Why The Marlins Are The Marlins

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And they will always be the Marlins...
Just watch...


Okay... let's analyze for a second...

First, the decision was to intentionally walk Anthony Rendon to face Jayson Werth...
Rendon was walked to load the bases for a veteran power hitter...

Carlos Marmol thought he could get a 94-miles per hour fastball past Werth...
Not 98 or 99, but 94...
Over the fat part of the plate...

The Marlins deserved their fate from the decisions made in the dugout...

And they deserved the utter comtempt of Werth's bat flip...
Watch it again...


Werth's bat mowed the grass with his bat's disdain...

A disdain for all the decisions made leading up to the 0-1 pitch that ended the Marlins hopes on the road last night...

As it should have been...

Busy Night In DC: Hamels Admits Trying To Hit Harper, Werth Lost To Broken Wrist

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Welcome to the majors, kid...

Bryce Harper lasted all of one pitch in his first at-bat with the Phillies Cole Hamels last night...

Here's the plunk...


“I was trying to hit him,” Hamels said post-game. “I’m not going to deny it. That’s just — you know what, it’s something that I grew up watching, that’s what happened, so I’m just trying to continue the old baseball.”

Expect a call, fine, and suspension from the league office...

Nats GM Mike Rizzo wasn't all that happy...
CSNWashington's Chase Hughes relays:

“Players take care of themselves,” Rizzo said. “I’ve never seen a more classless, gutless chicken [bleep] act in my 30 years in baseball.

“Cole Hamels says he’s old school? He’s the polar opposite of old school. He’s fake tough. He thinks he’s going to intimidate us after hitting our 19-year rookie who’s eight games into the big leagues? He doesn’t know who he’s dealing with.”

The night got even longer after losing Jayson Werth to a pretty bad looking broken wrist...

Kelli Johnson has the post-mortem...
((HT: CSNWashington.com))