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• Omar Infante ends Marlins home run drought in new park

  Omar Infante gave Marlins fans a chance to see the home run sculpture in its full glory today when he hit the first Marlins home run at Marlins Park. Infante lined a 1-0 pitch from Astros starter J.A. Happ in the second inning over the left field fence and off [...]
  From Fish Tank blog: Miami Marlins | The Palm Beach Post at Fetched: April 15, 2012, 2:12pm in Miami Marlins, Sports

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• Infante puts home run sculpture in motion (video)

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       It took four games, but the home run sculpture was finally put in motion when Omar Infante became the first Marlin to hit one out in Marlins Park. Infante led off the second on Sunday with a shot over the wall in left off Astros pitcher J.A. Happ. [...]

  From Miami Herald: Fish Bytes at April 15, 2012, 1:58pm in Miami Marlins, MiamiHerald.com Blogs, Sports

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• Joey Cora says Marlins have to “clean up” their defense

  The Miami Marlins are in the bottom half of the league defensively, something acting manager Joey Cora said needs to improve. “If we pretend to be a good team we have to clean it up,” Cora said today. “We have to play better defense. We’ve done it at times but [...]
  From Fish Tank blog: Miami Marlins | The Palm Beach Post at Fetched: April 15, 2012, 1:11pm in Miami Marlins, Sports

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• SNL spoofs Ozzie (video)

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        Saturday Night Live weighed in on the Ozzie Guillen/Fidel Castro flap during last night's episode. Check out the clip ("Ozzie" appears at the 3:15 mark of this skit)

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  From Miami Herald: Fish Bytes at April 15, 2012, 12:48pm in Miami Marlins, MiamiHerald.com Blogs, Sports

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• Cora on defense: We have to clean it up

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        More on last night's ninth inning mess:       -- Logan Morrison said he just plain panicked on the routine fly he dropped, which allowed the go-ahead run to score.        "I just misjudged the flight of the ball, and by the time I realized I" [...]
  From Miami Herald: Fish Bytes at April 15, 2012, 12:14pm in Miami Marlins, MiamiHerald.com Blogs, Sports

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• Marlins center field statue could get rusty waiting for home runs

  Marlins acting manager Joey Cora has a message for owner Jeffrey Loria. Cora suggests Loria think about activating the home run sculpture in center field after Marlins wins because if he’s waiting for home runs it may sit idle for long stretches. “I don’t think there’s going to be many [...]
  From Fish Tank blog: Miami Marlins | The Palm Beach Post at Fetched: April 14, 2012, 6:20pm in Miami Marlins, Sports

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• Cora: Friday's game made Ozzie's head throb

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       Acting manager Joey Cora said Friday's 11-inning walkoff victory over the Astros was such a nailbiter that suspended manager Ozzie Guillen developed head pains because he was helpless to do anything about it.

        "He said it was a headache watching the game," Cora said. "It went'" [...]

  From Miami Herald: Fish Bytes at April 14, 2012, 5:25pm in Miami Marlins, MiamiHerald.com Blogs, Sports

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• Bill Maher on Ozzie Guillen

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  If you had to share a beer with any two people in the world, Maher and Guillen would make a great duo. [...]
  From Marlins Die-Hards at April 14, 2012, 3:52pm in Miami Marlins, Sports

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• Marlins Park attendance dip not unusual

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       There were quite a few empty seats last night for the second game ever at Marlins Park, and the announced paid figure of 30,169 appeared to clearly exceed the actual number, as is often the case in many ballparks. But take a look at crowd trends for other [...]

  From Miami Herald: Fish Bytes at April 14, 2012, 11:25am in Miami Marlins, MiamiHerald.com Blogs, Sports

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• Joey Cora says Miami Marlins slow start has nothing to do with Ozzie Guillen suspension

  Joey Cora held his first pre-game media session at Marlins Park as acting manager. He will continue to run the team until Ozzie Guillen returns from his five game suspension on Tuesday. Cora, like the players, is not putting any of the blame for the team’s slow start on Guillen. [...]
  From Fish Tank blog: Miami Marlins | The Palm Beach Post at Fetched: April 13, 2012, 11:48pm in Miami Marlins, Sports

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