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This week we're bursting at the seams with some of the best and most interesting things I saw over the last 7 days
With the news this week that Jacob deGrom will undergo Tommy John surgery for the 2nd time in his career, Bob Nightengale of USA Today talked with several people around the game, including the Marlins’ Jesus Luzardo, about the rash of elbow and shoulder injuries that are sending shockwaves across the sport.
If you missed the news, Fish Stripes is now Fish on First. Whatever they call themselves, as I’ve said often over the years, no media outlet does a better job producing more interesting Marlins content on a daily basis. So make sure you follow Ely Sussman and his crew under their new name on Twitter, Instagram and YouTube. I think they’re on TikTok too, but I’m not hip enough to know what that means.
That’s all an introduction to send you to this interesting piece by Nicole Cahill, breaking down Jazz Chisholm’s “puzzling” approach at the plate in 2023 prior to his turf toe injury.
Joel Sherman of the New York Post went deep in an exclusive conversation with Mets owner Steve Cohen, who says he’s not panicking despite his club’s disappointing first 2-plus months.
This was the kind of extended thoughtful and reasoned conversation you’d like to hear more often with major league owners, in good times and in bad.
Has anyone in the South Florida media try to talk to Bruce Sherman since he last spoke on the first day of Spring Training?…Hello?…Anyone?…Is this thing on?
This is a great story from John Romano of the Tampa Bay Times. Janie Morales couldn’t get the outfield seats she wanted behind Randy Arozarena Friday night at Tropicana Field, so she had to settle for tickets right next to the Rays dugout. She wound up being in the right place at the right time to save another fan’s life.
Brittany Ghiroli of The Athletic wrote a terrific behind-the-scenes piece on the hidden lives of the interpreters to Baseball’s Asian stars.
Allen Turner (below left), Ichiro’s interpreter for nearly his entire ML career, was a big part of the Marlins family during Ichiro’s time in Miami.
Former big leaguers Miguel Tejada and Adrian Beltre are headed to Pakistan to run the Karachi Monarchs, the nation’s first professional baseball team.
Hours before hitting a walk-off home run to beat the Dodgers Friday night, Phillies slugger Kyle Schwarber took live batting practice off Roger Clemens.
Andrew Baggarly of The Athletic profiled University of Miami alum Jacob Heyward, younger brother of long-time big leaguer Jason Heyward, who is walking away from his dream of playing in the majors to begin a minor league managerial career at age 27.
Is the pitch clock at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia being operated differently than at other ballparks? Matt Gelb of The Athletic reports that the Phillies and visiting teams think so. And there’s plenty of data to back up their hunch.
ICYMI
This week’s most-read pieces on VIEW FROM THE BLEACHERS:
In a VFTB Special Report that already ranks among the top 5 all-time most read pieces on the site, I looked at the Marlins’ use of free agency during the first 6 years of the Bruce Sherman era and explained how it drove a wedge between Sherman and Derek Jeter, playing a role in Jeter’s ultimate departure.
My latest Marlins Notebook is chock full of original research on the club.
I checked in on Nathan Eovaldi and some other Marlins alumni.
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Hi Glenn, question for you. Heading up to Boston for the series at the end of June, what hotel does the team usually stay at, and what’s your one must stop at restaurant when you’re in town?