The last time the Florida Marlins faced the Washington Nationals, rookie outfielder Mike Stanton was busy using Nats pitchers as his own personal batting practice. In a three-game series earlier this month, Stanton collected eight hits and six RBIs, including going five-for-five in game two. He became the second-youngest player…
Thanks to your run-of-the-mill mid-August South Florida storm, the Miami Dolphins’ first preseason game two weeks ago was a wet, sloppy mess. Problem is, the first NFL preseason game is always the one people get the most revved-up about. You’ve been starving for football, and it’s time to feed the…
The beginning of the 2010 baseball season was filled with so much promise for Florida Marlins fans. They had legitimate up-and-coming stars like Hanley Ramirez and Josh Johnson. They had reigning NL Rookie of the Year Chris Coghlan. The ownership even boldly predicted a playoff berth for the Fish. Then,…
From Miami Dolphins General Manager Jeff Ireland asking potential draftee Dez Bryant if his mother was a crack-addled prostitute to several players getting busted for things like DUI and alleged domestic violence to wide receiver Brian Hartline’s pickup being found abandoned on I-75 after a hit and run, this summer…
Some have said Florida Marlins outfielder Mike Stanton could give Nationals pitcher Stephen Strasburg a run for his money for NL Rookie of the Year. Mainly because Stanton is just a mountain of five-tool awesomeness that can hit 500-foot home runs and throw out runners like a heat-seeking missile. However,…
This doesn’t have to be the greatest sports town, what with all the beaches and clubs and year-round parties — but still, there’s no doubt that South Florida loves winners, as evidenced by the Miami Heat’s welcome party for Dwyane Wade, LeBron James, and Chris Bosh last month. And, as…
The Florida Marlins entered the All-Star break at 42-46 — and the ownership still wants you to believe this team is a playoff contender. But the reality is, the Marlins will start to trade players in the coming weeks. It’s predictable and sad. But mostly, it’s sad. As it is…
The Washington Nationals’ Stephen Strasburg has burst unto the MLB scene with all the pomp and circumstance reserved for special sure-fire future Hall of Famers. And the hype is well-deserved. Strasburg features a fastball that averages 98 mph and throws a filthy 92-mph changeup. He has also shown that he…
The Florida Marlins bullpen is an absolute mess. It’s written all over Manager Fredi González’s face whenever he needs to pull his starter and go to the pen. Basically, it’s like he’s bringing in Wile E. Coyote to hold the lead, and he inevitably blows the stadium up with his…
Oh, Marlins bullpen, you’re not satisfied with yourself, and that’s why you have finally called up your top prospect, Mike Stanton. Sure, he’s not a relief pitcher, but no matter. Because the best way to keep this bullpen from blowing a lead, which it has been doing too much of…
The only way the Florida Marlins can get any attention from the national media is when their star player kicks a ball into right field, runs after it lackadaisically, and then publicly criticizes manager Fredi Gonzalez when he gets benched for it afterward. Hanley Ramirez did just that, and ESPN…
Entering the month of May, the Florida Marlins were a team that had lost its offensive mojo. Well, nothing like a series with the Mets to fix that! The Marlins swept New York two weeks ago in a four-game series that can only be described as a good and thorough…
When Florida Marlins left fielder Chris Coghlan was called up in May 2009, he blasted his way onto the scene using only his big bat and heavy nut sack. In his first full season, Coghlan mauled opposing pitchers with extreme prejudice, batting .321 with a .390 on-base percentage while knocking…
No Florida Marlins player has come out of the gates this season hotter than third-baseman Jorge Cantu. Two weeks ago, Cantu set a major league record by becoming the first player in history with at least one RBI (“Runs Batted In”) in his team’s first nine games. Cantu found himself…
For a ball club that fails to make any serious offseason acquisitions, has done virtually nothing to upgrade last season’s craptacular bullpen, and has a manager that may or may not suffer from narcolepsy during games, the Florida Marlins’ front office is sure talking a shitload of trash these days…
The Miami Heat teeters between the eighth and ninth playoff seed in the east — as they try to stay consistent against the likes of the lowly 76ers and craptastical Clippers. While Miami has a healthy Dwyane Wade denting asses on a nightly basis, the rest of the rotation has…
Four weeks ago, the Miami Heat flailed without Dwyane Wade, when he was sidelined due to a strained calf. They dropped games against the lowly T-Wolves and middling Bucs. They fell below the .500 mark and into third in the Southeast Division. D-Wade’s return game against the Orlando Magic was…
The biggest concern for the Miami Heat is not whether this season will end up in the proverbial toilet — it will. It’s whether free-agent-to-be Dwyane Wade will declare “No mas!” and bolt for another team. Outside of D-Wade, the roster is a Frankenstein-monster-like mashup of expiring contracts. But despite…
Last month, several reports had the Miami Heat getting Amare Stoudemire from Phoenix at the NBA trade deadline. The Heat was also in serious 11th-hour negotiations with Utah for the services of Carlos Boozer. Both deals, of course, served to show Dwyane Wade the team’s commitment to compete for an…
Dwyane Wade is an unstoppable badass. He won his first career NBA All Star award two weeks ago, leading the East to a 141-139 victory in front of 108,713 fans at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas. And to top that off, he led the East with 28 points, 11 assists,…
When the Miami Heat traded for Daequan Cook in 2007, he was supposed to become the Toni Kukoc to Dwyane Wade’s Michael Jordan. Cook was to take full advantage of D-Wade’s drawing double-teams and sucking in defenders by draining wide-open threes. But the self-proclaimed “Bail Bondsman” — he calls himself…
How inconsistent has this season been for the Miami Heat? It’s managed to win games on consecutive nights only twice this season. The team looks utterly unstoppable one night, completely craptastic the next. It can take down a perennial powerhouse like the Magic only to get laid out by a…
