Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
October 05, 2003
Fish Frenzy

How big was the Marlins winning to Miami? You have to scroll way down to find anything about the Dolphins. :-) Dan Le Batard is comparing this team to the 1969 Mets.


All the Marlins need to do now is go 4-3 in their next seven games to become as stunning a World Series team as this sport has seen in more than three decades, since the 1969 Mets named after a miracle.

Ivan Rodriguez is confident:

''This is the start,'' Rodriguez said on the field as teammates bobbed around him in celebration. ``I think we can go all the way.''

This isnt any time to argue, not with him anyway. The Giants can tell you. When Saturday was being decided, as a desperate J.T. Snow thundered toward home with San Franciscos last gasp, trying to save the Giants season, Rodriguez did not merely plant himself or brace for a collision as Jeff Conines throw came on one hop from left field. No, Rodriguez moved forward, into Snow, inviting him to try to take what he would not be giving. The symbolic result: Snow, not unlike his team, was left down and out.


The Marlins are winning over a lot of people in the Miami area right now. If Loria builds on this, rather than tearing it apart a la 1997, maybe baseball can be successful in Florida.


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