Miami Marlins 2016 (Jose Fernandez RIP 9/25/16)

Wow.

http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/mlb/miami-marlins/article104329251.html

http://ftw.usatoday.com/2016/09/jose-fernandez-miami-marlins-baseballs-checkbook-bag-crash

not sure why i'm doing this to myself, but i'm watching the pre-game and 1st inning on mlb.tv now. it was blacked out for me last night.

:'(

Jeff Passan:

This sounded bad. Bernal had ridden on a boat at night once, and it was terrifying. Not just the darkness, but the choppy waves from the rain earlier in the day and the threat of other boats and the objects obscured by the night.

“I told him it was a horrible idea,” Bernal said. “Do everything you can to get him off the boat. Do whatever you can to get him on land.”

... After Saturday’s game, Fernandez had asked a number of teammates to join him on the boat. One by one, they declined. And there they were Monday, back in uniform, the uniform he was supposed to be wearing, too, thinking that if not for the instinct that told them to say no, it could’ve been them.

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/the-tragic-final-night-of-jose-fernandezs-life-023645408.html

bonds supposedly out as marlins hitting coach

the marlins have exercised their 2017 option on ichiro suzuki

http://mlb.nbcsports.com/2016/10/13/must-click-link-chris-johnson-on-jose-fernandez-he-changed-me

aw thats great

supposedly loria has a 'handshake agreement' to sell the marlins

rumors going around that the buyer is charles kushner loooool

I can't believe it's only been like 4 months since Fernandez died. Feels like it's been ages...

http://pbs.twimg.com/media/C4vg7kaWYAA6r9z.jpg

https://twitter.com/darenw/status/841698434637811716

http://deadspin.com/report-jeb-and-jeets-team-up-to-make-bid-for-marlins-1794465949

yeah jeets

please clap

http://deadspin.com/reports-jeb-and-jeets-got-the-marlins-1794640432

yeah jeets

i have already seen the "well, neither could go to their left" joke

Jeb out! love to hear tapes of the 'dispute'

http://miami.cbslocal.com/2017/05/30/jeb-bush-out-miami-marlins-sale/

Public funding for Marlins Park has been a disaster. Who could have seen that coming? (Everyone.) https://t.co/pHoTT594Bb

— keithlaw (@keithlaw) July 5, 2017

I'm sure many of you caught this already

It's almost unheard of for professional sports teams to sue their own fans. Leave it to Loria to change that. https://t.co/lhlMTjga0T

— Miami New Times (@MiamiNewTimes) July 10, 2017

fernandez would have been 25 today

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/sports/miami-marlins/fl-sp-jose-fernandez-birthday-25-story.html

The photo with his daughter touching a picture of her dad (scroll down) is really something.

Schoenfield, espn:

Marlins owner Jeffrey Loria has reportedly agreed to sell the team to a group led by New York businessman Bruce Sherman and some guy named Derek Jeter.

He also reports that Jeter will be running the day to day operations of the team??

paychecks delivered via gift basket

will the home run sculpture survive the ownership change

Stanton's got 21 in 33 games by my count--gotta be one of the best stretches ever. Found a 24-in-32 stretch for Bonds in 2001, and I'm sure he had a couple more like that at some point that season. McGwire in '98, too, maybe Sosa.

another one tonight, #43

10 in the last 11, 22 in 34 games

Chasing Maris, if you think that's worth anything. (I recall a similar watch for Ryan Howard in 2006.)

http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/giancarlo-stanton-will-need-to-slug-like-barry-bonds-to-beat-roger-maris/

ha, i do! hey, i'm not an enemy of all counting stats :)

I meant more the idea that there's two HR records, the official one and an unofficial one. (Which is inherently ironic in that Maris went through exactly the same thing for different reasons.)

he's chasing the steroid record (because the ball is on steroids)

will the home run sculpture survive the ownership change

Before the #liberals find a reason to deface, destroy or degrade this one, I thought some of you might like to see it one more time... pic.twitter.com/Va0OUsWliS

— Grant Brisbee (@mccoveychron) August 15, 2017

another one tonight!

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THE THING IS SAFE (I guess)

http://deadspin.com/miami-dade-county-to-derek-jeter-you-cannot-move-home-1797958928

#45 for Stanton.

Marlins pull one out in Philly, Stanton hits 47th

Whoa! #48 and #49 first two times up tonight.

the Marlins still have 35 games to go

in his last 35 games he's had 21 HR

i think he's on pace for 13 or 14 more HRs, if he played each of those 35 games

Marcell Ozuna getting slept on a bit, but he just hit his 30th tonight and cleared 100 RBI.

remember when the marlins were going to trade ozuna because loria didn't like him

Stanton is 3-3 with a double and #50. He's obviously overtaken Goldschmidt (and hurt Harper) for MVP favourite.

"obviously"

for the sabe-inclined, Harper is the 4th MVP candidate on his team

Jesus, you need everything explained. When I post stuff like that, I'm commenting on what would happen, not expressing a personal opinion. If today were the last day of the season, Stanton would win and Goldschmidt would finish second; if you think Rendon or Gonzalez actually would finish ahead of Harper, that's silly.

Why don't you go make some more flood jokes.

i think the BBWAA membership might be getting smarter a little faster than you think