The Cards are eliminated as far as the NL Central goes, their elimination number in the wildcard race is down to 5 with four teams ahead of them. For all intents and purposes they're done.
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The Cards are eliminated as far as the NL Central goes, their elimination number in the wildcard race is down to 5 with four teams ahead of them. For all intents and purposes they're done.
I don't know about you...but the Marlins want to have a say on the playoffs issue. Swept a very hot Houston team for the 8th straight win and laying the smackdown on an equally hot Phillies team as we speak....
....Hmmmmm......The Marlins couldn't......ah.....could they?
Not this year, salsa.
The Marlins usually work their playoff magic every six years (1997, 2003).
Next year, they'll win the World Series.
The Marlins usually work their playoff magic every six years (1997, 2003).
Next year, they'll win the World Series.
I don't know about you...but the Marlins want to have a say on the playoffs issue. Swept a very hot Houston team for the 8th straight win and laying the smackdown on an equally hot Phillies team as we speak....
....Hmmmmm......The Marlins couldn't......ah.....could they?
I hope so. I LOVE that team. I'm a big Hanley Ramirez guy, and any team that plays as well as they have with a $21 million payroll is okay in my book. :up
Who would have thought that the Twins/Rays series this late in the season would have more playoff implications than Tigers/Indians?
I, TOO, am a BIG Hanley Ramirez fan. I have and always will be a Reds fan, but since moving back to Miami....I have fallen for this team.
Salsa,
Has Jorge Cantu hit any homers tonight? Going into tonight's game he had 28 HRs, and if he gets to 30 the Marlins will be the first team ever to have their entire infield hit 30+ homers. Pretty impressive stuff.
This was just brought up on Baseball Tonight:
2007: Rockies were 4.5 games out of the wildcard with 9 games left.
2008: Marlins are 4.5 games out of the wildcard with 9 games left.
The Marlins have won 9 in a row. Can they do it? I say..............why not?
2007: Rockies were 4.5 games out of the wildcard with 9 games left.
2008: Marlins are 4.5 games out of the wildcard with 9 games left.
The Marlins have won 9 in a row. Can they do it? I say..............why not?
Sabres,
speaking of Howard, I'm coming around to agreeing with you on him being the MVP, despite his batting average. He's carrying the Phillies down the stretch.
What history! To have both FL teams in the playoffs.
KCK_Halo...who is cringing as he watched his Angels give up NINE in the 3rd!!!
This isn't 1995 all over again, thank god.
To be fair, Texas is capable of that. Remember the 21-18 game between the Rangers and Red Sox that almost gave Bill a heart attack?
While they have a lethal lineup of hitters, they have a pitching staff that couldn't beat my high-school team
It's now: Angels 13, Rangers 12 in the 5th.
Bill, you went through this in August.
Any advice for KCK? You lived through a game like this.
Don't want him to completely panic.
Yep hit one tonight.....and they are ALREADY the ONLY team in history to have all 4 infielders with 25 home runs.
Howard's numbers are phonier than a $3 dollar bill. As a die hard Mets fan, I very frequently make the trip to Philadelphia for the series and when you are there, it feels like a little league field. I don't want people to think it is not a great stadium, it is, but still the field is so small that homeruns are easily hit . . . right field is 330' !!!
Mets up 9-5 in 8th . . . take that Florida, Philly and Milwaukee!
Mets up 9-5 in 8th . . . take that Florida, Philly and Milwaukee!
WWWELLLLLLL....ah...
Long-awaited ruling could advance Marlins stadium
South Florida Business Journal
Thursday, September 18, 2008 - 2:10 PM EDT | Modified: Friday, September 19, 2008 - 11:36 AM
by Paul Brinkmann
The Florida Supreme Court has dealt another blow to efforts by auto magnate Norman Braman to stop construction of a new Florida Marlins stadium using taxpayer money.
In a ruling issued Thursday, the state’s high court found that voter referendums are not needed to approve spending money earmarked for community redevelopment.
Marlins attorney Sandy Bohrer said he believes the Supreme Court ruling shows the team was right all along.
“We are pleased … to learn the [Supreme Court] decision underscores and reconfirms what the city, the county and the Marlins have said all along: No referendum is required,” he said.
Frank Schnidman, an attorney on Braman’s legal team, acknowledged that the Supreme Court ruling is bad news for the auto dealer.
Braman's trial attorney, Bob Martinez of Colson Hicks Eidson, said he was encouraged by the dissenting opinion written by Justice R. Fred Lewis and agreed to by Chief Justice Peggy Quince. He said he expects to take the Braman lawsuit to the Florida Supreme Court by next year, when four of the justices who wrote the recent Strand opinion no longer will be on the bench.
Thursday’s ruling in the controversial Strand vs. Escambia County case, overturns a previous state Supreme Court decision.
Last year, the court determined that a referendum should be required if money generated by Tax Increment Financing districts was being used for long-term projects of more than $1 million -- specifically for a road improvement project in Escambia County. That ruling caused a storm of protest by governments statewide that, for decades, have relied on such funding for redevelopment.
Following the protests, the court quickly revised its opinion last fall and promised to reconsider.
Braman had cited last fall’s Strand ruling in his lawsuit challenging funding for the Marlins’ new $515 million stadium. He used that ruling to seek a public vote on the stadium project.
Schnidman expressed surprise that the Supreme Court would reverse itself so dramatically on Strand within a year.
“Given this ruling by the Supreme Court, it is unlikely that Judge Cohen will require the projects of the megaplan to go to referendum,” he said.
Schnidman criticized the high court for appearing to bow to political pressure when it said in its new ruling that the old decision “would cause serious disruption to the governmental authorities.”
The question of whether the public needs to vote for certain portions of the stadium funding plan is all that remains of Braman's lawsuit after he lost several rulings in Miami-Dade Circuit Court.
Circuit Judge Jeri Beth Cohen delayed the final ruling in the suit until the Supreme Court issued its decision. With the high court’s Thursday ruling, she is expected to rule on Braman’s last challenge soon.
In the ruling, the high court stated: “Upon consideration of appellee Escambia County’s motion for rehearing, we withdraw our revised opinion, filed on Sept. 28, 2007, and substitute the following opinion. We affirm the [Escambia County] circuit court’s final judgment.”
Two justices dissented, saying: “The local government shell game, which is played to avoid the Florida voter, should not be sanctioned by this tribunal. Unfortunately, we have done so today ….”
Long-awaited ruling could advance Marlins stadium - South Florida Business Journal:
Florida's nice, but I don't see it working this year.
Besides, consider this:
the Marlins usually work their playoff magic every six years (1997, 2003).
Therefore, I will pick the Fish to win next year's World Series.
Besides, consider this:
the Marlins usually work their playoff magic every six years (1997, 2003).
Therefore, I will pick the Fish to win next year's World Series.
