Andrew Miller gets his first win for the Marlins
It was a shaky five innings for Andrew Miller, but he pulls it off with the help of the Marlins strong bullpen for the win over the Braves 7-2. Hanley and Jacobs go long in the first inning adding two more homeruns for the Marlins who are now in second place behind the Phillies for most home runs. Marlins still lead the NLE by a game and a half over the Mets.
Funny how MLB, FSN and all the other sportscast gurus don’t even recognize the Marlins having such a great start. Last I knew, the Marlins were second in baeball with total homeruns. Second or third with most double plays. Second best era average by the bullpen. I could go on but I forgot the rest. Don’t ya think that would raise an eyebrow or two. Don’t they do that for a living. Stats stats and more stats the Marlins are pouring into the books and nobody seems to notice. Has Loria pissed off that many people or they all that inept?
I am watching the FSN final report as the Marlins game comes on. No mention about the the Marlins other than Hanley hitting a first pitch home run and his 6th of the year. Only snubs on the Braves losing. What a bunch of crock. Get my point.
Anyway after that rant, Marlins might have another pitcher in the rotation. Miller held on for the win, but the Braves left 9 batters on base while he was at the mound. Lucky? We shall see.
Typical of the sports networks, especially early in the season. Big market popular teams will get most of the coverage. The Royals are another team (also, a smaller market) that had a great start, but still aren’t getting the press that the Yankees, Red Sox, Cubs, etc do. I think the other thing that has people hush-hush is that the Marlins have one of the, if not THE lowest payrolls in baseball, so their thoughts may be that this is a fluke. One interesting thing as that I saw one of the sportswriters for SI had power rankings that had the Marlins predicted to do much better than the Red Sox this year. Go figure.
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I understand what your saying. But don’t you think it makes a good story for the underdog Marlins. The press hounds always want an underdog story. It makes good news. FSN doesn’t have a clue. They have blinders on or something. To dish the lesser teams is a shame. They are losing alot of headlines and friction to the game. Thats what it is all about, the underdog has alot of fans. FSN should realize that. Thats why I hate the yankees, mets, cardinals, redsox and so on. Make it a fair game in the media. Its not their job to choose the winners before the season has just begun. Screw the media. They are not fair to the teams or the league. Period……
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