HOLY SHIT! the Marlins are awsome this season!!!!!!!!!

[pres2032]

destroying John Smoltz in the 1st inning. Encarnacion just hit a GRAND SLAM!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo:

[pres2032]

1. it is now 7-0 marlins in the 2nd

:D

[JohnKleeb]

2. wholly crap

Thats nice.

[pres2032]

3. it is very nice

just chased smoltz off the field

[LynneSin]

4. Wow and to think if the Playoffs were today the Marlins would qualify

:eyes:

[pres2032]

6. yup

:D

you can't deny that a strong opening day is a great momentum builder

[RagingInMiami]

5. This is their best team yet

At least on paper.

[pres2032]

7. definitely

there's not a bad hitter on the line-up, even our pitchers are good hitters.

[CottonBear]

8. Oh crap. I'm a Braves fan.

I was just listening in the car on the way back from an running an errand and the game was just underway.

Go Braves!

[pres2032]

9. as much as i'd like to say it is

the game is certainly not over, you guys still have a chance, i guess. :-) Though if Beckett finds his rhythm, look out.

[CottonBear]

10. Thanks. Hope springs eternal in baseball,

especially on opening day!

Good luck to your team. We will meet again many times before the season is over.

edit: Ouch. Down 7-0 in the top of the third. Damn.

[pres2032]

12. yup

and i'm sure those games will be good ones. They usually are. we tend to finish the season .500 on eachother.

good luck to your team too!

[CottonBear]

15. Thanks.

All's fair in love & baseball!

I see we've lost. Oh well.

There's a whole season ahead! Let the games begin!

[lastknowngood]

11. Damn and I was gettin' ready to go fishin'

n/t

[pres2032]

13. heh, not today!

:-)

[RagingInMiami]

14. Marlins win, 9-0!

[sasquatch]

16. I like Jack McKeon and I'm still upset with the Reds about firing him

[RagingInMiami]

17. He just came out with a new book called

"I'm just getting started." You gotta love it.

[pres2032]

19. really?!?!!

i'll have to but it. :-)

[RagingInMiami]

27. He's the talk of the town over here

We love him and he loves us. It was a perfect fit. With his attitude and all. He loves to fish. He loves the weather. We love a sense of humor and a passion for winning.

He's going to give a book signing at the Barnes and Nobles near my house this week. I'm going to try and make it. He is a funny guy. I would love to shake his hand.

[pres2032]

28. sweet

lucky you, you'll have to take and post pictures.

he does seem like a really great guy, a grandfather figure, if you will. I'd love the opportunity to meet him.

[RagingInMiami]

32. Here you go

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1572437111/qid=1112764387/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/104-5630023-9444758?v=glance&s=books

[pres2032]

33. awsome

thanks!

[RagingInMiami]

34. Just reading the title of that second book gives me goosebumps

"Miracle Over Miami: How the 2003 Marlins Shocked the World"

[pres2032]

35. i know, seriously

i have to not so subtly suggest to my parents that they get me those books for my b-day at the end of the month. :-)

i just hope we can sit here two years from now talking about the new book on the 2005 world series champion marlins.

[RagingInMiami]

36. It's really exciting down here

And it looks like they're finally going to build them a stadium. They're probably the only team in history to have won two world series' - while playing in a bloody football stadium.

[pres2032]

37. i bet

I loved seeing 57,000 people in the stands today. Certianly numbers we wouldn't have seen 5 years ago. that's what i'll miss when we move out of this stadium, seeing 70,000+ for late season and playoff games.

[RagingInMiami]

38. Yeah, the stadium is only going to hold 38,000 people

If the state legislature passes it.

But it will be right in the heart of Miami, instead of the county line. If it passes, they are going to change the team name to the Miami Marlins. That's part of the deal.

[pres2032]

39. yeah, that'll be much better

it may take some getting used to with the new name, but i usually just call them the marlins anyway. I hope that the revenue they get this and next season will be enough to hold on to Cabrera, Pierre, beckett, and burnett as they become superstars.

[RagingInMiami]

40. They should have been the Miami Marlins from day one

The rest of Florida couldn't care less about anything going on down in south florida, especially Miami. They treat it as if it were another world, which it actually is compared to the rest of Florida.

[pres2032]

41. yeah

it does seem as though Miami is seperate from the rest of florida. i don't think not being in Miami was their problem, it was having H. Wayne Huzgiena (sp?) as their owner.

[RagingInMiami]

42. He was the problem

They always played, and still play, in Miami-Dade County, which is just north of the actual city boundaries, even though people refer to the whole county as Miami.

Huizenga called them the Florida Marlins cause he wanted to sell the team merchandise to the whole state. This was before the Tampa Bay Devil Rays so they were the only team in the state.

Prior to that, everybody was an Atlanta Brave fan, which is one reason why they're our main nemesis.

But they've always been a south Florida team, which means Miami, as well as Broward, Palm Beach counties as well as the Keys. But Miami is the biggest city of the four south Florida counties, so it makes sense that they play here.

[pres2032]

43. yeah

that's pretty bad.

heh, i was going to say that his biggest mistake was pissing away all of our starters after the 97 series, but then it led to us getting the roster we have today. Weren't Castillo and Lowell results of those trades?

[KitchenWitch]

18. Go Fish

Twins are up 8 - 4 in the bottom of the 8th inning. M's have 1 on and 1 out.

[pres2032]

20. Go Twins

nothing like starting the season off with a convincing win.

[KitchenWitch]

21. We lost our game yesterday 5-1

But our Cy Young pitcher started today and actually for the most part, shut them down (bad first inning for Johan, oh well)

Now if someone would kneecap Richie Sexson, I would not be heartbroken - he hits like .364 lifetime against the Twins, two home runs yesterday!

[pres2032]

23. oh, oops, sorry to hear that

hehe, always good that your Cy young winner acts like one.

I don't know about Sexson, but the Marlins took out Giles and Estrada in the first inning of our game.

[KitchenWitch]

26. NIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIICE!

I hear Smoltz was sent packing after less than 2 innings of work (7 ER? that is an ERA hit from hell)

[pres2032]

29. he actually has an ERA of 32.00 now

we destroyed him today!

I love our line-up, we're going to get hits nearly every inning.

[KitchenWitch]

31. that rocks!

glad to hear Atlanta got their can handed to them.

[bilgewaterbill]

22. Cubs are in a tailspin.

1 game winning streak negated by 1 game losing streak.

[pres2032]

24. damn, you guys are seriously choking!

there's always next year! ;-)

[bilgewaterbill]

25. Will the curse never end? nt

[pres2032]

30. hehe, not as long as the Marlins

are here to keep it going. :-)