Comcast / XFINITY is providing the most interesting of contests for the sports fan: the Ultimate Sports Social Media Job! This is your chance to earn money doing what you love, talking about sports! And if you happen to win, Comcast will set you up with more than your fair share of gear as well.

How do you win such a contest, and what are the stakes involved? Here are the details:

Have you ever wanted a shot at winning your dream job in sports social media? Here’s your chance – XFINITY is launching a nationwide contest to find the next sports social media star to serve as the voice of XFINITY behind-the-scenes at the biggest sporting events nationwide in 2012.

The contest is called "Xfinity Presents: The Ultimate Sports Social Media Job" and runs from January 13th through March 25th. The winner will receive a one-year salary, all the electronics for the ultimate sports pad, and will have the opportunity to share thoughts, insights, and content with fans nationwide via the @XFINITYSports Twitter handle on a daily basis. This is truly a dream job opportunity for anyone looking to make a name for themselves in the world of sports and social media.

Here’s how it works:

From January 13 – February 6, you can log on to Facebook.com/XFINITY and submit a :30-2:00 video on the Ultimate Sports Social Media Job contest tab that shows why your sports knowledge, social media expertise, personality, and passion for Comcast products and services makes you the perfect candidate for the job.

The top video submissions will be featured on the Ultimate Sports Social Media Job contest tab located on Facebook.com/XFINITY for fans to vote on from February 9-19. The five entrants who tally the most votes will advance to the final round of the contest where they will cover one of five premier sports events the weekend of March 8-11. Following that weekend, a panel of judges will evaluate each performance and announce the winner of the contest by March 25th!

Head today to Facebook.com/XFINITY and click on the Ultimate Sports Social Media Job contest tab for all the details, as well as contest rules. Enter soon, as February 6th is the deadline for video submissions! Thanks to Fish Stripes partner XFINITY for bringing this opportunity to our readers.

Clearly, fans all sports and interests should be intrigued by this opportunity; the bottom line is that you get a chance to talk about sports via various media platforms including Twitter for money. If you ever wanted to break into the world of sports media discussion and get paid for it, this could very well be your chance! Give it a shot, submit a video, and you could be next breakout sports social media star!

This weeks edition of #Fishstripes (working title, suggestions welcomed) won't be as extensive as last weeks. With Law school exams approaching I find that my time devoted to marlins related randomness is shrinking (this makes me very unhappy).

I'm just going to dive right into this thing, this week's edition will have a free agency feel to it. 

LoMo (@LoMoMarlins) Tweet of the Week: Click Click

I'm kind of cheating this week since LoMo didnt actually tweet this, he did retweet though and had it not been for his RT I most likely would have never come across this one. But honestly, how could I pass up sharing a picture of not only LoMo, but Ty Wigginton about to drink snakes blood. Sounds like the beginning of a good joke. LoMo and Ty Wigginton walk into a bar and order two shots of snakes blood...Rumor has it that snakes blood adds at least 10 points to ones OBP, can you confirm, @MRJManiac? 

Fan Tweet of the Week: Click Me (Thanks to @Brendan_Tobin)

Responding to @MRJManiacs tweet regarding Ryan Madson's reported deal. @Brendan_Tobin hit back with a classic response. Though he didn't use the #fishstripes tag (tsk tsk), this tweet was too good to pass up for this week's feature. It begs the question, if Juan Carlos formerly known as the "Leo Coaster" comes back, what happens to his stats? do they reset? 

Jose Reyes

Reyes seems to be the hot topic of the week, especially after "lunch-gate 2011", where Jeffrey Loria, Ozzie Guillen and Reyes wined and dined at local establishment Joe’s Stone Crab. This meeting seems to be sending shockwaves through the Marlins and Miami community, possibly signaling the beginning of the Marlins "promised" shift to become a higher spending team. We’ve heard reports of three-year deals worth a bit over $20 million. We’ve already had mockup Reyes photos in Marlins garb (Thanks to our friend at marlinsdaily.com); the countdown to Reyes seems to have begun. In celebration of all that is Jose Reyes, I offer you this excellent music video by none other than Mr. Reyes.

Video After the Jump

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As you will quickly find out, my fellow blog mates here at Fish Stripes will provide you with fantastic historical, humorous, and stat-analysis pieces. We have got you readers covered on all angles concerning the Marlins.

Where does that leave me? What’s my focus here? What more is there to talk about?

It’s all up in the air, to be honest, and to some extent partially up to you, the reader. You see, the Internet is a hell of a tool. The emergence of social media has really changed the landscape of how fans are able to communicate and interact. These days we have the ability to get information straight from the source without having any semblance of a formal relationship to those sources. We are provided with an unprecedented access to the minds of some of our favorite athletes without having to exert any effort at all (well, beyond clicking). With sites like Twitter, we no longer need to solely rely on the morning paper, our favorite sports sites, or favorite radio shows (not that I don’t love those outlets) to see what our favorite players are saying, thinking, or doing. The powers that social media have bestowed upon the sports fan are much beloved.

My goal here is simple. It’s to have fun, to provide a smorgasbord of all things Marlin by means of the Internet. While twitter will be heavily featured and will be my medium of communication, I am not limiting myself to it, I will also incorporate site like YouTube, any funny/intriguing image that I find or am sent, etc. The point is I wont be relying on those typical sources (beat writers, ESPN, other major sources), that’s what Fish Bites is for. Participation by you the reader is extremely encouraged. For those twitter-holics add me (@MarlinsMR) and lets start putting the #fishstripes hash tag to good use. With the endless amount of amusing tweets, images, videos, etc.; this should be an excellent adventure.

Lastly, before I get fully into the swing of things, this segment wont be a rehashing of what every single Marlins player has said throughout the week. I will be focusing on things that I myself, and hope you the readers will find interesting. 

Without Further Ado, It’s The Week in Review

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