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• Trade deadline passes quietly for Florida Marlins

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  A few minutes remained before the 4 p.m. non-waiver trade deadline. Marlins President of Baseball Operations Larry Beinfest was sufficiently confident nothing would happen and started his conference call early.

  The Marlins did not consumate any deals, but they were willing to as long as they player(s) coming back would be [...]

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• Florida Marlins planning to keep closer Leo Nunez into next season

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  Before Friday’s game, Marlins closer Leo Nunez said his family and friends were driving him crazy asking about a possible trade. That speculation should end soon.

  According to an AL front office official who spoke with the Marlins Friday, Leo Nunez will not be traded before Sunday’s non-waiver deadline. In addition, [...]

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• Florida Marlins: What Hanley Ramirez should have said in the first place

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  Someone apparently got in Hanley Ramirez’s ear about the way he reacted to Jeff Conine’s insinuation that the Marlins might be better off without their superstar shortstop. Ramirez told The Miami Herald earlier this week that Conine was a chicken for making his feelings known on a radio [...]

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• Homer surge leads to win streak; Hand back up

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  (Posted by Ted Hutton)

  Jack McKeon calls them “add-ons,” and he really likes them.

  They are home runs that pad a lead. What McKeon does not like is when players swing for the fences when the team is trailing.

  This is what McKeon said after Wednesday’s 7-5 win over the Nats: [...]

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• Speculation over Josh Johnson is speculation

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  (Posted by Ted Hutton)

  Speculation that Josh Johnson is done for the season is apparently just that.

  Johnson had this to say today about the rumors that started circulating last night: “Nothing has been discussed, but we are running out of time.”

  And Larry Beinfest, through a team spokesman, said [...]

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• Florida Marlins: Chris Volstad optioned to Triple-A New Orleans

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  He showed up. He did his day-after start running. He got sent out.

  The Marlins before Saturday’s game optioned right-hander Chris Volstad to Triple-A New Orleans. Since making his major league debut in 2008, Volstad has been unable to stay in the majors a full season. Now each of the last [...]

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• Florida Marlins: Jeff Conine would consider Hanley Ramirez trade

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  Special assistant Jeff Conine, one of the players most associated with the Marlins franchise, wouldn’t be opposed to the Marlins trading Hanley Ramirez. During an interview Friday on The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz on 790 The Ticket, the club’s flagship station, Conine was asked directly if he [...]

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• Florida Marlins: Trade talks yet to heat up; Brandon Inge not an option at 3B

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  With 10 days to go before the July 31 non-waiver trade deadline, the Marlins are not close to pulling the trigger on anything, a baseball source who spoke with the Marlins today said.

  Closer Leo Nunez might be the most likely Marlin to be traded, but the source said the club had yet [...]

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• Florida Marlins: Ricky Nolasco highs and lows not unprecedented

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  In light of the the thumping the Padres gave Ricky Nolasco on Wednesday, a faithful reader e-mailed me wondering about pitchers who have thrown seven or more shutout innings multiple times and allowed eight or more earned runs multiple times in the same season.

  I altered the parameters a bit and [...]

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• Outfielder Bryan Petersen pitches in on mound to aid Marlins’ bullpen

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  MIAMI GARDENS With the Marlins trailing by a dozen runs early in Wednesday’s game, manager Jack McKeon began looking for a late-inning volunteer to preserve his bullpen.

  Perhaps McKeon should have called on Bryan Petersen to pitch earlier. The outfielder turned in the best pitching line in the 14-3 loss to [...]

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