WES HELMS NEWS
Marlins make an offer to Ross Gload
7 days ago by
FishStripes
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The Marlins looked it over and wondered if they could get Ross Gload for Wes Helms money.
The Marlins have extended an offer to Ross Gload, their top left-handed hitter off the bench last season when he led the majors in pinch hits. The offer is thought...
Florida Marlins' season reaches end with extra-inning loss
October 04, 2009 by
Miami Herald
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Wes Helms stretched his arm and body as far as he possibly could. But he couldn't come up with Paul Hoover's soft liner, which glanced off the third baseman's glove for the game-ending hit.
Gload, Helms tie pinch-hit record
October 04, 2009 by
Sun Sentinel
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Manager Fredi Gonzalez gave Wes Helms the option of coming off the bench Sunday. Helms declined, confident teammate Ross Gload would put the tandem in the record books.
The Grits
October 03, 2009 by
FishStripes
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The Grits
Wes Helms collecting his 17th pinch-hit with a single in the seventh, when the Marlins added insurance. Helms and teammate Ross Gload, who has 21 pinch-hits, need one more between them to tie the major-league record for most pinch-hits by a tandem.
``It means a lot...
2007 Phils vs. 2009 Phils
October 01, 2009 by
iSportacus
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Wow, what a difference two years makes. It seems like the same team, but check out how many major players (at least 45 GP for fielders or 13 appearances for pitchers) from the team that went to the playoffs two short years ago are no longer on the squad:
Abe Nunez
Pat Burrell
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A Most Solemn Quevedo Day To You And Yours.
September 28, 2009 by
Brew Crew Ball
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Quevedo in all his glory, via fireloupiniella.wordpress.com
View full size photo uploaded September 28, 2009
EDITOR'S NOTE: If you read the Mug, you're almost certainly familiar with Quevedo at the Buffet, a...
BWAA announces awards for the Marlins
September 26, 2009 by
FishStripes
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The annual awards by the local Baseball Writers Association of America were announced yesterday.
The Miami Chapter of the Baseball Writers Association of America announced its annual award winners Friday.For the third consecutive year, Hanley Ramirez was named...
Ross Gload - Marlins Pinch Hitting King
September 26, 2009 by
FishStripes
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Last night Ross Gload set the single-season record for pinch hits by a Marlin.
Ross Gload delivered his 20th pinch hit, a single off Francisco Rodriguez in the ninth, setting a new single-season team record. Gload and teammate Wes Helms need to combine on three...
Gload sets team pinch-hit record
September 25, 2009 by
Sun Sentinel
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Record breaker: Ross Gload delivered his 20th pinch hit, a single off Francisco Rodriguez in the ninth, setting a new single-season team record. Gload and teammate Wes Helms need to combine on three more pinch hits to tie the single-season major league record by a pair of teammates.
Marlins hoping for Phillies or Rockies collapse to increase chances for postseason
September 21, 2009 by
Sun Sentinel
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Marlins hoping for Phillies or Rockies collapse to increase chances for postseason
Wes Helms was on the Phillies team that made up seven games on the Mets with 17 to play in 2007. If the Marlins somehow make the postseason, he would have an even greater comeback story to tell.
Ross Gload and Wes Helms closing in on record
September 21, 2009 by
FishStripes
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Ross Gload and Wes Helms are closing in on the major league record for hits by a pinch-hitting tandem.
They have combined for 34 pinch hits, four off the major league record Ed Coleman (20) and Roy Pepper (18) set with the 1936 St. Louis Browns, according to Stats Inc.
Gload...
Gload, Helms prefer victories to records
September 20, 2009 by
Sun Sentinel
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Pinch hitters set marks as playoff hopes grow dim
Told that he, along with teammate Wes Helms, had a chance to be part of the most prolific pinch-hitting tandem in major league history didn't make Ross Gload feel any better.
Florida Marlins' Gload, Helms make 1-2 punch in a pinch
September 20, 2009 by
Miami Herald
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The Marlins have in Ross Gload and Wes Helms what manager Fredi Gonzalez terms ``a double-headed monster.''
GameThread: Washington Nationals At Florida Marlins - Game 141 Of 162.
September 11, 2009 by
Federal Baseball
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by Pat Sullivan - AP
21 days ago:
Florida Marlins starting pitcher Josh Johnson (55) is joined by teammates Wes Helms, left, manager Fredi Gonzalez (33) and catcher Ronny Paulino, right, while leaving the game in the fifth inning...
Letting Go of My Brave Hopes for October Baseball
September 08, 2009 by
Bleacher Report
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The Braves are sitting at 70-67, 7.5 games behind the red-hot Rockies.
Doing some guesstimations, I figure the Braves need 92 wins (the Rockies have to go 13-11 to get to 91 wins), which would require a 22-2 stretch run.
That, barring some super-divine intervention, isn't happening...
Washington Nationals Drop Eight Straight, 9-5 To The Florida Marlins.
September 05, 2009 by
Federal Baseball
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by Luis Alvarez - AP
about 3 hours ago:
Washington Nationals' Livan Hernandez pitches against the Florida Marlins during the first inning of a baseball game, Saturday, Sept. 5, 2009, in Washington. (AP Photo/Luis M. Alvarez)
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Today in Philly Sports History: Padilla K's 10 in 1-0 Victory Over Mets, 2003
Personally, I would rather not face Vicente Padilla in the playoffs this year. Not that I find the Dodgers' starter to be a particularly formidable foe, it just seems like all the one-time Phillies from Wes Helms to Rod Barajas seem to take games against the Phils just that much...
Hot Coghlan wins award
September 03, 2009 by
Sun Sentinel
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Named NL rookie of the month for his team-record 47 hits
Marlins outfielder Chris Coghlan claimed it wasn't quite as cool as getting to smash teammate Wes Helms in the face with a celebratory shaving cream pie the night before.
Florida Marlins' Chris Coghlan named NL Rookie of the Month
September 03, 2009 by
Miami Herald
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For Chris Coghlan, winning the National League Rookie of the Month award for August on Thursday was cool. But getting to slam a shaving cream pie in the face of teammate Wes Helms after Wednesday night's walk-off home run that beat the Braves was priceless.
Wes Helms Gets Off When You Fight
On Wednesday, a shouting match between Hanley Ramirez and Dan Uggla seemed to foretell the 2009 collapse of the Florida Marlins. The clubhouse was imploding along with the team's slim wild card hopes—just as Wes Helms had planned Well, not really. But Helms did hit a walk...
More on the Hanley Ramirez situation
September 03, 2009 by
FishStripes
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It turns out that the pre-game brouhaha wasn't the first time that Hanley has been called out this season.
They would have you believe it was overblown, this pregame flareup that occurred Wednesday between Hanley Ramirez(notes), the Florida Marlins...
Marlins better hope feuds with Hanley are just family business
September 03, 2009 by
Big League Stew
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"Act like everything fine and if it isn't/we ain't lettin' everybody in our family business." By the time the Marlins clubhouse opened after Wednesday's walkoff win over the Braves, everyone had their Kanye-approved party lines ready for the media. The clubhouse...
Inside Pitch: A-Rod reaches milestone in Yankees' win
The bickering Marlins had reason to smile after Wes Helms hit a game-winning homer to beat the Braves 8-7 in Miami.
Good vibes follow dust-up
September 03, 2009 by
Miami Herald
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An emotional day that began with a war of words between two of their leaders in the clubhouse ended with a lot of warm-and-fuzzy feelings for the Marlins courtesy of Wes Helms' veteran bat.
Marlins beat Braves in ninth
September 02, 2009 by
CBSSports.com
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Wes Helms hit a game-winning home run, Dan Uggla had a two-run shot after challenging teammate Hanley Ramirez's effort, and the bickering Florida Marlins beat the Atlanta Braves 8-7 on Wednesday night.
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