The Miami Marlins are a professional baseball team based in Miami, Florida and a member of the Eastern Division of Major League Baseball ( MLB's ) National League.

They are also one of two teams, along with the Miami Marlins, in Major League Baseball history to never have a player hit for the cycle.

As of 2012, Dodger Stadium is one of eleven major league parks without a corporate-sponsored name ; the others are: Marlins Park, Turner Field, Yankee Stadium, Fenway Park, Wrigley Field, Rangers Ballpark in Arlington, Oriole Park at Camden Yards, Kauffman Stadium, Angel Stadium of Anaheim, and Nationals Park.

* The Colorado Rockies and Florida Marlins ( now Miami Marlins ) play their inaugural seasons ( both are National League teams ) as MLB expands for the first time in 16 seasons.

It was the third MLB stadium to have a retractable roof and the first in the United States ( at the time, only Toronto's SkyDome, now Rogers Centre and Montreal's Olympic Stadium had them ; others are now at Minute Maid Park in Houston, Miller Park in Milwaukee, Safeco Field in Seattle and Marlins Park in Miami ).

The Cincinnati Reds, Miami Marlins and the Washington Nationals are bidding for the 2015 game.

" Stadium planners are labeling Marlins Park the first example of contemporary architecture in MLB.

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.

Ultimately however, Sun Sports and Fox Sports Florida are sister channels, and games can air on either channel depending on who is playing at what time ( particularly with the Marlins and Rays, since both teams routinely play at the same time ).

The two channels do not focus on one region of Florida ( it was long rumored that Sun Sports would carry only the North / Central Florida teams, while Fox Sports Florida would carry Miami-area teams ) so that the Lightning, Heat, Marlins, Magic, and Florida Panthers are all cable-exclusive.

The other five are: Bobby Balcena ( 1956 Cincinnati Reds ), Bobby Chouinard ( 1996 Oakland Athletics, 1998 Milwaukee Brewers, 1998-1999 Arizona Diamondbacks, 2000-2001 Colorado Rockies ), Chris Aguila ( 2004-2006 Florida Marlins ), Tim Lincecum ( 2007 – present San Francisco Giants ), and Geno Espineli ( 2008 – present San Francisco Giants ).

Advocates who are against using the pitch count as a metric to measure pitcher performance include Minnesota Twins broadcaster / Hall of Famer Bert Blyleven, Texas Rangers President / Hall of Famer Nolan Ryan, and former Florida Marlins manager Jack McKeon.

The Batavia Muckdogs are a minor league baseball team, the Short-Season A affiliate of the Miami Marlins, based in Batavia, a city in Genesee County, New York, United States.

A ball may not become live until the pitcher is on the rubber ready to pitch and the batter, catcher, and umpire are ready -- much like in this photo, taken during the August 27, 2005 Chicago Cubs | Cubs-Florida Marlins | Marlins game.

The Manurewa Marlins are based in Manurewa.

They are a Class A team in the South Atlantic League, and have been a farm team of the Miami Marlins since 2003.

Marlins are larger and stronger than most of the Winchester line, allowing them to use higher powered cartridges such as the. 45-70.

WPXM and sister station WPXP in West Palm Beach picked up the Marlins telecasts ( currently produced by Fox Sports ), which are aired on the Florida Marlins Television Network, eventually dropping them in 2005 after the Pax Network's rebranding as i. Sun Sports ( formerly Sunshine Network ) and FSN Florida currently air the Marlins telecasts.

However, in 1991, as part of Major League Baseball's two-team expansion ( they also added the former Florida ( now Miami ) Marlins ), an ownership group representing Denver led by John Antonucci and Michael I. Monus were granted a franchise ; they took the name “ Rockies ” due to Denver's proximity to the Rocky Mountains, which is reflected in their logo.

The Marlins also drafted P Johan Santana from Houston in the Rule 5 Draft but traded him to Minnesota in a prearranged deal for P Jared Camp.

The Marlins also turned their first ever triple play in franchise history on July 28, 2002.

The Marlins also lost key parts of their second championship team, Ugueth Urbina and Iván Rodríguez left via free agency ( signed by the Detroit Tigers ).

Marlins third base coach Ozzie Guillen also departed to be manager of the Chicago White Sox.

After the season, lingering stadium issues forced the Marlins to ponder big moves with their roster and also ponder possible relocation to Las Vegas, San Antonio, or Portland.

The Marlins would also trade Carlos Delgado ( who signed a five year deal the offseason before ), Juan Pierre, and Luis Castillo in separate deals.

In the offseason, the Marlins also pulled the plug on their returns from the disastrous Cabrera / Willis trade dealing Andrew Miller to the Red Sox for a minor league prospect and Cameron Maybin to the Padres for a pair of reliever to aid a struggling bullpen from the 2010 season.

In 2011, The Marlins brought in several relief pitchers ( Randy Choate, Edward Mujica, Ryan Webb, and Michael Dunn among them ) to revamp a depleted bullpen ; All-Stars John Buck and Omar Infante, and former All-Star Javier Vázquez were also added to their roster.

The team also brought back former Marlins greats and released the All-Time Florida Marlins team and top 10 moments from the franchise's 19 year history.

After negotiations with Pujols fell through, the Marlins also signed Mark Buehrle.

Sheffield was also traded, going to the expansion Florida Marlins.

The area also has two Division III programs, one in each subregion — the Virginia Wesleyan Marlins on the border of Virginia Beach and Norfolk, and the Christopher Newport University Captains in Newport News.

A group headed by Ken Young, who is president of Ovations Food Service and also the owner of the Norfolk Tides, the Triple-A affiliate of the Baltimore Orioles and the Albuquerque Isotopes, the Triple-A affiliate of the Florida Marlins.

The Marlins scored eight runs in the 8th inning, winning 8-3 in Game 6, and also went on to win the deciding Game 7 of that NLCS and ultimately beat the New York Yankees in the World Series.

Joe Girardi is the only manager to win the award with a fourth-place team ( 2006 Florida Marlins ); he is also the only manager to win the award after fielding a team with a losing record.

The Miami Marlins also do this, playing both the Tampa Bay Rays and Boston Red Sox for 6 games each.

Ceiba also has an amateur AAA baseball team Los Marlins de Ceiba.

He played primarily for the St. Louis Cardinals and Atlanta Braves, but he also spent time with the Florida Marlins, Cincinnati Reds, and Kansas City Royals.

Rodríguez won the World Series with the Marlins in 2003, and also played in the 2006 World Series while with the Tigers.

In an unprecedented deal brokered by MLB, the Marlins later repaid the money that the Dragons had paid for Millar, and the Sox also paid a similar sum to the Marlins in return for Millar.

The Marlins were in last place in the National League East with a 16-22 record at the time.

The Marlins finished last ( 51 – 64 ) in their division in the strike shortened season of and fourth ( 67-76 ) in.

On the same day, the Marlins played their last game at Sun Life Stadium with Charlie Hough and Benito Santiago being the first pitch battery, the same battery from the first Marlins game.

The last player to wear a flapless helmet was the Florida Marlins ' Tim Raines in 2002 ( career began in 1979 ).

Jim Thome's last game as a Phillie was in an afternoon loss to the Miami Marlins on June 30.

Raines played his last season in 2002 with the Florida Marlins.

Despite the failures of Bowden's tenure, his last trade appeared to have been extremely beneficial to the Nationals, as he traded infielder Emilio Bonifacio and two minor-leaguers to the Marlins for starting pitcher Scott Olsen and outfielder Josh Willingham.

On July 10, when the Marlins played their last game before the three-day All-Star break, he gave up six runs in three-plus innings.

Johnson was the last remaining player on the Nationals roster to relocate with the team from Montreal, before being traded to the Marlins by the 2009 non-waiver trade deadline.

Van Horne broadcast the last Expos game in Montreal from the Marlins broadcast booth in 2004.

Koronka, 31, last pitched for the Marlins in 2009, which mean he is retired.

In addition, McKeon retired after the last game of the 2005 season, and the Marlins named 41-year-old Joe Girardi as his replacement.

He played for the Seattle Mariners in, the New York Yankees in and, the Tampa Bay Devil Rays from to, the Oakland Athletics from to, before spending the last year of his career with the Marlins.

He announced his retirement on October 2, 2005, following the Marlins ' last game of the season.