Marlins

The Marlins logo, as it appears on Backyard Baseball 2001 and 2003

NL Wild Card

AL Wild Card

## Overview

The Florida Marlins were an MLB team in the National League East. They are available to play in Backyard Baseball 2001 and 2003. Since the release of the games, they have renamed themselves the Miami Marlins and have changed their logo.

## Season 3

The Florida Marlins were used for the first time in Season 3 by coach GSchlim. They were a very skilled offensive team, and finished 11-3, claiming the NL Wild Card. They lost in the NLDS to the #1 seeded Astros.

## Season 5

The Florida Marlins returned in Season 5 under the guidance of coach jyknight. The Marlins ended the season in a familiar way, earning an AL Wild Card berth after an 8-6 record. Sadly, they lost to the #1 seeded A's in the ALDS.

## Season 6

Coach JibboDaHibbo chose the Montreal Marlins as his team for Season 6. He drafted his team with a French theme, selecting as many players as possible that have French names. The Montreal Marlins started the season lackluster, but finished strong falling just short of the playoffs ending 9-5. Eric Lebeaux was a source of pain for the Marlins manager throughout the season receiving nicknames such as Eric "Le-Blow" and Eric "Fielders Choice" Lebeaux. Perry Marx had a standout 2nd half of the season providing 6 home runs in the last 7 games. Henri Deschenes lead the team in hitting and was a standout as an AI defensive pitcher.

* Marlins had a simulstream event vs MarcoMcguire and the Crazy Cubs week 7 winning 15-5
* In the Consolation playoffs the Marlins lost vs the Melonheads, won vs the Giants, and then lost vs the Bombers.
* Vs the Melonheads, The marlins scored 6 runs stringing together multiple powerups on the last out of the game, this being coined the "Miracle In Montreal". Eauxps came back and hit back to back, to back to back home runs performing what is now known as the Reverse Miracle of Montreal.
* In the final game vs the Bombers Jibbo misses a home run by only a few inches, which would have given him the lead. View the heartbreak here.

## Season 7

The Marlins returned in Season 7 and moved back to Florida with new coach skolgamingnetwork, who just missed out on picking his favorite team, the Twins. He was placed in the Frontyard League, a divsion for BBL rookies and the least experienced veterans.

The Marlins had a nice season, highlighted by their star slugger and pitcher Matessa Sturges. The Marlins finished at 6-8 and missed out on the playoffs, ending up 6th in the Frontyard League.

## Season 9

The Marlins returned in Season 9, this time called the Blue Marlins, coached by shrewsbury91. They played in the NL East, on the 2003 version of the game, and had a home field of Parks Dept. #2. The Marlins started off slow, but eventually rebounded to finish 6-8. They missed the playoffs, but accepted an invitation to the Consolation Tournament. In the tournament, they lost two straight games in the double elimination format.

## Season 10

### 2001

The Florida Marlins were chosen in Season 10 by rBBL rookie and Marlins fan Loba. The team played in the American League West at a home field of Tin Can Alley. The Marlins had their moments, including their season best of 35 runs in the season finale, but they finished 8-6 and missed the final spot of the AL playoffs due to losing the head-to-head tiebreaker to the Cardinals.

In an individual accomplishment, Jose Canseco lead all of Season 10 with 69 RBIs, including 17 RBIs in the aforementioned season finale.

### 2003

On the 2003 side, the Marlins were also chosen by an rBBL rookie. Coach personizzle selected the Humongous Marlins in this league. They were placed in the Backyard League West and played their home games at Cement Gardens. Personizzle drafted around a number of fast but extremely low power players. The Marlins had a solid season, going 10-4 and earning the first wild card in the Backyard League. Despite inconsistent offensive performance throughout the season, the Marlins were renowned for their lockdown defense, particularly at their home field, where Pete Wheeler consistently shut down Cement Gardens' left field alley. The team benefitted from a schedule which saw them play multiple away games at Cement Gardens or its clone field, The Paveway, including a six game streak to open the season in which the Marlins went 5-1, despite only putting up a double digit score twice.

Another notable performance from the regular season was Mike Piazza's remarkable play on the road. Free from the confines of Cement Gardens, Mike went on a tear, slashing .703/.714/1.592, for a 2.306 OPS, with 7 home runs and 28 RBIs on the road. Much of this damage was done in a week 8 game versus the White Red Sox, where he went 5/5 with four home runs and 10 RBIs, earning player of the week honors.

Pete Wheeler won the individual accolade of the Goldie Glove for his work in left field, with shortstop Vicki Kawaguchi placing second in the Goldie Glove vote.