The Marlins are doing anything possible to get some of the Miami Heat's championship juju to rub off on them, so Heat forward Shane Battier took BP with the team this afternoon and threw out the first pitch before Saturday's game.
Nobody gives [hitting coach] Eduardo [Perez] credit when we were doing good. Now they’re going to (expletive) on him because we’re not hitting? That’s a bunch of (expletive). No, blame the players. They were good two weeks ago (with the) same hitting coach.Hard to argue with that.
Men's Journal polled MLBers about a number of subjects for this month's issue, and apparently nobody likes Ozzie Guillen:
In the issue that hits newsstands on Friday, Men's Journal surveyed 100 major leaguers, and Guillen received 36 percent of the vote when asked to name the least respected manager. Boston Red Sox manager Bobby Valentine came in a distant second with 14 percent.
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"I don’t care a [expletive] what people think about me," he concluded. "I have a job. My job is to win games, and I’m going to do it my way. And if they don’t like the way I do my job, it’s easy. Fire my [butt]."Never change, Ozzie. To be fair, he gives himself a "C+ or a D" for his work this season, sensible given that the Marlins are just a game over .500 at the moment. "I should be in first place with this ball club," he said. "I’ve got good players. I might not [be getting] the best out of them. Not yet."
Bell said the Marlins' lack of national media coverage is no excuse for Stanton's paltry vote total. "I think the team is doing their part. I think it's the responsibility of the fan to vote for your favorite position player," he said. "If ESPN doesn't promote the Marlins and MLB doesn't promote the Marlins, I think the fans should."But complaining about fans in your own park being more interested in the Heat's run to the NBA Finals while the Marlins are busy losing 7 out of their last 8 games is laughable.
"You can tell when there's a Heat game, there's nobody by our window," closer Heath Bell said of the window in the Marlins' outfield bullpen. "I know I got annoyed the last couple of times because it was 'Let's go He-eat!' I was like, 'Let's go Marlins!' I was yelling back at them."To be fair, it is weird to think that someone would go to the Marlins Park Clevelander so they can watch a Heat game, but last time I checked, this is America, so that's perfectly legal.
Working telephones:
"That kind of stuff does happen," Maddon said. "But you'd like to think they got it right here the first time. You know, when Fenway [Park in Boston, which opened in 1912] breaks down, you kind of expect it."
Nah, season's probably over RT @jtrom311: do you think they can recover for the series tomorrow?Followed up with:
— Juan C. Rodriguez (@JCRMarlinsbeat) June 8, 2012
Guess the sarcasm didn't come through RT @jtrom311: y do you think that?We know the feeling, dude.
— Juan C. Rodriguez (@JCRMarlinsbeat) June 8, 2012
Same as it does any other day RT @CatandNick: how does the press box feel when the #Marlins are breaking hearts and playing like crap?
— Juan C. Rodriguez (@JCRMarlinsbeat) June 8, 2012
If by gonzo you mean cargo, that's a big N-O RT @fourself78: @JCRMarlinsbeat do uknow ifRockies are willing to trade gonzo?Sick burn, JCR.
— Juan C. Rodriguez (@JCRMarlinsbeat) June 7, 2012
Maybe there's a Tweetdeck filter for that?More than I care to read RT @Chicagosports34: how many buck ?'s do you get in a day?
— Juan C. Rodriguez (@JCRMarlinsbeat) June 7, 2012
A lesser beat writer would have replied, "I don't know." Read more...Even possible to hit a ball that high? RT @brianfein do you know what's the rule in Marlins Park if a ball hits the roof?
— Juan C. Rodriguez (@JCRMarlinsbeat) May 30, 2012
NL Derby team captain Matt Kemp said on TV Tuesday Stanton and Dodgers teammate Andre Ethier would be two of his picks for the Derby. Each league gets four hitters.Obviously, this needs to happen. The world deserves more #Monsterdongs. Then there's this:
Stanton told the Miami Herald Tuesday that he would welcome the chance to represent the Marlins, but he has not received any call from Kemp yet. "It would be fun," he said. "I watched it last year and it looked like a great time."
Teammate Logan Morrison offered to be Stanton's "towel boy," to the delight of metaphor enthusiasts everywhere. "He wants to dab me up and give me Gatorade," Stanton said. "I told him if he puts some makeup on and gets a wig, I'll let him do it."We'll file that idea under "Nonessential." Read more...
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