Per agreement with the city and Miami-Dade County ( which owns the park ), the Marlins officially changed their name to the " Miami Marlins " on November 11, 2011.

The Marlins were asked about ace Dontrelle Willis after his Cy Young caliber campaign in 2005 amid the " Market Correction " but rejected an offer from the Detroit Tigers that would have landed them now 4 × MLB All-Star and 2011 AL MVP pitcher Justin Verlander and five-tool outfielder Curtis Granderson, both prospects with some major league experience under their belt.

On September 28, 2011, the Marlins introduced Ozzie Guillén as their new manager.

On November 11, 2011, the Marlins officially rebranded themselves the Miami Marlins with a new logo, uniform, and color scheme.

* In June 2011 due to a previously scheduled U2 concert at Sun Life Stadium, an interleague series between the Florida Marlins and Seattle Mariners was moved to Safeco Field, home of the Seattle Mariners.

While they've always been known as the Cougars since moving to Kane County, they were affiliated with the Baltimore Orioles in 1991 and 1992, with the Florida Marlins from 1993 to 2002, the Oakland Athletics from 2003 until 2010, and with the Kansas City Royals for the 2011 and 2012 seasons before joining the Chicago Cubs for the 2013 season.

It was the home to the Florida Marlins baseball team from 1993 to 2011.

The most notable current players are David Freese, who was both the 2011 National League Championship Series MVP and 2011 World Series MVP for the St. Louis Cardinals, and Juan Pierre, a World Series winner with the Florida Marlins in 2003.

On September 28, 2011, the Marlins introduced Guillén as their new manager.

On September 27, 2011, it was announced that Infante and the Marlins had agreed on a two-year extension, worth around $ 8 million.

On April 14, 2011, Salazar signed a minor league contract with the Florida Marlins.

Previously, González played with the Florida Marlins ( 1998 – 2005 ), Boston Red Sox ( 2006, 2009 ), Cincinnati Reds ( 2007 – 2009 ), Toronto Blue Jays ( 2010 ) and Atlanta Braves ( 2010 – 2011 ).

On June 9, 2011, just days after being released by Colorado, López inked a minor league deal with the Florida Marlins.

Hernández has played for the Florida Marlins ( 1996 – 1999 ), the San Francisco Giants ( 1999 – 2002 ), the Montreal Expos ( 2003 – 2004 ), the Washington Nationals ( 2005 – 2006, 2009 – 2011 ), the Arizona Diamondbacks ( 2006 – 2007 ), the Minnesota Twins ( 2008 ), the Colorado Rockies ( 2008 ), and the New York Mets ( 2009 ).

* Jose Fernandez, SP Marlins 1st round pick, 14th overall Draft 2011

As recently as June 19, 2011, news outlets reported that Valentine was once again a candidate for the Florida Marlins managerial position after the ballclub free fell in the standings.

On December 12, 2011, Rowand signed a minor league deal with the Miami Marlins with an invite to spring training.

The Padres retired Hoffman's number 51 at Petco Park in a pre-game ceremony on August 21, 2011, against the Florida Marlins.

On December 1, 2011, Bell agreed to a three-year, $ 27 million contract with the Miami Marlins pending a physical.

The team defeated the Gulf Coast Marlins in the 2011 Gulf Coast League championship series.

On January 18, 2011, longtime popular former first baseman and manager Mike Hargrove was brought in as a special adviser.

In 2011, psychologist Brent Robbins co-authored a national letter for the Society for Humanistic Psychology that has brought thousands into the public debate about the DSM.

This brought forward the election date to 25 February 2011 ; in the process, all six Green Party TDs lost their seats.

The album's lead single " Dancing on My Own " was released a few weeks prior to the album's release ; it became a hit single worldwide and brought her a Grammy Award nomination for the category of Best Dance Recording in 2011.

In 2011 a report from the National Resources Defense Council brought attention to the energy efficiency of set-top boxes.

For example, in December 2011 the 80th Name-List of Variable Stars, Part II, was released, containing designations for 2161 recently-discovered variable stars ; these brought the total number of variable stars in the GCVS to 45, 678.

* Former Liberian President Charles G. Taylor was also brought to The Hague charged with war crimes ; his trial stretched from 2007 to March 2011.

The opening ceremony of the 2011 Cricket World Cup took place in Bangladesh at the Bangabandhu National Stadium in Dhaka at 5: 30 PM on February 17, 2011 where cricketers were being brought by rickshaw.

It was announced at Tokyo Game Show 2010 that the title would be brought to Xbox Live Arcade with high-definition visuals and online co-op, and was released on September 14, 2011.

In 2011, workplace safety complaints were brought against Hustler and other adult film production companies by the AIDS Healthcare Foundation, leading to several citations brought by Cal / OSHA.

The year 2011 brought unusually dry conditions with 630 mm of precipitation and 54 % humidity ; the lowest temperature was-2. 0 ° C and maximum was + 33. 8 ° C with average + 15. 9 ° C, higher than usual.

However, in 2012 the Ontario Court of Appeal upheld a 2011 absolute discharge of a young woman who brought 34 kilograms of khat into Canada in 2009.

In 2010, the company HarperCollins brought out a special 50th anniversary issue of the book, containing a new preface by Garner and praise from various other figures involved in children's literature, while 2011 saw BBC Radio 4 produce a radio adaptation.

In December 2011 South West Trains confirmed that platform 20 will be brought back into use in 2014, hosting certain services to and from Reading, Windsor, Staines and Hounslow.

By June 30, 2011, a lawsuit that had been brought against the university to prevent the closing of the Rose was settled.

In August 2011, the main distribution center for Hershey candies was subjected to a strike by about 400 young foreign workers brought to the United States under the J1 " cultural exchange " visa program.

Reviewing Hobsbawm's 2011 How to Change the World in The Wall Street Journal, Michael Moynihan argued: Reviewing the same book, Francis Wheen argued in a similar vein: " When writing about how the anti-fascist campaigns of the 1930s brought new recruits to the communist cause, he cannot even bring himself to mention the Hitler-Stalin pact, referring only to ' temporary episodes such as 1939 – 41 '.

2011 brought varied results.

The last tropical system to hit Westport was Tropical Storm Irene on Sunday, August 28, 2011, which hit the town at about and brought mostly wind which knocked down many trees and tree branches.

A 2011 study by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime brought together a wide variety of data sources to create a worldwide picture of trends and developments.

Most of the Beaumonts busses in 2011 was brought by Newcombe, origionally Beaumonts bus service ran in the Orara Valley carriying high school and primary school students from the city of Coffs Harbour to their rural homes.

In 2011, the city brought back its Annual Music and Blues Festival, and even raised money to revamp the city baseball fields and revive the City Little League, which attracted 160 kids that year.