MIAMI (AP) -- Cuban outfielder Yoenis Cespedes toured the Miami Marlins' new downtown ballpark Wednesday, the first leg of what's expected to be his tour of interested clubs.
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February 10, 2012
The advertising folks at Powerade seized on the hubbub surrounding Hanley Ramirez’s move to third base. Panned for his less than warm reaction about Jose Reyes’ arrival and having to slide from short to third as a result, Ramirez in this Spanish ad says his peace.
The translation: To all those who sent me critical messages, I want to ask for your forgiveness for not...
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February 08, 2012
Time is ticking down on your chance to take home Jose Reyes’ dreadlocks. The bidding as of 8:30 am was at $10,200. Proceeds from the auction will benefit the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Southern Florida. The good news about the price tag: Free shipping…
Here’s a photo of Hanley Ramirez at the unveiling of the refurbished Maria Axiliadora Field in his native Dominican...
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February 10, 2012
The new home of the Miami Marlins is just about ready to go, and I’m not going to lie – it looks pretty sweet. From the website:
The future home of the Marlins will be a first-class baseball stadium that will be owned by Miami-Dade County. It will be constructed on approximately 17 acres of the historic 42-acre Orange Bowl site in the Little Havana section of Miami...
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February 08, 2012
The Miami Marlins would love to sign Yoenis Cespedes, a Cuban outfielder looking to make a splash at the Major League Baseball level in 2012, provided he can become legally cleared by the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control. As of now, his status has yet to be “unblocked.”
Cespedes has been granted a travel visa to leave Cuba to come to...
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February 09, 2012
I've come a long way T...
Bonified: Sleeper 2012
Emilio Bonifacio enters 2012 the same way he entered 2011…without a lock on a position. Difference in 2012 is that we know it will be somewhere. Bonifacio can play anywhere outside of pitcher, catcher, and 1B, which makes him a 2012 fantasy sleeper. Oh yeah, don’t forget about the 50 steal potential. The...
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February 07, 2012
Cuban defector Yoenis Cespedes is scheduled to land in Miami Tuesday afternoon. According to an American League source from a club that’s been monitoring his free agency, the Marlins likely will be his future employer.
Cespedes is expected to meet with club officials Wednesday. Though the U.S. Treasury’s Department of Foreign Assets Control must unblock Cespedes before...
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February 08, 2012
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) -- Emilio Bonifacio became the second player to defeat the Miami Marlins in salary arbitration this year.
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February 07, 2012
With Marlins SS Emilio Bonifacio going to hearing today, 2012 will pass last year in terms of the number of salary arbitration hearings that will take place.
Last year, just three players went to salary arbitration hearing with their respective clubs (Ross Ohlendorf- Pirates, Jered Weaver – Angels, and Hunter Pence – Astros) with all but Weaver having the arbitration panel rule...
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February 08, 2012
Emilio Bonifacio became the second player to defeat the Miami Marlins in salary arbitration this year. Bonifacio was awarded a $2.2 million salary by a three-person panel on Wednesday rather than the Marlins' offer of $1.95 million. Arbitrators Steven Wolf, Mark Burstein and Sylvia Skratek made the decision a day after hearing arguments.
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February 08, 2012
The Miami Marlins are such a natural fit for Yoenis Cespedes and such a prohibitive favorite to sign the Cuban-defector outfielder that one struggles to imagine what could possibly prevent it happening.
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February 07, 2012
Shortstop Emilio Bonifacio has completed his salary arbitration hearing against the Miami Marlins, trying to become the second player to defeat the club within a week.
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February 08, 2012
Emilio Bonifacio became the second player to defeat the Miami Marlins in salary arbitration this year.
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February 10, 2012
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February 08, 2012
Cuban outfielder Yoenis Cespedes toured the Miami Marlins' new downtown ballpark Wednesday, the first leg of what's expected to be his tour of interested clubs.
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February 10, 2012
When we last left Hanley Ramirez, he was deciding whether he was happy or angry about moving to third base for Jose Reyes. As we catch up with Hanley now, he's found a new way to use social media (courtesy of Big League Stew):[youtube]D3kFEXsGg3s[/youtube]So Hanley is writing twitter handles on a bat with a black sharpie. I'm surprised he didn't write the names on his...
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