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Offishial News for 10/9/24

The only sensible place to begin is by sending my well wishes to any of you whose homes (or whose family members' homes) are in the path of Hurricane Milton. Please prioritize your safety over these next couple days.

On Tuesday out in the desert, the Peoria Javelinas lost their first Arizona Fall League game, 15-13. Three Marlins prospects were involved—Kemp Alderman went 1-for-5 with a two-run home run and started in left field, Andrew Pintar went 1-for-5 with a single and a sacrifice fly while manning center field, and LHP Justin King struggled in relief (2.0 IP, 2 H, 3 ER, 1 BB, 1 K). You can rewatch the game here.

Here's more Marlins news and content:

🔷 Fish On First LIVE returns on Thursday at 6:00 p.m. ET. It's a special edition of Marlins Jeopardy, focused fully on the bizarre 2024 season, featuring Marlins radio broadcaster Kyle Sielaff as a contestant. We will be filling an entire category with audience submissions. Use the form embedded below or click here.

🔷 I have been humbled to receive a lot of positive feedback about the latest episode of The Offishial Show, a sitdown with former Marlins coordinator of baseball information services Bradley Woodrum. Linking to it one more time for anybody who missed it!

🔷 Fish On First SuperSub David Tobin is looking to unload well-preserved Marlins media guides from throughout the team's history. Contact him if interested.

🔷 Elsewhere around baseball, the Mets and Padres have pushed the higher-seeded Phillies and Dodgers to the brink of elimination, winning Tuesday's games by the final score of 7-2 and 6-5, respectively. The Rockies signed Bud Black to a one-year contract extension. Coming off back-to-back-to-back last-place finishes in the NL West, Black's tenure will presumably end after 2025 unless there is a meaningful uptick in the club's winning percentage. Luis Tiant passed away at the age of 83. One of the greatest Cuban baseball players ever (and one of the first to achieve MLB stardom), Tiant is best known for his stints with the then-Guardians and Red Sox. The Guardians, Brewers and Twins announced that their television broadcasts will be produced and distributed by MLB moving forward, splitting up with their local Bally affiliates.

🔷 Today's postseason schedule:

• Cleveland Guardians vs. Detroit Tigers, 3:08 p.m. ET (ALDS Game 4)
• Philadelphia Phillies vs. New York Mets, 5:08 p.m. ET (NLDS Game 4)
• New York Yankees vs. Kansas City Royals, 7:08 p.m. ET (ALDS Game 4)
• Los Angeles Dodgers vs. San Diego Padres, 9:08 p.m. ET (NLDS Game 4)

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[THOMAS JOSEPH]

I had one eye on the AFL game. The production is bare bones, so it's easy to justify leaving it running without full attention. The seven-run half-inning and the Javelinas' subsequent five runs made me sit aside my reading. Wild. 

I'm not watching the post-season, but I see the results. MLB would sh** the bed over a Padres-Tigers World Series. I'd even pull for the Mets if they made it since that means the Dodgers are hilariously dunked again, provided the Yankees are the AL representative. Still, I'd rather root for the Expos' 1969 expansion partners with so many former Marlins, to boot.