-year old Harper made a gesture with his bat to veteran manager Ozzie Guillen, […]
The Miami Marlins may be in fourth place and will be just two games ahead of the cellar-dwelling Phillies, but they appear to be adding in hopes of turning their season around. According to Buster Olney of ESPN, the Marlins have traded for Astros OF/1B/should-be-DH Carlos Lee. The Marlins had such poor production from first […]
In the rubber match of this Marlins-Phillies series, big Joe took the mound against big Z, Carlos Zambrano. Blanton was looking to redeem himself from his past couple of starts in which he was lit up. He is 4-5 this year with a 5.05 ERA. Zambrano is 3-3 this year with a 3.00 ERA. Miami […]
Cole Hamels took the mound this evening looking for his ninth win, which would lead the majors. After allowing five runs for the first time since last July, he would take the loss after the Phillies' offense failed to come from behind. After a quick 12-pitch inning from Hamels, Carlos Ruiz (who else?) put up […]
Phillies fans are known for being incredibly sharp and come up with many clever things. Now that Ozzie Guillen said some stupid things that really upset the Marlins fanbase and is suspended and won't be at Citizens Bank Park tonight. What can Phillies fans come up with for tonight's game against the Marlins? Here […]
Marlins Manager Ozzie Guillen was suspended by the Marlins for five games for comments made about Cuban dictator Fidel Castro. Here is what Guillen said about Castro over time: "He’s a bull—- dictator and everybody’s against him, and he still survives, has power. Still has a country behind him. Everywhere he goes they roll […]
Well, the first series didn't go exactly as planned for the Phillies, but history tells us that the Phillies generally don't do well against the Pirates in Pittsburgh. So, after going 1-2 to start, the Phillies are hoping for a little home cooking. The new-look Miami Marlins come into town off a deflating defeat. After […]
In this CBS Sports blog "Eye on Baseball" segment, Ozzie Guillen explained his typical postgame routine to C. Trent Rosencranz. Being highly emotional, maybe we should not be surprised: “I get drunk because I'm happy we win or I get drunk because I'm very sad and disturbed because we lose. Same routine, it never changes. […]
