I know this team has won 2 World Series titles in franchise history, plays in a cavernous football stadium and usually plays in front of plenty of empty seats, but guess who is baseball's best bargain right now? The Florida Marlins are at it again, fans. I know it's early, but the Marlins currently have the lowest payroll in Bud Selig's Major League Baseball, yet have the best record in the bigs going into Pittsburgh tonight to start a series with the Pirates at PNC Park. A lot of their guys you probably have never heard of, but they have a solid middle infield you have heard of, shortstop Hanley Ramirez & second baseman Dan Uggla. They have another guy White Sox fans may have heard of, first baseman Ross Gload, who I believe came to Florida in an offseason trade with the Royals for Mike Jacobs. A lot of those guys you've never heard of, but right now, they're baseball's best early season bargain.

Some of those guys I had heard of and others I had never heard of. Some I thought I had heard of, but then I double checked and I never heard of them, while others originally I thought I hadn't heard of but then after thinking about it remember having heard something about them, but that might have been something good or bad, I just don't remember the details of hearing about it. One name I for sure hadn't heard of was the Florida Flamingos, which was one of the names rumored to have been originally considered for the franchise.

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"All crowds boycotting football games shouldn't care who sings or takes a knee because they aren't watching." - Nas

If this crappy team wins the series again, I am going George Brett all over the board.

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"He is a loathsome, offensive brute
--yet I can't look away."

RFDC, I think I know what you mean by that, circa 1983 in old Yankee Stadium when he wanted to strangle Tim McClelland...

I'm thinking the George Brett pants shitting story.

Ain't nothing crappy about the Marlins, ma fren. Unspoken truth is that the NL East (with the exception of the Nationals) is probably the toughest division in baseball this season.

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Give me a freakin break, the Marlins are crappy. Make no mistake about it, ma fren.

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"He is a loathsome, offensive brute
--yet I can't look away."

Could be either one, depending on the situation.

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"He is a loathsome, offensive brute
--yet I can't look away."

Slow your roll champ. I assume after another year of AL ass kicking in inter league that truth will remain unspoken.

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O judgment! Thou art fled to brutish beasts,
And men have lost their reason.

Toughest doesn't mean best.

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a very zen-like comment from you Frank...that one is worth considering

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O judgment! Thou art fled to brutish beasts,
And men have lost their reason.

The Marlins are 6-0 vs. the Nats. They will come back to earth once they start playing major league calibur teams but if their pitching stays healthy they will be in the race all season long.

The Marlins have lost 2 in a row to the Pirates so it didn't even take a major league calibur team to bring them back to earth.

Just got swept by the pirates

I'm pretty sure the Fish haven't won a game since Shark started this thread.
Hey Shark, I'm thinking it's time for you to start a thread about the Tigers and their potential for a worst-to-first finish. It's never too early to throw some bad joo-joo at that team.

And the Cardinals.

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"He is a loathsome, offensive brute
--yet I can't look away."

Keyser Soze + A Bigot = MATCH

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