Marlins Fall Short in Rollercoaster Game With the Cubs 9-8

[MiamiHomer]

Discuss.

[Marlinsfan4lyfe]

so many missed oppurtunities

[Longview]

Dam, im proud that this team kept battling and coming back but we just couldnt get that hit to put us over the hump...disappointing.

[Fish and Chips]

tough loss
but on the bright side
the offense scored 8 runs with NJ, and he had a hell of a game

[all black marlins hat]

Terrible.
Aaron fucking Heilman. Seriously? WTF!

[m26555]

Heartbreaking loss, but you have to remember that were down 6-0.

We'll get 'em tomorrow.

[Maybin]

I hope Hanley is alright.

[all black marlins hat]

How great would it have been if Boner would have scored on his triple.

[MiamiHomer]

This team put themselves in those situations. Cantu needs to learn how to throw to 1st and we need our players to learn how to swing at the ball and put it in play when you have runners in scoring position and less than 1 out.

[FishFanInPA]

Boner > Uggla.

Boner Fielding > Cantu Fielding.

[Longview]

Not true.

[Fish and Chips]

:fip

[all black marlins hat]

How about swinging at the first pitch fast ball down the middle of the plate.
Instead they let it go by, then swing at crap all over the place.

[MiamiHomer]

Boner > Uggla.

One game doesn't make up for it, sorry.

[Fish and Chips]

let give Cantu atleast 5 games at 3rd before we start complaining about his defense.
Sample Size People!
the marlins in general sucked fielding

[Maybin]

Just gotta hope for the series win tomorrow

[all black marlins hat]

Just got to hope for a Marlins site that doesn't go down in critical game situations. lol

[m26555]

On a side note, I LOVED what I saw from Nicky J tonight. He's really gonna help this offense tremendously.

[MiamiHomer]

let give Cantu atleast 5 games at 3rd before we start complaining about his defense.
Sample Size People!
the marlins in general sucked fielding

It really isn't hard to make those throws.

[all black marlins hat]

I still wonder what would have happened if Cody would have been ejected, or injured, or something. Or even Boner. If boner had to leave the game for what ever reason. I would like to know what Fredi would have done.

[FishFanInPA]

Why did Bob Brenly think that Nunez and Koyie Hill were going to fight?

[all black marlins hat]

Because Nunez stared him down after he was bumped at first.

[m26555]

Gotta love the emotion Nunez shows every time he's on the mound.

[Sashimi]

Great clutch hit by Bonifacio. Didn't think he could hit it that far, and on an 0-2 count no less!

Just too many miscues and sloppiness in the field.

Nice first game for NJ. I really like what he brings to this lineup.
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Gotta love the emotion Nunez shows every time he's on the mound.

I couldn't care less whether he shows emotion or not. Just pitch better.

I wasn't impressed with him staring down Hill.

[MiamiHomer]

MIAMI -- The Marlins scored three runs in the ninth to tie the game, but a home run by former Marlins first baseman Derrerk Lee in the 10th led to a 9-8 Cubs victory before 35,811 fans at Land Shark Stadium.

Florida's three-run rally started when Ronny Paulino hit his first career pinch-hit home run to spark the Marlins with two outs in the ninth. Chris Coghlan followed with a single to left and Nick Johnson singled to put runners on first and third for Emilio Bonifacio. The infielder, who replaced Hanley Ramirez before the fourth inning due to a left knee contusion, delivered with a two-run triple over center fielder Kosuke Fukudome that tied the game at 8.

Lee led off the 10th inning with a solo home run on a 2-0 Leo Nunez fastball that put the Cubs back in front, 9-8, but that was not all the damage he did on Saturday night. The former Marlins first baseman was 4-for-6 with a double, a home run and three RBIs.

The Cubs scored six runs over 1 2/3 innings off Marlins starter Burke Badenhop, but Florida's relievers shut out Chicago's offense until Ryan Theriot hit a two-run double with two outs in the top of the ninth. The bullpen was led by Brian Sanches, who threw 3 1/3 scoreless innings in relief of Badenhop while striking out six and allowing just two hits.

The Marlins began to claw at the six-run deficit by scoring a run in the bottom of the second. Jeremy Hermida's single drove in a run in the third while Johnson doubled in a run in the fourth. Hermida drove in two more in the fifth, but the Marlins were unable to score again until Paulino homered in the ninth.

Bonifacio forces extras, but Marlins fall (http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20090801&content_id=6190412&vkey=recap&fext=.jsp&c_id=fla)

[Namaste]

Do we have "adult male sobbing uncontrollably" smiley?

Did they really come back from 2 big deficits and lose?

Ugh.

[m26555]

I couldn't care less whether he shows emotion or not. Just pitch better.

I wasn't impressed with him staring down Hill.
I'm really referring to how pumped he gets after closing out a game. It fires the team up and it's nice to see (only if you're a fan of the team, of course, which I am).

[Fish and Chips]

Nunez is giving up way to many HR( 3 in his last 7 games)
/broken record

[MiamiHomer]

I'm not a fan of it...especially when I saw it happen 62 times watching K-rod finish a game off but it has no effect so whatever.

[nny]

wait, sashami's a chick?

[Flum]

wait, sashami's a chick?
wut?

[MiamiHomer]

I think he is referring to Sashami's avatar.

[Fish and Chips]

wait, sashami's a chick?

thats drew barrymore and justin long

[nny]

thats drew barrymore and justin long

who?
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I think he is referring to Sashami's avatar.

actually his user titie but yeah

[Sashimi]

Ha, I think Nny got confused by "Marlin Chic"...that's 'chic' as in fashionable, not 'chick' as slang for girl.

[nny]

So then you're gay?

[Sashimi]

So then you're gay?

Huh? How do you arrive at that conclusion?

[nny]

How does anyone arrive to anything?

[Flum]

How does anyone arrive to anything?
Usually by moving.

[nny]

but what if we don't actually move, but it is the universe itself that is moving

AH

[Sashimi]

nny is getting all philosophical on us again.

[MiamiHomer]

Nny is high?

[Flum]

but what if we don't actually move, but it is the universe itself that is moving

AH
Then that's how we arrive at things.

[all black marlins hat]

HAH! Baseball Tonight just said "Gregg has done great, he gets the win."
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After showing him blow the 3 run lead.

[Namaste]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8g6bUe5MDRo

[Party]

It's one of those games you were glad to be at win or lose. The Fish Tank lost it when that ball when over Fukudome's head.



And the Village People were terrible.

[Bobbob1313]

Boner > Uggla.

I'm assuming you are just fucking with us, because I know you're not this dumb.

[Namaste]

He's taken his man crush on Emilio to never before seen ghey levels.


A civil ceremony is in the works

[Metes]

I'm assuming you are just fucking with us, because I know you're not this dumb.

You should never assume, good sir.

[Flum]

Feep, I have it on good authority that if you don't give up your irrational man crush on Bonifacio, the word is that you're going to be banned.

[Party]

In the ninth, when Boner came up and Johnson was on first. I thought Boner would get an extra base hit and Nick Johnson, professional "base clogger" would get thrown out at home.

That would have been devastating.

[Omar]

Feep, I have it on good authority that if you don't give up your irrational man crush on Bonifacio word, the word is that you're going to be banned.
He will not.

/spills dirty laundry of admin fight over Bonifacio's future with the Marlins

[Party]

After that AB in the 8th, Fip might be partially right.

[Beef]

That was miserable

[FishFanInPA]

All i'm saying is as bad as Emilio's D is, he probably makes at least one of those two throws Cantu didnt. Plus, Uggla is worthless against a guy who throws slow and slower.

[Beef]

All i'm saying is as bad as Emilio's D is, he probably makes at least one of those two throws Cantu didnt. Plus, Uggla is worthless against a guy who throws slow and slower.

Oh, because that's not what you said before