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Big at-bat and chance to make up for that play, Travis.

Just saw the Marlins footage. He was safe. Don't know where d'Arnaud was running initially.

Whatever Flores doesn't consume of Dunn, Mayberry will finish off.

I guess none o' youse is watching the Marlins feed and saw an angle Bill Webb didn't get?

Ichiro gets the veteran's call.

They're gonna review this for about eight hours. One future Hall-of-Famer tagging another.

... and still triple-capable.

Ichiro = still pretty fit and cut.

Note to Tim Teufel: RUN on Ozuna. Like, forever.

That's a fantastic document of the incredible rigamarole that the homeless are put through to gain help and services. We assigned professionals to act as advocates and walk with the clients through the red tape, and they found it paralyzing. Asking the mentally ill and and mentally disabled and addicts to run that gauntlet is comical.

Let's not bring in the fence any more.

Don't like bringing Montero in this sort of situation.

I don't think anybody is trying to argue that it's surprising.

Of course, Matt can't see, so... .

It's working so far. That's all I'm saying.

The Marlins have what is frequently referred to as the "best young outfield in baseball," and occasionally as "the best young outfield in baseball until the Mets simultaneously promote Nimmo and Conforto." This begins with leftfielder Christian Yelick. He debuted in 2013 with a .288 / .370 / .396 // .766 line over 60 games, and then did pretty much exactly the same (.284 /.362 / .402 // .764) over 144 games last year. So perhaps that's all there is. It's alright, but my socks are decidedly not blown off. He made this impressive catch against the Braves this week, and has been paying for it with back soreness. This may mean we'll see more of Ichiro this series, and nobody has used his name and the phrase "best young outfield in baseball" together in a long time. And perhaps never in English. He's number 21. [fimg=350]https://usatftw.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/usp-mlb_-miami-marlins-photo-day.jpg?w=800[/fimg]

If you're going to play like that, then Francoeur gets bumped up to 10. Beltran climbs to 15 and Reyes to 14, too. And Pagan to 17(!!).

Fman99 wrote: Keystone manned by Adeiny Hechavarria (.242, 1 HR, 5 RBIs, 6 R, tons of letters in both names). Rumor has it that he is the reborn spirit of Duane Allman. I don't know, third base? "Keystone" is generally used to refer to second, no?

Parnell, Edgin, Black, Mejia. Four relievers � including the first and second closer choices � missing from this bullpen. Five if you count Gene F. Walter. And they're absorbing it. They haven't even launched Operation Leathersich* yet. Folks decry that Sandy hasn't done anything to upgrade the pen. But he's been doing it for years. Open your eyes, jackass! *2 2/3 innings in Las Vegas 1 hit 7 seven strikeouts 0 walks.

The Marlins have a lot of vowels in their catching corps, and no small amount of consonants as well, with Jarrod Saltalmacchia backed up by J.T. Realmuto. Salt has gotten off to a Barajasian start, hitting safely in only two of his first 22 at-bats, but those two hits represent a double and a homer. Low average combined with the strength to punish a mistake is the way he rolls. The Marlins tried to deal him this offseason, but could not find a taker, which has got to burn a guy's butt, knowing the millions you're owed is the only reason your team is keeping you. But hey, there's comfort in the millions. Salty's still a good receiver that his pitchers tend to like, but Realmuto is emerging as one of the better Marlins prospects and will probably be running the show with Jeff Mathis as a backup before the first half is out. [fimg=500]http://cdn.fansided.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/86/files/2015/02/jarrod-saltalamacchia-mlb-miami-marlins-workout-850x560.jpg[/fimg] Who's on first?

Opening with Standings, which is currently "Standings in Exile," operating under a different roof after being ripped apart by a gas explosion. A general interest sports bar (as everywhere, with a big Sox subculture), but the owner backs the Mets and rings a cowbell whenever they score. 43 East 7th Street New York, NY 10003 212.420.0671 Currently operating as occasional guests out of Finnerty's on 14th and Second. [fimg=550]http://www.newyorker.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/150202_r26083-1200.jpg[/fimg] [fimg=550]http://gvshp.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/standings.png[/fimg] [fimg=550]http://media.timeout.com/images/102345413/617/347/image.jpg[/fimg]

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Douglas Kroll @dougkroll Only the Mets could have a "roll call" story be the headline coming out of a great home opener. It wasn't "the headline." Nor is the first time that happened. And "only the Mets" didn't do it. And that's just a terrible job Photoshopping.

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A lot of posts I've seen over the last two days declaring that it's 1986 all over again because Harvey had "the balls" to hit Utley.