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  The underdogs. The masked men in these Covid times. The balck jerseys with the black letters and numbers. The Team that lost 105 Games in 2019, and over 20 Players to Coronavirus less then 3 months ago. The "Bottom Feeders". The 2020 Marlins. Special.      En una temporada como ninguna en la historia del Beisbol, los Marlins de esta generación jugaron más unidos que nunca. Pudo a ver sido las nuevas reglas de Grandes Ligas, de no poder hacer más que respirar y vivir pura pelota caliente por 3 meses, lo que los unió? Pudo a ver sido las Mayores, echándole culpa al Club por tener 18 Jugadores en un solo golpe recibir el Covid-19, y luego suspendiendo su Temporada por m á s de una semana, sin poder salir del hotel?? Pudo a ver sido que ya simplemente estaban hasta aqá, de tanta falta de respeto por todos lados??? Pero nadie hubiera sospechado que este Equipo llegara tan lejos.         Playoffs?! For only the 3rd time in Franchise History, the Marlins made it to the Postseason.

Let's Go Fish!

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This Franchise has been hear before, needing to win 3 straight elimination Games in an October Series of '03. This Team, this year, has seemingly had their backs against the wall from the get go. Why should this moment, right now, be any different?! The Braves have taken the first 2 Games in their best of 5 Series against our Fish. The Marlins will have to win 3 in a row in order to take down Atlanta, but it starts today, now. 23 year old Josh Beckett stepped up 17 years ago in a very similar situation against the Cubs, tossing a Complete Game Shutout, after Chicago took a 3 Games to 1 lead. Can 22 year old Sixto Sanchez come up similarly big for the Fish today, against a very tough Braves Lineup? Here's a little known fact, Atlanta is out of Starting Pitching. There's a new twist to the Division Series in 2020, each Game of the Series will be played continuously. No off-days in between Games 2 & 4. We knew coming in Atlanta had Max Fried & Ian Anderson at the top o

Revamping the Revamped

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  The Marlins James Hoyt pitching for the Tobasco  🇲🇽   Olmecas in 2012. When the Fish went into Spring Training all the way back in February (Sheez does that feel like a long time ago or what), one of the main areas the Club talked about improving in was the performance out of their Bullpen according to Marlins President Michael Hill. “You look at our overall Bullpen performance”, speaking in regards to 2019, “it was not good,” said the Marlins Prez all the way back in December. According to Fangraphs, Florida’s -2.2 WAR (Wins Above Replacement) in their Bullpen ranked dead last in 2019, the only Team with a negative WAR out of the ‘Pen. Talks about ‘revamping’ ensued and soon happened. Gone heading into Spring were the Wei Yin Chen’s (and the 20 Million Dollars the Marlins decided to eat instead of sending him out to the mound). Gone were the Tayron Guerrero’s (and the 36 Walks he had in 46 In