Chicago Cubs

Jeb Bush Tried to Buy the Miami Marlins

The Miami Marlins held a fan/player meet-and-greet at the Hollywood Dave & Busters last night where they literally could have dressed the guy who hands out prize tickets in a suit and told people he was one of the new players and no one would have batted an eye. Meanwhile, word from the Miami H ... More >>

The Sun-Sentinel is Now Owned by JPMorgan Chase and Some Hedge Funds; God Help Us All

Previously: What if new Sun-Sentinel owners decide to sell?If you hadn't noticed, it's a hell of a time to be in the newspaper business. Last month, we wondered aloud about the imminent sale of the Tribune newspaper company -- which includes our local beacon of truth and coupons, the Sun-Sentinel -- ... More >>

Logan Morrison Serves as the Wild Child for the Already Loony Miami Marlins

Marco Rubio Butt-Kissing Won't Help GOP Candidates Win Florida, According to Poll

​There's been a common theme among this year's GOP presidential candidates -- firmly planting their lips on the buttcheeks of Sen. Marco Rubio and dropping his name as a potential running mate.If that's a ploy to win Florida in a general election, it won't help, according to survey results release ... More >>

Gary Carter, Despite Brain Cancer, Returning as Palm Beach Atlantic University Skipper

metsmerizedonline.comGary Carter next to his Hall of Fame bust.​Using the catch phrase of Chicago Cubs/Arizona Diamondbacks legend Mark Grace, Gary Carter is "big league."Carter, the Hall of Fame catcher who spent the majority of his career playing for the Montreal Expos and New York Mets, is retu ... More >>

Fish Are Jumping

Five Most Surreal Moments From the Lackluster Marlins' Season

flickr.comVolstad versus Morgan was possibly the most memorable moment of the year.​The Marlins mercifully finished their 2010 season this weekend, ending the year with 80 wins and 82 losses, good enough for third in the division. The longest winning streak of the year was all of four games, and o ... More >>

Tyler Colvin Is Not a Vampire (And Other Things We Learned This Weekend in Sports)

FlickrTyler Colvin got staked by a shattered bat in yesterday's Marlins game, but he'll live to play again.​What would it take for a Florida Marlins game to overshadow a Dolphins victory on a Sunday in September? An act of God? No, just a freak accident in which a shattered bat impales itself in t ... More >>

Morning Juice: Friday Night Fraud by Lauderdale Twin; Escaped Inmates Caught, Charged With Murder

​A glass of what's-goin'-on in South Florida news:Ana Gardiner, the former Broward judge who resigned rather than face possible penalties for judicial misconduct, awarded $600,000 in legal fees last summer to an attorney, Richard Cole, who has recently hired Gardiner at his firm. Cole denies a qui ... More >>

An Ode to "The Hawk" -- And How Long Till Our First (Real) Marlin Hall of Famer?

Flickr: Deadeye DaveDawson had a soft landing in Wrigley's right field.​Technically, Andre Dawson is the first Florida Marlin to be inducted into the Major League Baseball Hall of Fame. But that's merely a trivia question: Dawson retired as a Marlin in 1996, after having arrived here the previous ... More >>

The Rise and Fall of South Florida's Daily Newspapers

Joe Girardi: A Big Fish Who Left Our Small Pond

PhotobucketFormer Marlins manager, now as a NYY​For a third-hand manager, Joe Girardi's doing pretty well for himself.  In 2006, the Marlins fired the feisty Girardi after he got a verbal altercation with team owner Jeffrey Loria. Then Girardi's longtime team, the Chicago Cubs had a chance to ... More >>

The Manatees, Baseball's Premier Fat-Guy Dance Squad, Shake Two Tons of Booty for Marlins Fans

Two South Florida Baseball Stars Involved in One of Baseball's Scariest Moments

Flickr: Nick Hanson Sports PhotographyDarin Downs is still getting speech therapy, but he's mastered his lines for the November wedding.​Exactly one month ago, in the fifth inning of a minor-league baseball game in Birmingham, Alabama, former Broward Community College star Christian Marrero steppe ... More >>

Will Marlins Hat Capsize an Industry?

Flickr: askmikeeSure, he looks innocent. But he's ruthless when it comes to thread count in his headwear.​Who to blame for the sudden crisis that has gripped the baseball hat industry, whose condition is mourned in the New York Times? Could it be the performance enhancing drugs that have cut a wid ... More >>

Cubs’ Flubs

Brew-tal

Roger, Dodgers

Does Kemp's Death Alter Deal for Panthers?

Flickr User: gojaysgo9293Jack KempAn investment fund chaired by longtime Republican Congressman and former Vice Presidential Candidate Jack Kemp emerged last week as a potential buyer of the Florida Panthers and their handsome revenue-sharing lease at the BankAtlantic Center. Then this weekend, Kemp ... More >>

Abrams: WSFL Morning Show Will Revolutionize TV

I haven't even been posting all the Lee Abrams think pieces lately because they've gotten to be so dull. But this one, which I received several days ago, well, it's worth sharing. Why? It's about the Tribune Co./Sun-Sentinel morning show on WSFL. I haven't weighed in about the show for the same ... More >>

Marlins Pitchers Serving Grand Slams Like a Waitress at Denny's

Flickr User: hazboyRicky NolascoWhat a wretched weekend in South Florida sports. You've heard about the Heat, but what's happened to the Marlins? One month into the baseball season, this team can't decide whether it belongs at the top of the league or at the bottom. A seven-game win streak in mid-Ap ... More >>

Oops, Lee Abrams Did It Again.

Tribune Co. Chief Innovation Officer Lee Abrams struck again. In his latest think piece sent out to newsrooms across the county, this one titled "Celebrity Crimes Against Humanity," he included a quote that has been attributed Mariah Carey: "When I watch TV and see those poor ki ... More >>

Blago Goes To Zell

We've all heard about the arrest of Illinois Rod "I'm Not A Crook II" Blagojevich, but did you hear the one about his wife? Patricia Blagojevich is the one who seems to have instigated the (allegedly criminal) attempt by the guv to try to bribe Sam Zell into firing the Chicago Tribun ... More >>

Newspaper Bleeding: It's Not Done Yet

Citizen Zell

The gruff new Sun-Sentinel owner came to town, but you won't read about it in our local daily

Windy City Beef

The Papi Explanation

Savage Says It's Just a Turn-on

The Chicago Cubune Hits Hard

The Chi Town Sound

Kill Hannah tiptoes around the whole genre thing.

Wild Pitch

MLB 2K6 throws more chin music than strikes.

Fish Finale?

Marlins Return Home

Fish Looking for a Break

Hollywood's Finest

After even a police chief called them unfit, these officers continue to patrol Hollywood's streets

The Old Man and the Fish

Did Marlins skipper Jack McKeon ever tell you about the time... ?

Misery & Clemency

Or, 1,200 highway miles, ten days, nine baseball teams, six stadiums, five games, steroids, and a funeral

Sosa Sweet

Blood & Sweat

But no tears, pansy boy

Keepin' the Rabble Out

The Sun-Sentinel goes off the record for trains and buses

Letters for January 22, 2004

Ay off the drag queen

Lucky in Love

The Cooler, somewhat unbelievably, asks us to swallow a Las Vegas fairy tale

You Move, You Lose

No matter which way South Florida sports fans look these days, the W's are down and the L's are up

Guerrilla Games

Hustling, jeering, cheering, and hand-to-hand combat at Pro Player

Scalpers Blues

Buy World Series tickets cheap. It's the seller who has to worry.

Best Player on the Marlins Payroll

Mike Hampton

Fishin' for Marlin

Baseball goes topsy-turvy

Field of Aches

In which a past-his-prime writer wages a quixotic attempt to play with the big boys

Undercurrents

Slammin' Sammy keeps hitting, but his Broward County foundation whiffs