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2012 MLB Accuscore Predictions
Apparently Accuscore doesn't think our changes are going to make much of a difference, but I think we'll prove them wrong.
Marlins President Runs For Charity
Apparently David Samson is an accomplished runner. nice to see the front office giving back. Despite my feelings about the front office, I think this is great.
Marlins eliminated less than 24 hours from October this year
by marlinsfan315 on Sep 30, 2009 8:32 AM EDT
on Fish Stripes
It's been a great run this year, but we have been officially eliminated from playoff contention. We lasted until 9/30/2009 at 12:14am Eastern time this year when the Rockies' Chris Iannetta hit a pinch hit walk-off 2-run homer in the bottom of the 11th against the Brewers. Beating an incredibly hot Braves team wasn't enough tonight, unfortunately. The Brew Crew prolonged our execution tonight when Jason Kendall hit a 3-run homer off of Rockies' closer Hudson Street to make it 5-all in the top of the 9th.
Since the Marlins have 4 games left, we have played 158 games and thus made it longer than last year when we were eliminated in our 157th game. The leaders of the races this year have better records than those that eliminated us last year so even making it to our 157th game was impressive.
The Braves are 3 games behind the Rockies so the best we can do to spoil them is to beat them tomorrow. If the Rockies win, that will put Atlanta at 4 games back with 4 to go, not to mention bring us within a game and a half of second place. One more win and we will beat our record from last year. If it's any consolation, the Cubs were also eliminated with the Rockies' victory and 8 teams in the NL were eliminated before us (out of the 12 that will be eliminated).
All in all, not too shabby. Hold your heads high Marlins, there is nothing to be ashamed of. Let's finish strong. Go Fish!
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Winning on the cheap...
by marlinsfan315 on Sep 24, 2009 6:59 PM EDT
on Fish Stripes
As you've probably learned by now, I'm a fan of numbers and charts. That being said, I got to thinking about how well the Fish are doing with so little payroll that I decided to compile a list of team payrolls. Then I took it a step further and factored in how many wins all of those bucks earned each team. Below is a list of teams sorted from those paying the fewest per win to those paying the most.
(Win totals as of 9/24/2009 at 12pm, standings obtained from Yahoo, payroll figures from USA Today)
Fish vs. The National League, their chances and ours...
by marlinsfan315 on Sep 24, 2009 5:13 AM EDT
on Fish Stripes
After all the games finished on Wednesday night, this is how we stood...
| NL East | W | L | GB | MN | |
| Phillies | 88 | 63 | -- | -- | |
| Braves | 82 | 70 | 6.5 | 5 | |
| Marlins | 82 | 71 | 7 | 4 | |
| Mets and Nationals eliminated | |||||
| NL Wild Card | W | L | GB | MN | |
| Rockies | 86 | 66 | -- | -- | |
| Giants | 82 | 70 | 4 | 7 | |
| Braves | 82 | 70 | 4 | 7 | |
| Marlins | 82 | 71 | 4.5 | 6 | |
| Cubs | 78 | 73 | 7.5 | 4 | |
| All other non-division leaders eliminated from wild card | |||||
Magic Numbers... can we get a magician to help ours?
by marlinsfan315 on Sep 14, 2009 12:15 PM EDT
on Fish Stripes
For those that wonder about the chances of the Fish making the playoffs, here it is from a mathematical standpoint:
| NL EAST | W | L | PCT | GB | MN |
| PHILLIES | 82 | 60 | 0.577 | ||
| MARLINS | 76 | 67 | 0.531 | 6.5 | 14 |
| BRAVES | 75 | 68 | 0.524 | 7.5 | 13 |
| NL WILDCARD | W | L | PCT | GB | MN |
| ROCKIES | 82 | 62 | 0.569 | ||
| GIANTS | 77 | 66 | 0.538 | 4.5 | 15 |
| MARLINS | 76 | 67 | 0.531 | 5.5 | 14 |
| BRAVES | 75 | 68 | 0.524 | 6.5 | 13 |
| CUBS | 73 | 68 | 0.518 | 7.5 | 13 |
| ASTROS | 70 | 73 | 0.490 | 11.5 | 8 |
| BREWERS | 69 | 73 | 0.486 | 12 | 8 |
| PADRES | 65 | 79 | 0.451 | 17 | 2 |
| REDS | 64 | 79 | 0.448 | 17.5 | 2 |
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