Talk:Florida Marlins/Archive 1

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1997 season

There seems to be a lot of redundant information in the 1997 Season section and the 1998-2002 section. I will attempt to remedy this. --Feitclub 06:01, Apr 8, 2005 (UTC)

Hall of Fame

I removed the Hall of Fame section, because Tony Perez was not inducted as a Marlin and therefore the Marlins do not really have a Hall of Fame presense yet. I hesitated to do that, but if you included every person who was associated with the Marlins who eventually went to the Hall, it would be a long irrelevant list. Do you really want to see Mike Piazza listed there in a few years?

--Xenod July 17, 2006

All Seasons Project

I think we should try and create an article for every season of the Marlins, just as has been done for the Minnesota Twins. That way, people can get more information on a specific season that is not listed on the main page, such as rosters for those seasons, etc. Tamajared 20:02, 11 October 2006 (UTC)

"Buying a pennant"

As true as this phrase may be for describing the 1997 season, I recommend that we not use it. This a very common accusation in baseball, especially against the New York Yankees. It's somewhat loaded language and shouldn't be used if we are to keep this article in the neutral point of view. --Idont Havaname (Talk) 17:54, 8 February 2007 (UTC)

Not only that, but the Marlins had a smaller salary than the Indians that season, and were only seventh in team salary at 47 million. Yes, that is more than their current palty 15 million, but it is hardly Evil Empire 200 million dollar level spending. [1]. The fact that this troll User:146.74.1.99 IP address which has already been banned multiple times User talk:146.74.1.99 chose to change that line doesn't make it true. Thanks for catching that bit of NPOV. CodeCarpenter 18:40, 8 February 2007 (UTC)


Succeeded by

Do we really need to list the 1998, 1999, and 2000 yankees in the succeeded by? Usually, these just have the next year of data, not the next three years. I know this shows that the Marlins prevented a five year sweep by the Yankees, but it is more of a brag of the Yankees than a simple move to the next year of the World sereis, which the template is supposed to represent. Calling for discussion, will revert if no comments made. CodeCarpenter 17:07, 20 February 2007 (UTC)


Nickname

One of the things that have become a major part of the baseball articles has been the nicknames. They've ben added to the leads as well as the infoboxes. However, the Marlins are one of the notables not to have one, at least not one mentioned in the article. What nicknames do the Marlins go by? I'm sure they are not known only as "The Marlins". I thought they were also referred to as "The Fish", but I know that's also the Dolphins' nickname, and I wasn't sure if I was just confusing it. - Silent Wind of Doom 18:45, 20 April 2007 (UTC)

Yes, the Fish is the nickname for the Marlins. The team uses it in their commercials, etc. The Fins is the nickname for the Dolphins, and the Fish is actually a term of derision by other teams about the Dolphins, as in the Jills, Patsies, Dolts, and Fish. "Squish the Fish" was a phrase started by the Patriots as part of their first Super Bowl run. Probably too much information, but that's the Wiki in me coming out. :) CodeCarpenter 18:58, 20 April 2007 (UTC)
LOL, really? I didn't know "Fish" was used as a derogatory. I'm sure I've heard it used by fans (I'm a fan but don't closely watch football as much as baseball). I also heard "Squish the Fish" when I once mentioned I was a Dolphins fan in a household of Bills fans. Anything besides Fish for the Marlins? - Silent Wind of Doom 20:40, 20 April 2007 (UTC)
Personally I think the term "fish", if used at all, should be capitalized. I also think it is used WAY too frequently on the page. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 12.165.189.69 (talk) 14:12, August 28, 2007 (UTC)