The hearts of Marlin fans have been breaking too frequently these days.  In such an important road trip we have been teased like New England Patriot fans of this past season.  Okay, maybe the Marlins haven’t quite yet reached the World Series, but South Florida sure has been acting like it.  There is a buzz on the street.  There is excitement.  It least, there was. 

 The Florida Marlins have lost 5 of 6 games.  They are playing like the Yankees.  (Too soon?)

 With the exeption of Mark Hendrickson’s 10 earned runs against the Phillies, there starting pitching has been solid.  During this recent slide, the offense has put up a decent number of runs (3, 6, 3, 7, 5, and 5, respectively).  So who’s too blame?

 The bullpen has been one of the team’s greatest strengths all season.  But lately, especially in the late innings, the bullpen has faultered.

 ”I guess we need to get rid of Jacque Jones,” said closer Kevin Gregg. 

 Okay, Gregg didn’t say that.  But the bullpen needs a scapegoat with it recent performance, and since Jones was placed on the active roster, the Marlins have had bad luck.  Remember the other team Jones played for this year?  Would you say they had “bad luck?”

With that being said, lets hope Jones (and his sub .100 batting average as a Marlin) shakes off this unlucky streak and start putting more games in the win column. 

 It’s been a hard day’s blog, and I’ve sleeping like a Ryan Tucker and Dallas McPherson, who are having monster seasons in the minors.