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• Marlins to call up spring training "Cy Young"

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        Wade LeBlanc, who was so impressive in March that Ozzie Guillen called him the team's Cy Young Award winner of spring training, is expected to be called up Sunday from Triple A New Orleans to replace injured reliever Edward Mujica.

           In [...]

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• VIDEO: Heat forward Shane Battier takes BP, chats up Marlins Park

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  Before he grabbed a bat and took swings in front of a few thousand fans at Marlins Park Saturday afternoon, Heat forward Shane Battier warned Marlins assistant Gary Thurman he only had "singles power."

  He was wrong. 

  Battier, one of the three-point specialists in the Heat's run to the NBA title, drilled [...]

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• Mujica has broken pinky on right foot, first trip to disabled list likely

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  The Marlins haven't announced it yet, but expect reliever Edward Mujica to go on the disabled list soon.

  The veteran right-handed reliever has a fractured right pinky toe and said he expects to be out at until after the All-Star Break. Mujica, who is wearing a protective boot on his foot,' [...]

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• Mujica has x-rays on right foot, leaves with boot

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  Reliever Edward Mujica, struck by a line drive in his one inning of relief Friday, had x-rays performed on his right foot after the game according to manager Ozzie Guillen and the team should know Saturday if the right-hander is going to miss any time.

  "Mujica got a little boot on" [...]

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• Will the Marlins reward Josh Johnson with some run support? And is Buck finally out of his funk?

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  It's been a rough month for a lot of Marlins.

  But not Josh Johnson.

  The team's Opening Day starter, who went 3-0 with a 4.41 ERA in May and helped led the Marlins to wins in all six of his starts last month, has a 1.95 ERA in June, which ranks [...]

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• SI profiles Stanton; Fernandez debuts; Yelich drives in 7

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        Sports Illustrated features Giancarlo Stanton in a four-page spread this week (LeBron James is on the cover, so Miamians can drool all over the issue). The piece is written by Albert Chen:

        Excerpt:

        Before games opposing players and coaches linger on the field [...]

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• Giancarlo Stanton chosen for HR Derby

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         Giancarlo Stanton landed a ball in the center field upper deck seats at Marlins Park during batting practice a moment ago, leaving his teammates in disbelief. Stanton will put his power on national display in the Home Run Derby in Kansas City on July 9.

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• Front office execs summoned to Miami to discuss fading Marlins

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       At least three top roving baseball executives for the Marlins have been summoned to Miami for a meeting, presumably to talk about what can be done to reverse the team's June nosedive, which is now nearing terminal velocity. The Marlins have lost 17 of their past 20 games, [...]

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• 9th inning collapse was worst ever for Marlins

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       Sifting through the day-after debris of last night's mammoth collapse by the Marlins....

       Never in the history of the Marlins -- either the Florida or Miami versions -- have they experienced a ninth-inning meltdown as severe as last night's debacle. The Marlins took a seemingly comfortable 6-2 [...]

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• Heath Bell: "... Slap me in the face because I sucked tonight"

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  The Marlins have had a lot of tough losses this season. 

  Manager Ozzie Guillen said tonight's might have been the toughest to watch.

  First, a five run lead in the eighth becomes a four run lead entering the ninth after two Hanley Ramirez errors. Then, Heath Bell, who hadn't given up an earned run in [...]

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