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McPherson’s minor resurgence makes him a star

By john • Jul 3rd, 2008 • Category: albuquerque isotopes, dallas mcpherson, florida marlins, los angeles angels, minor leagues, pacific coast league, top story

A few years ago Dallas McPherson was at the top of the Anaheim Angels farm system. At 24 years old the left handed hitting third basemen was figured to be a middle of the order hitter for the team for years.
Things didn’t work out for McPherson in Anaheim and after spending parts of three years [...]


Jeff Conine calls it a career

By john • Mar 29th, 2008 • Category: baltimore orioles, florida marlins, jeff conine

Known as “Mr. Marlin” thoughout the organization it’s no surprise that Jeff Conine wanted to retire as a member of the team he helped to World Series titles in 1997 and 2003.
Conine began playing for the Marlins in 1993 going 4-for-4 in their opening game and later winning All Star Game MVP honors in 1995.
In 1,014 [...]


A reason to like each team

By john • Mar 23rd, 2008 • Category: arizona diamondbacks, atlanta braves, baltimore orioles, boston red sox, chicago cubs, chicago white sox, cincinatti reds, cleveland indians, colorado rockies, detroit tigers, florida marlins, houston astros, kansas city royals, los angeles angels, los angeles dodgers, milwaukee brewers, minnesota twins, new york mets, new york yankees, oakland a's, philadelphia phillies, pittsburgh pirates, san diego padres, san fransisco giants, seattle mariners, st. louis cardinals, tampa bay rays, texas rangers, toronto blue jays, washington nationals

This is one tough task but I’ve decided to try and fine a reason to like each of the 30 teams in major league baseball. Now some were easier to find then others and while some will disagree for the reasoning I’ve done my best I think.
I hope to continue this series by creating a [...]


Non Roster Invitee: John Gall - Marlins

By john • Feb 23rd, 2008 • Category: florida marlins, john gall, non roster invitee

The non roster invitees of the Florida Marlins are quite a group. I can’t think of any team that has as many invitees to camp or such a contract in age as there are guys just turning 20 and others almost 40 attempting to make this team. The Marlins figure to have quite the roster [...]


Forget the Braves of the 90’s, Indians real choke job

By john • Oct 16th, 2007 • Category: 1995 world series, 1997 world series, atlanta braves, cleveland indians, florida marlins

Never mind what you’ve heard on ESPN a million times. Forget about the Atlanta Braves of the 1990’s. Sure they were a darn good team and won their division from 1991-2005, a major league best 14 in a row, but they can’t possibly be considered failures. Sure they may have won only one World Series [...]