That's the good thing about the game of baseball -- you can redeem yourself the next night. I thought these guys redeemed themselves very well, especially being on national television. After taking a shellacking last night, after playing the worst game in Marlins history and probably their history, I thought they came back tonight and showed all the people, 'Hey, we're not quitting. We're not giving up.' We may get beat, but we're not giving up.
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They'll let Jimmy control the clubhouse, and he'll get the backing from the front office because of his good relationship with Dombrowski from their time together with the Marlins.
This team is excited, ... You play baseball like that. A lot of teams, the Marlins play like that and enjoy the game. This team is the same way.
Major league baseball has asked its players to stop tossing baseballs into the stands during games, because they say fans fight over them and they get hurt. In fact, the Florida Marlins said that's why they never hit any home runs. It's a safety issue.
Marlins fans should keep a positive attitude no matter what anyone else says.
Obviously we'll be competing against the Marlins, we'll be competing against the Heat and the college teams,
I was pretty upset, because, after my team gave me the lead, I wanted to shut them down. Walking the pitcher got me a little bit off my concentration. I'm very fortunate and I'm very happy that the Marlins won the game.
This homer is even more important than the one I hit for the Marlins in the World Series. This was for my country.
Everything has been going well. It's up to the staff. If everyone is throwing the ball well, that's good for us, and it just makes a tougher decision for (the Marlins).
Even though everything tells you they are not going to do well because of the team, we're very excited about the direction they're going in, with the manager and the ball team. We had some hesitation, but when we did our research, we feel the Marlins are here to stay in South Florida ... The bottom line is they're still a Major League Baseball team. There's only 30 of them.
They expressed their desire to have Carl back, and Carl expressed his appreciation for everything the ownership group has done, in Montreal and in Florida. We're going to keep open communication. Carl has a lot of emotional ties to the Marlins, but he is committed to testing the market. Whether they have the resources to compete with some other organizations for Carl's services is the question at hand.
This is an exciting day for the Marlins organization. After several discussions with him, it became clear that not only was Joe ready to manage, but he is the right guy to manage the Florida Marlins. Joe has a tremendous reputation throughout the game and I am eager to start working with him.
Obviously, it's a little early to talk about the '06 Marlins, but as we get into it, and we get some direction from Jeffrey in terms of payroll and the complexion of the team, that may also lead us one way or another with the manager, ... I don't know if it's veteran, or if it's rookie managerial candidate at this point. Any of those types of characteristics we're going to put together a list. I'm sure it will be exhaustive.
My intention is to return. That decision rests with the Marlins. They haven't said anything specific, and I haven't asked.
SOLID CHOICE A.J. Burnett might have finished on poor terms with Jack McKeon, but former Marlins manager Jeff Torborg remains a big believer in the free-agent pitcher. I really like him, ... He'll give you everything he's got. He's a different kind of guy, the kind you'll see out on a motorcycle with his nipple rings and all that. But he's really a good boy. He'll do nothing but get better. I don't know where A.J. is going to go, but I do know one thing Whoever gets him is getting one heck of a pitcher.
I apologize to Venezuela. They know how much I love my country, but I cannot accept what they proposed to me. I respect the Florida Marlins because they tried to push Miguel Cabrera into third base, but this is not spring training. This is a big competition and you represent your country.