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Cudos to the NL for finally beating the AL after 14 years of dominance. About time. More pending news now that the allstar game is over. What are the Marlins doing? Nothing it seems. Fired a perfectly good manager and now it looks as though some key Marlins are on the trading block including Cody Ross, Cantu, Uggla, and Nolasco. What! Marlins have already given up the season with their own inept ability to acquire some bullpen help when pitchers were hurt. Some hard fought games that were lost during the first half and Loria is backpeddlin fast. Lets just jump off that horse in the middle of the stream!!! If these players go and the Marlins acquire pitching which seems like a no brainer, who will be in the starting lineup come 2011? Enter Maybin who is still green, Logan Morrison who has never played in the bigs, Bonifacio who still can’t hit and so on. Who will take Nolasco’s spot in the rotation? Miller? Hensley? Vandenhurk? Voldstad? I think not. They better get some good trades for what they are possibly gonna give up….. I thought they wanted to have a full stadium in 2012. They will lose another fan base if the fire sale begins. If these four players go, so goes the Marlins>

With that being said, rumors have it that the Braves are looking at Cody to fill a spot in the outfield. Fans are mixed about this trade. Mainly because Ross does not have the power numbers he had last year. Balony on that. His average is up, OBP is up, and he is better than an average outfielder on defense. I love these guys that just look at the numbers and have never watched him play the outfield. He would be a big plus to the Braves.. I would actually like to see Ross go to the Phillies and play with his old buddies from the minor’s being Victorino and Worth. Next two weeks should be interesting before the trade deadline…

Take in the music while the game is still going on. Shut off the disco lights behind center field while the game is going on so the batter can see the BASEBALL! Give me a break on this American Territory to ever get an MLB team much less become a state of the union. With THAT being said, good to see Loria give Puerto Ric an born Edwin Rodriguez a chance at managing the Marlins for the rest of the season. The vibes felt good and the Marlins have won the first two games against the Mets in San Juan. A walk off single in the bottom of the ninth by Dan Uggla made it even sweeter. This team does have allot of heart and if you have been watching this team since 2006 it is a special bunch of guys trying to do their best with a cheap owner who on a whim cut Fredi from the team. Maybe a good move, maybe not. Time will tell I guess. This long road trip before the Allstar break might tell the story to the rest of the season. Cody Ross is having a great series so far against the Mets with a 2-4 yesterday and a 1-4 today. Batting average at .295

Whats up with THAT! I was liking Fredi as of late. Granted Loria wants a winning team. Changing managers will not help your bullpen Loria… You have lost two good managers in the last several years with Girardi and Gonzalez. Gee, Girardi went on to the Yankees and Fredi will probably end up in Atlanta. Loria, you seem to help all the teams that you are trying to beat with players and Managers. My next big news break will be that you traded Cody for some relief pitching. You go guy. Trade off Uggla, Ross, Cantu and Helms next year and you will be the king. You had a great reliever in Rhodes and you let him go for 2 mill. Bad move. Make your one trade by the deadline and you will be trying to put together a winning team. That stuff gets old buddy. Oh by the way, Ross has no affiliation with this site, so don’t blame him for this post. You brought up Stanton too early and you brought up Maybin too early. I admire your staff for finding players that might have a great future. Then you go a ruin it with bringing up players that are not ready. Hermida comes to mind. Gotta go with those minimum pay players. ITs gonna burn you in the end…..

Cody this Cody that, Cody goes 4 for 4, Cody makes a double play catching a fly ball in left field and then throws the guy out at first. Cody steals home, Cody steals second base with an awesome slide. Cody has a throw to the plate from left field to throw out the runner going home. Throwing a rocket that hits in front of Brett Hayes for a strike…..Hayes misses the ball and Cody gets a throwing error to home. What? Most outfielders would never have even made it close. IF it had not been close, would Ross still get the error? I disagree with that one fellas. Oh well! Cody brings his average up to .297 leading the team in doubles with 11.

OOPS! My bad! I am almost tired of watching video clips of Cody sliding home winning games. Yea right! Either the pitcher gave up the game walking Cody in the ninth and throwing a wild pitch to watch Cody score from third or Ross is an excellent baserunner. Let me back up a bit….Ross walks in the top of the ninth on a 3-2 pitch. Paulino hits a single to right field and Ross scampers to third on great base running. Wild pitch and Ross scores to beat the Mets 2-1 in the bottom of the ninth. Two days before that, Ross is at third base and Maybin on first. Maybin takes a big lead on first, then attempts a steal, Pitcher throws to first and Ross steals home to win the game. Great timing and a great play that works when the timing is right. Bout time Ross gets his due on heads up base running.