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Marlins Debut, Win First Ever Game: Today in Sports History

On April 5th, 1993, the Florida Marlins played their first ever game, winning 6-3 against the Los Angeles Dodgers. Left fielder Jeff Conine tallied four hits throughout the opener, with outfielder Scott Pose and shortstop Walt Weiss driving home two runs apiece. Charlie Hough pitched six innings of three-run baseball to earn the win, with Bryan Harvey closing out the team’s first save situation. Orel Hershiser got tagged for ten hits and five runs in five innings of work. (The Colorado Rockies also made their debut OTD in 1993, but they lost 3-0 to the New York Mets.)

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Brown Blanks the Giants: Today in Sports History

On June 10th, 1997, Marlins pitcher Kevin Brown threw a dominant no-hitter San Francisco Giants, being a single hit batter away from a perfect game. His 98 pitches against a lineup featuring the likes of Barry Bonds and Jeff Kent made Brown’s outing one of 19 no-hitters with pitching data that also qualifies as a Maddux. He is the only pitcher of this group to have hit a batter but not allow any walks in his historic outing. The hit by pitch game with two outs and two strikes in the eighth inning, with the ball glancing off of Marvin Benard’s leg. Brown struck out seven batters as the offense helped Florida cruise to a 9-0 win.

@zach

The Marlins are Disaster-Proof

With the Mets' losing streak extending to 12 games earlier this evening, it's safe to say that your franchise at some point has also faced a 12-game losing streak... unless you're the Miami Marlins. The Marlins are the only MLB team to have never lost 12 games in a row. Their longest losing streak is 11 games, which they accomplished twice in 2002. Besides the Marlins, the New York Yankees haven't lost 12 straight since 1908. The St. Louis Cardinals are the same since 1916, making the clubs the only two who have gone over a hundred years without a losing streak as bad as the one the Mets are on. Here's the remaining teams (and what years they did it in) that have yet to lose 12 straight this century: Boston Red Sox - 1930 Cleveland Guardians - 1931 Los Angeles Dodgers - 1944 San Francisco Giants - 1944 Philadelphia Phillies - 1961 Toronto Blue Jays - 1981 Colorado Rockies - 1993 Athletics - 1994 San Diego Padres - 1994 Detroit Tigers - 1996

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Max Max Muncy Muncy

Please take a moment to look at the picture up above. Yes, that is true. Though it seems like a glitch in the matrix it’s not. These two individuals share the exact same name, same profession, some position, drafted by the same team, mostly hit towards the bottom of the order, and don’t even know each other. Completely unrelated too! I’d love to see these two on the same team one day.