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José Fernández Killed In Boating Accident [Updating]

Miami Marlins pitcher José Fernández has been killed in a boating accident....

Giancarlo Stanton Is Back And Already Hitting Monster Dongs

Giancarlo Stanton wasn’t supposed to return from a gnarly groin tear until another week or so, but he made a startlingly early return to the Marlins a few weeks ago. Tonight, he hit his first dinger since he came back, and boy oh boy it was a spicy one....

Braves And Marlins Clear The Benches, Have A Calm, Fruitful Discussion 

The Marlins came back to beat the Braves 7-5, but you know, who really cares about that part. We’re here for the beanball war....

Giancarlo Stanton Is Back, Sort Of

Just over three weeks ago, the Marlins announced that Giancarlo Stanton would be out for at least six weeks, and most likely the rest of the MLB season, with a Grade 3 groin strain (a strain is classified as a Grade 3 if muscles are torn). When the Marlins made that announcement, they were tied with...

Destin Hood Gets First Career Hit, Immediately Makes Baserunning Blunder

Marlins outfielder Destin Hood is making his major league debut after eight years in the minors, and his parents were in Cleveland to watch him earn his first career hit—and, immediately after that, get tagged out on a baserunning mistake....

Ichiro Joins 3,000 Hit Club With Triple

Ichiro Suzuki, the true Hit King, joined Paul Molitor as the only member of the 3,000 Hit Club to do so with a triple when he did so in the top of the seventh inning today in Denver....

Get A Load Of This Heinous, Game-Losing Wild Pitch

With the Miami Marlins leading the Cubs by two runs heading into the bottom, Don Mattingly brought in A.J. Ramos. Immediately, everything went to shit....

ESPN has a cool profile of Ichiro that is chock-full of anecdotes and details about his routine. Highlights: Ichiro used to give a profanity-laden pump-up speech in English to his all-star teammates every year; he’s been trying to work as an emergency pitcher since he came into the league; he really...

Man Who May Or May Not Be Christian Yelich Eats A Butt; Yelich Denies It's Him

Today, Miami Marlins outfielder Christian Yelich tweeted, then deleted the following:...

Giancarlo Stanton Shames Heckling Fan With His Mighty Swing

Giancarlo Stanton went on a two-day dinger spree that gave us four beautiful homers to ogle. It also gave us a very good video from the seats at the Mets’ stadium, which boasts some of the best comedic timing I’ve ever seen....

Giancarlo Stanton Is Out To Destroy Every Baseball In New York

Last night against the Mets, Marlins slugger Giancarlo Stanton used his last two at-bats of the game to deliver us the gift of two perfectly mashed, picturesque taters. The Marlins played the Mets again this afternoon, and Stanton slapped two more gasp-inducing dingers in his first two at-bats of th...

Barry Bonds Says Ichiro Could Win The Home Run Derby If He Wanted To

Here’s a Barry Bonds interview from a few weeks ago that aligns eerily well with the baseball sensibilities of a few Deadspin staffers. There have been tales of Ichiro’s monster batting practice dingers for a few years, and Bonds here confirms that Ichiro can still slap ‘em all around the yard....

Giancarlo Stanton Is Still Here Killing People With Strong Home Runs<em></em>

“Giancarlo Stanton, what did that baseball do to you?” muses the Marlins’ color commentator. And, well, given the way the baseball was treated—namely, donged so hard you don’t have time to even think Hey wait I thought he was struggling this year? before it gets out of the park—here are some possibi...

Ichiro Is The True Hit King And Pete Rose Can Eat Shit

Today, Ichiro Suzuki hit an eighth-inning double off of Fernando Rodney to the right field corner. He sent Giancarlo Stanton to third, and he trotted into second base easily, looking mildly annoyed more than anything before he briefly removed his batting helmet to salute the crowd. If you count his ...

José Fernández Is Too Good

Marlins pitcher José Fernández has advanced to straight clowning batters....

Marlins Prospect Injures Teammate With Knife In Prank Gone Wrong

The Class-A Greensboro Grasshoppers placed Miami Marlins outfield prospect Stone Garrett on the disabled list Saturday after 2015 first-round pick Josh Naylor injured him with a knife last week in a practical joke that went awry....

Apparently, The Miami Marlins Broke The News Of Muhammad Ali's Death

Two hours before Muhammad Ali’s death was announced to the world by his family, news that Ali had died was broken by none other than the Miami Marlins. No, seriously, I think. ...

Barry Bonds On Public Persona: "I Was A Dumbass"

Barry Bonds, home run king and Miami Marlins hitting coach, is enjoying somewhat of a personal and professional renaissance this year. He’s back in baseball for the first time since 2007, he seems to be enjoying himself, and the Marlins look much better than last year now that Bonds is on their staf...

Ichiro Still Rules

Ichiro Suzuki should be making us sad. He’s 42 years old, a wisp of the player he used to be, and currently in year two of the Joe Montana-in-Kansas City phase of his career. An old-ass former star playing out his final days for a no-account team like the Marlins, in a stadium as garish as it is con...

J.T. Realmuto Got A Dinger Called Off For Passing Marcell Ozuna On The Basepath

The Miami Marlins are just cooling off after an unholy hot streak where they won 11 of 12 and hit some bombastic dongers. They kicked off their three-game series against the Brewers with a second-inning dinger from J.T. Realmuto, who sent one to the garish monstrosity in center field to give the Mar...