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• News, notes and pre-game quotes from Opening Night at Marlins Park

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  The Marlins' opening day payroll of $93.3 million is not only a franchise record, but dwarfs payrolls from many previous seasons, most notably the the $14.9 million total figure for the 2006 team. The previous highest payroll for the Marlins belonged to the 2005 team ($60 million).

  The highest earner on' [...]

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• Muhammad Ali delivers ceremonial first ball to the mound at Marlins Park

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  Boxing legend Muhammad Ali made an appearance for the opening festivities at Marlins Park Wednesday night, delivering the game ball to the mound while riding in a cart alongside owner Jeffrey Loria.

  Loria sat alongside, holding Ali's hands as the cart moved in from beyond the center field wall. The sellout' [...]

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• Marlins Park HR sculpture will be big part of Estefan's opening show

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  Opening Night is finally here and before Josh Johnson throws the first pitch of the game to Rafael Furcal a ceremony will take place on the field at about 6:15 p.m. to help usher in the new era at Marlins Park.

  Miami's own Emilio Estefan has a 30-minute pregame program scheduled [...]

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• Did an 18-year-old photo predict the Marlins' future?

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     Received an email this week from a Texas man, Scott Rose, who attached a grainy photo that was taken of him at the old Arlington Stadium, former home of the Rangers. He pointed out a peculiarity in the photo that reminded me of an old "Twilight Zone" episode," one" [...]

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• Fans can visit Marlins Park for free Tuesday, catch Fish-Cards practice

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  If you ever want to see Mike Stanton take batting practice for free, now is your chance.

  Starting at 4 p.m. Tuesday Marlins Park will be open to the public as the Marlins and Cardinals prepare for Wednesday night's season opener with workouts.

  The Cardinals will practice first from 4 to 5:30. [...]

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• Marlins Park retractable roof hit a glitch Saturday

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  The retractable roof is brand new, but it's not perfect.

  Saturday, Marlins Park personnel experienced their first hiccup with the 8,000-ton moving roof when a sensor malfunction delayed its closing for 10 minutes during a heavy rain storm, leaving the field wet and soggy before Sunday's exhibition game with the Yankees.

  "There" [...]

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• Yellow Submarine: the Big Apple's take on Marlins Park

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      With the Yankees in town and Opening Day just around the corner, there's much to read in New York this morning on the Marlins and their new ballpark.

      Check out what they had to say:

      -- Tyler Kepner of The New York Times wrote that [...]

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• Marlins Park off-site parking guide

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  In case you missed it, our news staff put together a great chart in today's paper regarding the additional 3,000 off-site parking spots surrounding Marlins Park. 

  Included are how exact addresses you punch into your GPS, number of spaces per lot, prices, distance to the stadium and potential ways to [...]

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• Marlins Park home run sculpture won't be operational until Opening Day

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  You're going to have to wait until Opening Day to see the Marlins' new home run sculpture light up.

  President David Samson said Sunday he misspoke when he told reporters earlier this month the sculpture would be operational for the two exhibition games against the Yankees. Now, Marlins fans will have [...]

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• Marlins send "Cy Young" to minors

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      VIERA -- Getting set for a night game at Space Coast Stadium, former spring training home of the Marlins, where the news of the hour is the optioniong of left-hander Wade LeBlanc to Triple A. LeBlanc had such a terrific spring that manager Ozzie Guillen referred to him [...]

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