2022 Game Thread

[Maddawg]

I wasn't even remotely alive.....hell, my parents were only teenagers then. While sure it's great to tout the history of a franchise overall, the reality is, for a lot of people, the Dolphins have been largely irrelevant for most of if not all of their lives.

And you follow a baseball team that has been irrelevant even in years they won a World Series.....sooooo........At least the Dolphins have a great fanbase (haven't had less than 50,000 season tickets since before 1970 when Shula came from the Colts) a worldwide one at that (consistently the #1 team in the UK) and have made the moves to become a darkhorse division winner, and possible AFC Champion.....meanwhile the Marlins refuse to spend a few $$$ on a decent pen & closer & can't develop any bats at all, and the ones they do buy always turn out to be TOTAL SH*T after they get here, and a front office that doesn't have the courage now to trade some talent, because they screwed up the last two major trades so badly.....really you want to compare the two ? Seriously ?

[Nick]

And you follow a baseball team that has been irrelevant even in years they won a World Series.....sooooo........At least the Dolphins have a great fanbase (haven't had less than 50,000 season tickets since before 1970 when Shula came from the Colts) a worldwide one at that (consistently the #1 team in the UK) and have made the moves to become a darkhorse division winner, and possible AFC Champion.....meanwhile the Marlins refuse to spend a few $$$ on a decent pen & closer & can't develop any bats at all, and the ones they do buy always turn out to be TOTAL SH*T after they get here, and a front office that doesn't have the courage now to trade some talent, because they screwed up the last two major trades so badly.....really you want to compare the two ? Seriously ?

I think we would all love if you stopped following the Marlins.

[fish16]

I think we would all love if you stopped following the Marlins.

he's not a fan, just a miserable person looking to spread his misery elsewhere

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Franchise history.....which is what I said.....13 AFC East titles (the Marlins have zero division titles), only one of two teams to appear in 3 Super Bowls in a row (the other is the Jills and they lost all 4 in a row) a 3-year record in 1971/72/73 of 36-5-1, and were 7-1 in playoff games, for an aggregate total of 43-6-1 with 2 Super Bowl wins in 3 appearances in a row. And of the 6 losses, 3 of them were within one TD. If you add 1970 & 1974 together with that win total they were 64-14-2 over a 5-year period.

Some of you here may be too young to remember just how dominant the Dolphins were in the early 1970s.

keep touting the team that hasn’t won a playoff game in over 20 years

[rmc523]

And you follow a baseball team that has been irrelevant even in years they won a World Series.....sooooo........At least the Dolphins have a great fanbase (haven't had less than 50,000 season tickets since before 1970 when Shula came from the Colts) a worldwide one at that (consistently the #1 team in the UK) and have made the moves to become a darkhorse division winner, and possible AFC Champion.....meanwhile the Marlins refuse to spend a few $$$ on a decent pen & closer & can't develop any bats at all, and the ones they do buy always turn out to be TOTAL SH*T after they get here, and a front office that doesn't have the courage now to trade some talent, because they screwed up the last two major trades so badly.....really you want to compare the two ? Seriously ?

The Marlins have sure made plenty of stupid moves/non moves. I’m not arguing that. But let’s not hold the Dolphins up as some model of pristine success just because they have residual fans because they’ve been around for 50+ years. Reality still is that they’ve been irrelevant for 20+ years. The Marlins being stupid and Dolphins being irrelevant can both simultaneously be true.

[Namaste]

This is just unbelievable

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A Brave just scored from 1B on a bloop hit to Soler

[Maddawg]

I think we would all love if you stopped following the Marlins.

I have, years ago, I come here for the comedy - there are actually people on this board that think this is a legit ownership & front office. They are a joke and nationally considered a laughingstock. I think slowly many of you are finally coming to that conclusion too.

[Maddawg]

he's not a fan, just a miserable person looking to spread his misery elsewhere

Oh, I am still a fan, they just aren't priority #1 anymore. I root #1 for a real franchise, that legitimately tries to win despite the many problems they have, but at least their front office is one of the smartest in baseball, and only a few hours drive away. Fish16, you on the other hand are just a punk idiot who thinks way too highly of himself and has a "god" complex.

No, not a miserable person, but I am most of the time when watching an incompetent fool like Mattingly fumble through lineups and games, and Ng nor Sherman does anything about it.....kinda tells you loud & clear their priority is not to win. Jeter left because he didn't see any hope that this was going to get better.

Sayonara suckers....

[rmc523]

he's not a fan, just a miserable person looking to spread his misery elsewhere

I found this site DOES have an ignore list.

User settings > account, and at the bottom of that page you can type in a member's name, and their posts don't show at all unless quoted (some sites have a minimized version where you can click and view them if you want).

[Nick]

Hernandez getting crushed again.

[Namaste]

I would cough up a $100 to hear some conversational highlights between:

Donnie and Kim Ng after losses

Sherman and Ng after losses (especially 1 run losses)

[fish16]

was out of town all week. looks like nothing has changed. Failure to spend relatively minor amounts in key areas will lead to another lost season. refusal to spend on a closer is maddening. And I hate spending money on closers, but it was a clear and obvious hole and a number of guys were available. Have no problem not dealing for reynolds as he's been pretty bad this year, but there was any number of signings/trades they could have made that would have had much bigger impacts. Stallings stinks, has graded out negatively on both sides of the ball and a glove first catcher is always annoying to me, but especially given the likelihood of an automated strike zone next year, it makes it even more annoying. Scott and Nicolas look good this year. Mitch Garver didn't take much to acquire and is the bat first catcher that would have actually made an impact.

Soler is what we knew he was and he likely will opt out if he stays healthy, but the Garcia signing really still bothers me and will till he's gone. a 1 year deal, fine, but 4 years for a guy whose track record is unbelievably inconsistent is just inexcusable.

There was a prospect trade to be made for an impact bat using our pitching depth, and we didn't pull the trigger, and they are paying the price for it.

But the biggest thing in my opinion is Mattingly. IDK what he needs to do to be let go, but enough already. At a certain point you need a change of voice. He's been here 7 years or something crazy like that, and he was a great rebuilding manager, but to take the next step we need a game manager. It's about winning games now, not just focusing on rebuilding and building better habits. He needs to go.

[fish16]

cabrera coming up, meyer shouldnt be far behind once he gets healthy. There is promise and I think they arent all that far away from being in the playoff discussion, but they need 2 more legitimate bats to come from somewhere before they are actual legit contenders. I'd highly consider dealing pablo for a huge package of hitters if he's healthy come July and we are completely out of it. I will never trust him to stay healthy until I see it, and id like to capitalize on the value he's built this year and last year when he was healthy.

[fish16]

that Jesus Sanchez blast is what they call pure power. good lord that was one of the longer non stanton homers I've seen from a marlin.