Game Today
So far the Marlins are undefeated in the Grapefruit League. Of course, they haven't won a game either, but the former sounds so much better.
The Marlins travel to Ft. Lauderdale to play the Orioles.
The Marlins starting pitcher will be Sergio Mitre with Andrew Miller, et al, figuring in the mix somewhere.
The Orioles will counter with Adam Loewen and a bunch of other guys.
Game time is 1:05 p.m.
Two of the regulars making the trip are Hanley and Danny, both of whom took the day off yesterday. Welcome back to bus leagues fellows. I would normally mention something about it being a short trip and it is, mileage-wise. Time-wise is a completely different thing.
There is no radio coverage of the game. But hopefully, I will get the magical updating box score posted at some point.
In the meantime, Have a Great Day!
This is an open thread.
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by Lake Fred on Feb 28, 2008 10:43 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
Working backwards from the box score...
Leadoff single to Whitesell.
Padilla strikeout.
Dubois single.
Maxwell reaches on Gwyn's throwing error.
Orr grounder up the middle, Whitesell beats the throw home (said to be high), tie game.
Nieves flyball out.
Bergolla strikeout, game over.
by dan 2.0 on Feb 28, 2008 2:57 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Magic Box Score
Mitre lifted in the first due to "elbow discomfort." Uh-oh.
by dan 2.0 on Feb 28, 2008 2:44 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Damn it
Listening online...
Marlins working on a 5 R 5th, Cody 3 R HR
by HadMatter on Feb 28, 2008 2:49 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Yep!
http://mlb.mlb.com/news/boxscore.jsp?gid=2008_02_28_flomlb_balmlb_1&refresh=60
by HadMatter on Feb 28, 2008 3:04 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Yikes
http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080228&content_id=2394270&vkey=spt2008news&fex t=.jsp&c_id=mlb
by colombo259 on Feb 28, 2008 3:37 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
16-3
by colombo259 on Feb 28, 2008 4:47 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Interesting CF battle, too
Ross had a 3 run shot (and drew a walk), De Aza hit a granny, and Maybin had an RBI (with two out) and two double in 4 ABs.
Personally, I'm a Cody Ross fan. However, I would be fine with he and De Aza splitting time, depending on the situation. I think Maybin needs more time to develop, even though he's done well in this young spring training season.
by colombo259 on Feb 28, 2008 5:30 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
It cannot be said enough:
by dan 2.0 on Feb 28, 2008 6:32 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
de Aza hitting a homer ANYWHERE matters!
by Fishcrazy on Feb 28, 2008 7:59 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I wasn't emphasizing the stats
by colombo259 on Feb 28, 2008 8:08 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Game observations
As for Mitre, he was not close to the strike zone most of the time. This was before he said that his elbow got stiff. He didn't appear to be in any pain. Hopefully that's a good sign.
The error Cantu made was a routine pop-up in the infield that was in and out of his glove.
The grand slam from de Aza was one of those that you knew it was gone after it left his bat. Cody's 3-run homer was great, too.
The game had 14 walks and 3 hit batters between both teams. Seems like it must still be early spring training rust that needs to come off. A lot of guys were missing by a lot and there were a lot of full counts.
This was the first time I had a chance to see Andrew Miller and I wasn't disappointed. He did pretty well even though he, too was having control issues.
Sinkbeil's sinker sounds like the batter is trying to hit a shotput with a 2x4. He was doing well until he hit Terrero and then it seemed like that shook him up a little. He had some pretty long battles with some hitters which drove up his pitch count which is why I think he was pulled early in the 9th. In fact, Carvajal was up in the bottom of the 8th. I didn't think that Sinkbeil was even coming back out.
Hanley's speed is just awesome! He was clearly safe when he stole both second and third and his speed is what caused Ramon Hernandez to hurry his throw to third which caused him to make a bad throw that ended up in the outfield.
As a side note, I was sitting between a couple of Orioles fans from Fort Worth and a guy from Toronto that is a Blue Jays fan. All in all, interesting day and a great game.
by mbaamin08 on Feb 28, 2008 7:40 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Hit a shotput with a 2x4!
I heard (most of) the game online from the Orioles announcers so this is a nice perspective. Thanks!
by HadMatter on Feb 28, 2008 8:30 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Thanks for the recap
by craig on Feb 29, 2008 12:04 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Chad Fox
by jrsyeagle on Feb 28, 2008 8:06 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
where?
by FloridaMarlinsFan4Ever on Feb 28, 2008 9:42 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
The Cubs
by craig on Feb 29, 2008 12:22 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

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