Saturday, August 13th, 2011
The Florida Marlins made one of the most puzzling roster moves in recent Major League history on Saturday as they optioned outfielder Logan Morrison to Triple-A New Orleans. Normally I'd give a team the benefit of the doubt in a situation like this and say "I'm sure the Marlins know ...
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Tuesday, June 14th, 2011
We assume the following conversation took place between ESPN writer Buster Olney and his brain this weekend before he wrote a story detailing baseball's possible realignment to two 15-team leagues.
BUSTER: Hey brain, do you have any ideas? There's nothing interesting going on right now and I need to stir ...
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Thursday, January 27th, 2011
A three-game series between the Florida Marlins and Seattle Mariners from June 24-26 will be moved from Miami to Seattle because of a U2 concert that will happen three days after the series would have concluded. Read that again please.
A three-game, Major League Baseball series is going to be moved ...
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Tuesday, September 7th, 2010
I have never seen Florida Marlins owner Jeffrey Loria in person, and I never really want to. And not just because the guy is a total douchenozzle. I've always had this mental image of Loria being no taller than 5-foot-4, allowing his physique to match his Napoleonic attitude. (It also ...
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Wednesday, September 1st, 2010
Would this were the WWE instead of Major League Baseball. At least then you know Washington Nationals' outfielder/leadoff hitter/catcher assassin Nyjer Morgan would get what was coming to him, if only at the upcoming pay-per-view.
D.C. Sports Bog has a full list of Morgan's interesting last couple of weeks, but, as ...
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Monday, August 23rd, 2010
Cody Ross is headed from the Florida Marlins to the San Francisco Giants after the Bay-Area team claimed him off waivers. Apparently, the Marlins wanted to promote Cameron Maybin back up to the majors since the team's playoff hopes are fading faster than Jennifer Aniston's career.
And since we're all experts ...
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Wednesday, August 11th, 2010
Former barely NFL quarterback Josh Booty settled a lawsuit against the Orange County sheriff's department alleging sheriff's deputies shot him with a stun gun while booking him for drunken driving.
Booty's attorney, Tariq Hasan, claims the former awful quarterback will receive $8,619.
In 2008 Booty, who was drafted by the Seattle Seahawks ...
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