Marlins at Braves, Tues-Thurs

[Tim_Hardawayy]

I forget where I read it, but there was a great article detailing how the save is one of the most overrated stats in baseball. All its really good for is getting undeserving relief pitchers huge paychecks. Now if I could just find a link to that article...

that's the Marlins and Oakland theory and usually true

no point in overpaying for relievers to close, I firmly believe that

Found it. Its a good read if you're into that kinda heavy analysis.

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/st ... ple/080805

[mike_miller]

the fish didnt pay migui or becket...no way theyre paying something as completely overrated as a closer 13m.

and not to be a jerk but the oakland/marlin comparisons have got to stop. their payroll is way more than ours and they havent won in 20 years...imo they play in a crap west coast div and would be a 70 win team if they played on the east coast

another great game last night..would love to see maybin get started but the guy just looks like a freakish athlete...even if hes numbers arent great, having a reliable center feilder for the first time in like 4 years is really going to cut down on the errors.

[Flash3]

maybin frustrates me at the plate. he seems like he has the tools to be a solid hitter, but he takes some very very bad pitches, granted he's still young.

[pimpstyl]

breakup the Marlins...the payroll is too high and they're gonna win too many games. This is not fair to the rest of the league!!!

[travis minor]

great series

now lets go to washington and win 2/3 with our top starters and start the road stretch 5-1