Ministry of Pain
Footballguy
It's been a rough go of it the last 4-5 seasons since Jeffrey Loria conned the city of Miami into picking up the tab on Marlins Park with the promise of a competitive team. I don't want to re-hash all that as most of you just care about Rotisserie or Fantasy but I have been watching almost all of the games and going to Marlins Park. I can't explain my renewed love affair with Baseball but I haven't enjoyed it this much since prior to the steroid explosion coupled with the cancellation of the 1994 World Series where my former fav team the Atlanta Braves were likely to win it all that season. Add in Pete Rose, we share the same b-day and I used to love him growing up...Left me with a real bad taste for baseball.
But in 2016, Baseball has cleaned up their act a lot. I applaud the suspension of Dee Gordon although it hurts our overall team. Cheating has always been in Baseball but you like to think it's not as prevalent as it was a few years back. Another awesome part of this has been my wife wanting to join me at the games, likes me to explain what is happening when the game is on at home, in general she likes Baseball vs most other sports so I don't have to apologize all the time for watching it or suggesting we take in a game and then go to South Beach after. The stadium itself is beautiful and Marlins Park has incredible deals on tickets, not that expensive to take in a game and even get primo seats.
I am going to do a spotlight post on almost all the Marlins and give you my opinion but just on the surface I can tell you that Christian or Chris Yelich is the real deal and sometimes I wish he had a little nastier streak in him but overall the kid is a primo hitter at the plate and has a sweet balance of power and just plain spraying the ball around the park. He will take any hit the pitcher gives him and he absorbs a lot of pitches. He also has been slumping just a bit in the last week or two with some ground ball dps with runner in scoring position which always blows.
I have been watching and wanting to come over and start a thread on them, there's real talent here and my guess is Miami will deal a lot of these guys before they pay them top dollar . I do not anticipate Giancarlo Stanton and C.Yelish to be the 3 and 4 hitters for Miami the next 10 years which if it were a good strong organization, we wouldn't have to worry about it or whether Jose Fernandez can stay long term. I will address starting pitching 1st, Miami has a strong 1-2-3 right now with Fernandez, Chen, Conley doing a pretty good job of holding the opposition to 3 runs or less almost every time they walk on the mound. You mix that with a line up that has multiple .300+ hitters and it's not a surprise the Marlins are a few games over .500 and that's despite BP problems which we will get to.
I will be happy to answer any questions you all might have although I'm sure most of you would school me in Baseball. I have been able to sit almost on the field in each of the first few games I went to at Marlins Park, I don't think that will remain that way if they keep winning. Marlins already increased some ticket prices for the Cubs and Dodgers for example. I was able to sit 2 rows right off 1st Base for the Brewers last week and it cost me a whopping $25 per ticket on a week night. That's sick...if you like Baseball you are a fool not to go take advantage of the giveaways. All you can eat on Mon/Sat, Steep ticket discounts on Tue, Wed, Thur night...parking is $15 but that's not terrible when I check most stadiums. If you come down to Miami, you should take in a game at Marlins Park, lot of fun and good folks.
Let's Go Marlins Let's Go!!!
But in 2016, Baseball has cleaned up their act a lot. I applaud the suspension of Dee Gordon although it hurts our overall team. Cheating has always been in Baseball but you like to think it's not as prevalent as it was a few years back. Another awesome part of this has been my wife wanting to join me at the games, likes me to explain what is happening when the game is on at home, in general she likes Baseball vs most other sports so I don't have to apologize all the time for watching it or suggesting we take in a game and then go to South Beach after. The stadium itself is beautiful and Marlins Park has incredible deals on tickets, not that expensive to take in a game and even get primo seats.
I am going to do a spotlight post on almost all the Marlins and give you my opinion but just on the surface I can tell you that Christian or Chris Yelich is the real deal and sometimes I wish he had a little nastier streak in him but overall the kid is a primo hitter at the plate and has a sweet balance of power and just plain spraying the ball around the park. He will take any hit the pitcher gives him and he absorbs a lot of pitches. He also has been slumping just a bit in the last week or two with some ground ball dps with runner in scoring position which always blows.
I have been watching and wanting to come over and start a thread on them, there's real talent here and my guess is Miami will deal a lot of these guys before they pay them top dollar . I do not anticipate Giancarlo Stanton and C.Yelish to be the 3 and 4 hitters for Miami the next 10 years which if it were a good strong organization, we wouldn't have to worry about it or whether Jose Fernandez can stay long term. I will address starting pitching 1st, Miami has a strong 1-2-3 right now with Fernandez, Chen, Conley doing a pretty good job of holding the opposition to 3 runs or less almost every time they walk on the mound. You mix that with a line up that has multiple .300+ hitters and it's not a surprise the Marlins are a few games over .500 and that's despite BP problems which we will get to.
I will be happy to answer any questions you all might have although I'm sure most of you would school me in Baseball. I have been able to sit almost on the field in each of the first few games I went to at Marlins Park, I don't think that will remain that way if they keep winning. Marlins already increased some ticket prices for the Cubs and Dodgers for example. I was able to sit 2 rows right off 1st Base for the Brewers last week and it cost me a whopping $25 per ticket on a week night. That's sick...if you like Baseball you are a fool not to go take advantage of the giveaways. All you can eat on Mon/Sat, Steep ticket discounts on Tue, Wed, Thur night...parking is $15 but that's not terrible when I check most stadiums. If you come down to Miami, you should take in a game at Marlins Park, lot of fun and good folks.
Let's Go Marlins Let's Go!!!
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