Today was my lucky day. My wife Cheryl and I headed over to one of our favorite restaurants in Long Beach this morning; (a place I mentioned in an earlier post) and while we were waiting be seated, our friend Andy who manages the restaurant told me his father-in-law Roger Jongewaard was just finish[...]
Archive for the ‘Florida Marlins’ Category
February 14th, 2010 - 12:05 am § by True Grich § in Florida Marlins, General Baseball, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, New York Mets, Seattle Mariners
Talking baseball with Marlins scout Roger Jongewaard
January 18th, 2010 - 1:47 am § by Hippeaux § in Florida Marlins
Offseason Prospectus #20: The Florida Marlins
It was an interesting week for the Fish. First, they got a symbolic tongue-lashing from MLB and the Player’s Union for failing to fulfill obligations laid out in the Basic Agreement. Whether or not the Florida franchise is being thrown under the bus in order to dissuade further and more w[...]
December 18th, 2009 - 4:23 am § by Cardinal70 § in BBA News, Florida Marlins
Get To Know The BBA: Marlin Maniac
At the end of the award voting, I decided that since the Baseball Bloggers Alliance had come along so quickly, it might be nice to get an idea of who was actually in the group. To that end, I’m working through the roster and asking ten questions of each member. The first five [...][...]
November 5th, 2009 - 9:02 pm § by Michael Jong § in Florida Marlins, NL East
A lesson from Akinori Iwamura
As you might have heard two days ago, the Tampa Bay Rays and the Pittsburgh Pirates completed a deal that sent second baseman Akinori Iwamura from the Rays to the Pirates for reliever Jesse Sanchez. Though Joe Frisaro said the Marlins would be a team of interest for Iwamura when the initial rumor s[...]
October 23rd, 2009 - 7:20 pm § by Michael Jong § in Florida Marlins, NL East
Revisting ‘03: Speed Kills
Continuing our Revisiting ‘03 series, today we look at one of the most interesting factors of that 2003 team, a factor that the Marlins’ brass often says it attempts to emulate in their recent team designs. That’s right, today we’re looking at speed. Now, I’m not [...]
October 23rd, 2009 - 7:18 pm § by Michael Jong § in Florida Marlins, NL East
For the Marlins’ Consideration: Eric Hinske
After the Marlins are done purging a good deal of their starting lineup this season for the purposes of a lack of money, the Fish are going to have some holes to fill. One of those holes is in the corner outfield, where longtime prospect Jeremy Hermida is undoubtedly on his way out and, ideally, [.[...]
October 21st, 2009 - 7:44 pm § by Michael Jong § in Florida Marlins, NL East
The Changes in VandenHurk’s Pitches: A Pitch f/x Attempt
The Marlins currently have a glut of starting pitchers at the upper level of the organization, most of whom have questionable futures on the team. After Josh Johnson and Ricky Nolasco, the team has five potential starters facing different issues in their quest to fill in the remaining three rotatio[...]
October 16th, 2009 - 4:09 am § by WEBSOULSURFER § in 2009 Season Awards, Florida Marlins, NL West, Pittsburgh Pirates, San Diego Padres
NL Rookie of the Year – The BBA Version
Thursday October 15, 2009 NL Rookie of the Year Award As I spoke about earlier this week, the Baseball Bloggers Alliance is doing their own version of the BBWAA end of season awards. We have chosen as a community of bloggers to vote using the same criteria as the Baseball Writers’ Association[...]
October 15th, 2009 - 3:37 pm § by Michael Jong § in Florida Marlins, NL East
Interview with Juan C. Rodriguez
Now, the Maniac has definitely done his share of Q&A’s, especially with the fine folks that run the baseball blogs over here at FanSided. They’ve gone well for the most part, but hectic schedules being what they are, it got fairly difficult to do them on a regular basis before serie[...]
