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Off to see The Aquabats tonight, so will likely miss most of this one. Put another way, the choice was between watching a bunch of guys make fools of themselves wearing ridiculous uniforms in front of a surreal backdrop... Or going to the Aquabats concert. Hohoho. Though, actually "Aquabats" would be a good name for the Marlins' cheerleaders. Memo to self: write to Jeffrey Loria. ZM has already done a pretty good demolition job on most aspects of the Florida Miami Marlins culture in his series preview, though I did like the idea of the 70-ft saguaro playing maracas. Further memo to self: strengthen drug testing policy for SnakePit writers...
Line-up and stuff after the jump, including Gibson's pre-game chat, which I'm going to try and include a bit more often going forward. 'Charmer on her second recap of the week.
- Willie Bloomquist SS
- Gerardo Parra CF
- Justin Upton RF
- Jason Kubel LF
- Miguel Montero C
- Aaron Hill 2B
- Lyle Overbay 1B
- Ryan Roberts 3B
- Joe Saunders P
Well, between the audio and finding a new version of the Marlins' logo, not much time to add anything, except I note the return of Ryan Roberts to the starting line-up, after being Ransomed the last few starts. Will see how that works out. And here's Gibby:
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