Giancarlo Stanton Grand-Slammed a Scoreboard in the Face Last Night (VIDEO)

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Palm Beach Post reporter Joe Capozzi, via Twitter
The batting stud formerly known as Mike Stanton hit his second grand slam in eight days last night, busting a bunch of lights on the Marlins left-field videoboard in the process. If he'd swung a moment earlier, he could have destroyed that home run statue instead. Ah, what could have been.

Stanton was batting with two outs in the fourth inning and faced a full count from Rockies starter Jamie Moyer, who is entering his 490th season in the league and now throws only the three pitches he learned from Jack Chesbro back before the Great War in a field behind the Woolworth's.
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Competitive Jump Rope Leaps Into the Suburbs (Video)

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Christina Mendenhall
Taryn Marriott, 8, explains how important it is to smile while competing.
Two weeks ago we introduced you to the ambitious, endearing world of competitive jump rope in South Florida. There are speed drills, tears, backflips, and Olympic aspirations.You can read the cover story -- including my stintMore >>

Ozzie Guillen Is Trying Really Hard to Memorialize Kevin Hickey in English

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Kevin Hickey, a former pitcher and assistant with the Chicago White Sox, died earlier today at the age of 56. The Chicago Tribune has a short story about Hickey, whom White Sox GM Roland Hemond called "a South Side kid made good."

Hickey, after playing softball and semipro baseball, was discovered at an open tryout in 1978 and pitched for six seasons (1981-83 with the Sox and 1989-91 with the Baltimore Orioles). He was discovered in a coma before the Sox season opener last month.
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Paralyzed College Football Player Eric LeGrand Signed by Good-Guy Tampa Bay Buccaneers

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The Bucs did a cool thing this week.

We're not anywhere near Tampa, but the Dolphins have had one winning season in six years, and the Marlins went and stole a half-billion dollars from taxpayers to build a stadium, so here's a story that shows that at least one Florida sports team can make a nice gesture.

Rutgers University tackle Eric LeGrand was 20 years old when he was paralyzed from the neck down in a game against Army in October 2010. A year later, in a motorized wheelchair, he led the Scarlet Knights back onto the field for a game against West Virginia and created Sports Illustrated's "best moment of 2011."

Now, he's a Tampa Bay Buccaneer.
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Ninety-Seven F-Bombs From Ozzie Guillen Won't Erase That Awful Stadium Deal

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"I don't even know how to say this, but we have to suspend you," Sampson says, as if Guillen's gaffe wasn't part of the plan.


Showtime released a 30-minute preview on Saturday to its show The Franchise: A Season With the Miami Marlins, which will chronicle the travails of baseball's version of a court jester. There's a scene near the start of the show where loudmouth manager Ozzie Guillen is addressing his new players for the first time. He's in the locker room in Jupiter, and he's talking about winning and whatnot. Team owner Jeffrey Loria is sitting in the corner with handheld counter.

Loria clicks away during the speech, noting, like a pitching coach keeping track of his starter, each time Guillen says fuck.

"Ninety-seven f-bombs," Loria says to Guillen after the speech.

"Good," Guillen says. "That's the only way you get across to the guys."

For Loria, though, those f-bombs do something else. Every curse, every stupid thing Guillen
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New York Mets Plan to Honor Marlins Shortstop Jose Reyes, Give Away Last of Team Dignity

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Jose Reyes
The Miami Marlins' new shortstop is missed by his former team. Jose Reyes spent the first nine seasons of his career with the New York Mets, leading the National League in stolen bases three years in a row (2005-2007), hitting for 99 triples and winning the NL batting title last year before signing a six-year contract with the Marlins worth more than $100 million.

And the Mets are pretty busted up about it -- so busted up that when the Marlins go up to Citi Field for a three-game series against the team next week, they're planning on playing a "video tribute" to him, according to the New York Daily News.
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Marlins Bend Over for Angry Miamians, Suspend Ozzie Guillen

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Well, the Marlins have suspended Manager Ozzie Guillen for getting quoted in Time magazine saying "I love Fidel Castro." Looks like we found out pretty early in the season how the Marlins front office feels about its new skipper.

This is not Guillen's first off-the-wall statement. Before he landed in Miami, he wasn't strutting around the league in three-piece suits waxing philosophical about the poetry of sport. He was getting drunk after road games and cursing in interviews.
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Dolphins Get New Nike Jerseys; They Look Just Like Old Reebok Jerseys

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You may have heard all the hubbub about the NFL's new lineup of jerseys, but don't go grasping for that Modell's member card yet.

NBC's Darren Rovell was tweeting all kinds of pictures from the Nike unveiling yesterday, including a picture of the Dolphins' new home jersey, which bears a striking resemblance to... the Dolphins old home jersey.
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"What Do You Think About Me Being Black?" He Asked His Mother-in-Law; "Hines Ward," She Said

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Hines Ward during a trip to Korea.
This week's cover story in New Times is about Chae Haile, an adoptee from Korea who went on a hunt two years ago for her birth family. Along for the ride was husband Greg, who had many reasons to fear that Chae's family may dislike him. First was the fact that Greg is a foreigner, something supposedly feared and disliked in Korea. Then there's the fact that he's black, another stigma in a supposedly unforgiving country.

But Greg had an unlikely hero while meeting his wife's family for the first time: former NFL receiver Hines Ward. Ward's name came up early during Chae's search for her family. Greg met his mother-in-law, Moon Ja, for the first time in January 2011. He figured he needed to address the issue of his race right off, so he asked her: "What do you think about me being black?"

Moon Ja responded: "Hines Ward."

Turns out the ex-Steeler is half Korean and half black and has traveled there often to More >>

Logan Morrison's Obnoxious Twitter Feed Is Exactly What's Great About Baseball

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Logan Morrison shares a small tub with his roommate.
There are a lot of ways to describe Marlins outfielder Logan Morrison's attitude. Brash, maybe, or better yet, obnoxious. Some would say inappropriate, and the Marlins brass would most certainly add unprofessional. Take a look at his much-followed Twitter feed and you'll see posts that are all of those things.

Like this number from Saturday: "That awkward moment when you're able to muffle a giant fart, then realize its smells like Bigfoot's dick... #ItWasntMe"

It's rude, it's childish, and it's the kind of thing that typifies what makes baseball fun. It's More >>
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