I've dreaded this day for many years.
"How do I say goodbye to someone who's been with me for my whole damn life?"😰
After 19.5 long and amazing years, the last 15 spent by my side, the time came to say goodbye to my beloved dog, Shayna.
She was there for me through some of
The Marlins fans in the stands have overpowered the Mets fans and have continued their chants here in New York.
The Marlins dugout is fired up and egging them on... What an atmosphere!
"He pitched really well tonight... The umpire helped him a lot... He called a lot of bad pitches..."
-Luis Arraez about Wheeler and the home plate umpire...
Of all the players in the clubhouse, Joey Wendle was the most fired up about the Marlins chants in New York.
He's been playing for a Florida team for a number of years and he said that after all these years of hearing Yankees and Mets chants in Tampa and Miami, tonight felt
The Marlins fans in the stands have overpowered the Mets fans and have continued their chants here in New York.
The Marlins dugout is fired up and egging them on... What an atmosphere!
"It really hasn't hit me yet..."
-Game 1 starter Jesus Luzardo on how much it means to him to be starting the first game of a playoff series for his hometown team.
BREAKING-
Team
#Israel
has removed C/3B Garrett Stubbs from their WBC roster and have added his brother C/UTIL C.J, Stubbs as his replacement.
Garrett did not play yesterday because of knee soreness and is now out for the tournament.
#WorldBaseballClassic
BALLGAME!
A.J. Puk slams the door and the Marlins complete the sweep of the Red Sox.
South Florida sports teams continue to torment the city of Boston!
Marlins' run differential is now at 0.
14 games over .500 for the first time since 2003.
This team is ROLLING.
We have arrived in Downtown Miami!
The train will pull forward through the banner once everyone is in position.
Most important news of the day:
THEY GAVE OUT COMMEMORATIVE PINS! 😍
@Tri_Rail
@GoBrightline
The Pittsburgh Pirates hang on to beat the Cubs which puts the Marlins into a tie with Chicago for the third and final NL Wild Card spot with nine games left.
Miami owns the tiebreaker over the Cubbies.
Miami hosts Milwaukee for 3 before heading off to NYM & PIT.
Buckle up.
We have arrived in Downtown Miami!
The train will pull forward through the banner once everyone is in position.
Most important news of the day:
THEY GAVE OUT COMMEMORATIVE PINS! 😍
@Tri_Rail
@GoBrightline
S/O to the organizers of
@f1miami
. They've got about 50 coach busses lined up waiting to shuttle people from the Golden Glades park and ride to the track. There are a TON of people arriving constantly and theyre sending bus after bus after bus as soon as they are full.
THIS is
Sandy and Soler were there in the dugout all nine innings... Skip really hammered home how much it means to the guys on the field to have all of the guys that are injured still here supporting them every day.
Jonathan Davis, Avi Garcia, Matt Barnes... The list goes on... They
Can we all just take a second to give
@KellySaco
a HUGE round of applause for self translating the interview? That is NOT easy and is an asset that not many journalists have! Well done, Kelly!
Although
@ladojr21
might be out of a job soon! 😅
We finally have a resolution to the suspended game between the
#Marlins
and
#Mets
.
A 1-0 win was awarded to the Mets, and a loss to the Marlins. All stats in the game count up to the final out of the bottom of the 8th inning.
The top of the ninth, which featured the Marlins
"I have no intention of breaking anything down... Building for long-term success doesn't have to mean sacrificing short-term success."
-
#Marlins
new President of Baseball Operations, Peter Bendix, on the
@MarlinsRadio
Hot Stove show.
HEADS UP:
@MRojasOfficial
announced on his Instagram that he will be outside the players entrance to the ballpark at 5pm giving away his game used bats and glove and stuff to fans in the area! He's done this the past few years and it's a great way to connect with fans!
Jake has been very open and honest about his struggles with PTSD from his Achilles injury earlier in his career. It's very apparent that this injury today triggered some hard to fight emotions for him and it showed in his postgame presser.
Very happy that he's got the support
As someone with Autism and Anxiety, I sometimes get very overwhelmed in loud and busy environments. Working in baseball, I'm experiencing those environments more and more. Having a place like this in the ballpark means that I have an escape from what normally would end my day and
"Not 100%, but I feel great. Ready to go... If I had one leg, I'd play with one leg."
- Luis Arraez on how he's feeling prior to game 1.
#Marlins
#FightingFish
#Postseason
I just want people to appreciate the man the
@FlaPanthers
just extended for two years... During warmups on Wednesday there was a youth hockey team to my left and whenever Ryan Lomberg skated by he would tap the boards or wave at them and it made their nights!
#TimeToHunt
Mazal Tov to Maddie and Tanner Scott on the birth of their first child, Bo Alexander!
Welcome to the Fish Fam, kiddo!
🤗
I'm told that Tanner is going to attempt to make it to New York in time for tomorrow night's game.
Charles Leblanc was not satisfied with the double off the wall earlier!
He CRUSHES a ball to the screen above the Marlins Bullpen!
It's 7-3 Mets.
Buck Showalter was halfway out to the mound before Leblanc crossed the plate!
Tommy Hunter is now pitching for the Mets
With the two teams facing off later today, representatives from Team Dominican Republic (GM
@ncboomstick23
and
@jeimer24C
) and Team Israel (Manager Ian Kinsler, coach
@kingofJbaseball
, pitcher
@DJ_KREY6
, and infielder Assaf Lowengart) joined the baseball team from David Posnack
As his time with the Marlins draws to a close, I feel it should be noted how much of a class act Don Mattingly was to everyone around him. In just my first season covering the team, I have developed memories involving him that will last a lifetime.
(This will be a short thread)
Josh Bell said that the first thing Kim Ng said to him when he arrived in Miami was "we wanted you in the offseason. What happened?" 🤣
He also spoke to how much it means to him that Kim and Skip trust him with the role he's been given.
#Marlins
#FightingFish
#Postseason
Kim Ng-
"This is an unfortunate incident. Right now we are being told we are going to play on Monday."
She would not go into details about the conversations that occurred on the field and the effort that was made to complete this game.
Here it is! Video from the cab of the inaugural ride north from Miami Central Station on
@Tri_Rail
. Video shows the train taking the IRIS Connection from the FEC tracks, onto the SFRTA mainline.
I'm on a spiritual high rn. 😅
#Marlins
injury updates:
- Sandy completing rehab with team in Milwaukee.
- Sixto threw a bullpen in Pensacola on Saturday. 25 pitches. Anticipated GAME ACTIVITY on Tuesday of one inning/20 pitches.
- Jorge Soler began hitting progression today.
Here's one for the Uniform Nerds/Geeks among us. (S/O
@UniWatch
)
#Marlins
Number one prospect, Eury Perez will have worn every other current Marlins uniform on the mound BEFORE ever taking the field wearing the home whites. (Assuming he stays in his current rotation spot)
His
Marlins Second Baseman Luis Arraez on adjusting to a notoriously "pitchers" park and how comfortable he feels with how he performed in the WBC:
BONUS: Luis reminding me that I need to learn more Spanish...
DOUBLE BONUS:
@j_chisholm3
saying that Luis is a "40 homer guy."
They called it FAIR on the field, originally... CHANGED it to FOUL... Then made the Marlins burn their challenge to confirm FOUL...
Unless I'm missing something here and the Marlins didn't just lose their challenge
The Panthers are offering $28 dollar tickets to the remaining home games in honor of landing Claude Giroux... I'm not kidding!
(
@Caldwell16
@SJDoerr
you guys are hysterical)
This is what happens when your owner refuses to spend a significant amount of money... He's done absolutely NOTHING to prove that he is willing to spend.
Marlins GM Kim Ng says the club had interest in both Josh Bell and Cody Bellinger before they signed today. Ng says as of right now nothing is imminent.
Last night, Xavier Edwards' grandmother witnessed him playing in a professional baseball game for the first time in their lives.
Xavier started the game winning rally and scored the winning run in the nightcap!
#Marlins
Imagine if the Marlins had just lost ONE more game and ended up on the Brewers/Dodgers side of the bracket...
I know that's a HUGE "what if" and anything could've happened... But imagine not having to go through the buzzsaw of Philly/Atlanta and getting a chance to do what the