May 23
Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel
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No wonder the momentous grand slam Giancarlo Stanton hit Monday against Jamie Moyer temporarily knocked out a portion of the video display of the auxiliary scoreboard at Marlins Park. Stanton's rocket shot had the highest velocity off the bat ever recorded by ESPN Home Run Tracker, which began in 2006, at 122.4 mph. That easily topped one of 112 mph by the Red Sox's David Ortiz. It also put Stanton in elite company as one of four with four grand slams before age 23, joining Ted Williams, Eddie Mathews and Ken Griffey, Jr. "That's good company. Maybe I'll get five before 23. Let's keep it going," said Stanton, who struck out with the bases loaded in his next at-bat. "I had a chance to get"
May 22
Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel
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Giancarlo Stanton cast new light on the term knockout blow with one mighty swing Monday night. Stanton's shot heard 'round Marlins Park not only KO'd the second-oldest starting pitcher in major league history, it broke the auxiliary scoreboard in left field. The second dramatic grand slam this month by the slugging right fielder wiped out an early deficit and propelled the Marlins to a 7-4 victory over the Rockies to open a 10-game homestand. A blackened window in the lower-left portion of the scoreboard marked the impact of Stanton's 438-foot clout off Jamie Moyer in the fourth inning until the display was restored the following inning."
May 17
Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel
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Life, slowly but surely, had begun sneaking into the Miami Marlins' bats earlier this month, but Wednesday night's game against the Braves might have proven that it had finally settled into them for at least the foreseeable future. For the second straight game, a big, multi-run fourth-inning helped jumpstart Miami's once stagnant offense. Muscling their way to an 8-4 win at Turner Field, the Marlins picked up a key early-season victory over a surging division rival. "We knew coming into the season that they were going to be good," Marlins manager Ozzie Guillen said about the Braves."
May 14
Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel
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Had he needed to sprint out of the box, unsure whether cavernous Marlins Park would hold it, Giancarlo Stanton still would have relished the walk-off grand slam. That wasn't the case though. As soon as Stanton connected on Manny Acosta's first offering, he realized along with everyone in both dugouts and 26,401 Mothers' Day fans that he need not rush. The third grand slam of Stanton's career and second walk-off homer capped a six-run ninth that sent the Marlins to a come-from-behind, 8-4 win over the Mets. Winners of 10 of their last 12, the Marlins also walked off the Mets Friday and have now won four straight series. They can boast 11 comeback wins, two of which came when they trailed"
May 3
Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel
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The two words manager Ozzie Guillen used to characterize Steve Cishek after Wednesday's 3-2, 10-inning win against the Giants: Cold blood. Not as in cold-blooded killer, rather more in the ice-water-in-the-veins sense. Witnessing Cishek's performance, Guillen's intended point was well taken. Cishek minimized the ninth-inning damage, sending the game to extras, and made Giancarlo Stanton's 10th-inning solo homer hold up with a one-two-three bottom half."
April 13
Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel
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Marlins corner outfielders Giancarlo Stanton and Logan Morrison have two completely healthy knees between them. After missing most of spring training, both are playing catch up. Trouble is, their iffy knees may not permit them to play every day for a while. Stanton missed Monday's game against the Phillies after a flare-up of inflammation in his left knee that bothered him in spring training. An examination by the Phillies' team doctor Tuesday revealed no structural damage, but he expects the problem to persist through the season."
March 30
Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel
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His eyes don't stop on the Hall of Famers. Giancarlo Stanton scans the list and the names he notices are those of Andruw Jones, Bob Horner, Tony Conigliaro. Stanton last season joined that trio and nine others as the only players in major league history to reach 50 career homers before turning 22. Seven are in the Hall of Fame. Two others – Ken Griffey Jr. and Alex Rodriguez – are a good bet to get there as well. "Just have to keep that going," Stanton said. "There are a few guys no one really knows about on that list, too. It's something you can't fall into. 'Oh, I did this at such a young age, now I can settle back and relax.' You keep pushing. It's a competition and our team gets"
March 1
Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel
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Mike Stanton must have gotten tired of being confused with the former lefty specialist of the same name. Actually, the Miami Marlins slugger figured his first name is pretty cool and he should use it. Henceforth, he will go by Giancarlo Stanton. The change already is reflected on his baseball-reference.com page. Not quite as shocking as Leo Nunez becoming Juan Carlos Oviedo, but significant nonetheless. Stanton's official name is Giancarlo Cruz-Michael Stanton. Tired of having to correct everyone, Stanton as a youth went by Mike."
September 13
Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel
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The hamstring is not 100 percent, but Mike Stanton can still generate enough drive with his lower half to win a game. Pinch-hitting in the 12th with two on and two out, Stanton ripped a Christian Martinez pitch through the left side to knock in the go-ahead run in the Marlins 5-4 win at Turner Field late Monday. The Marlins, who lost leads of 2-0 and 4-2, improved to 8-12 in extra innings and can boast their first four-game winning streak since winning five straight July 23-28. The bullpen was four outs from giving starter Chris Volstad his first win since July 10. Instead, with two outs and none on in the eighth, Heyward made to it second on an infield-single and errant throw from Donnie"
September 4
Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel
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Mike Stanton, the Marlins' best run producer, left Saturday's game with a leg injury. Stanton, who earlier hit his 32nd home run, was hustling on a soft grounder to second and hit the bag awkwardly as he extended with his left leg. He sprawled facedown past first base and remained down for a couple of minutes before walking slowly to the dugout. The Marlins reported that Stanton had right hamstring tightness and he was listed as day to day. After the game manager Jack McKeon said the injury appears minor and Stanton could return as soon as Monday."
August 2
Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel
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Mike Stanton was partly responsible for the Mets' game-tying, two-run rally in the ninth Monday. He also had a little something to do with the Marlins' game-winning rally in the 10th. With one out and the bases loaded, Stanton drilled a Jason Isringhausen full count pitch into the first row of the left-field bleachers at Citi Field. His second career grand slam sent the Marlins to a series-opening 7-3 win, which guarantees no worse than a 5-4 road trip with two to play. "I was trying to make sure I put the ball in play at least," said Stanton, who joined Greg Colbrunn (July 18, 1995) as the only Marlins ever to hit an extra-inning grand slam. "Right off the bat I knew it would at least get"
July 23
Miami Herald
columnist Israel Gutierrez
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Baseball fans would pay to watch Mike Stanton do a lot of things on the diamond. Pay to see him hit batting practice bombs to the upper-most territories of Dolphins Stadium, the way he seems to do every time he steps into the cage. Pay to see him hit in-game home runs, opposite-field feats of pure strength like the one he hit off Mike Pelphrey on Friday. Maybe even pay to see him even throw lasers from right field or show off some speed on the bases. What you wouldn't want to see him do is walk. Not base-on-balls walk. Just plain walk. Looks uncomfortable. Maybe even a little painful, depending on the expression on his face."
July 17
Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel
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Including Friday's six-game winning-streak snapping loss, the final score in five of the nine contests the Marlins have dropped under Jack McKeon was either 2-1 or 1-0. Saturday, the Marlins treated McKeon to a rare blowout. Mike Stanton homered twice, Hanley Ramirez stroked three doubles, and six different players knocked in runs as the Marlins trounced the Cubs 13-3 at Wrigley Field. Half of the club's 14 hits went for extra bases as they scored 10 or more for the first time in 2011. "It was a nice win after [Friday's] sad performance," McKeon said. "We should have won that one, too." Friday, Stanton watched a ball drop between him and Omar Infante, allowing two unearned runs to score in"
July 7
Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel
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Mike Stanton's vision may not be 100 percent after last month's eye infection, but he saw Danys Baez's 2-1 pitch in the 10th inning just fine. Stanton lined the slider over the left-field wall, propelling the Marlins to a 7-6 victory over the Phillies at Sun Life Stadium on Wednesday. The Phillies, who lost an early four-run cushion and got two homers from John Mayberry, were vying for a three-game sweep and their 22nd win in 26 games here. "If we have aspirations to move up in the standings we have to beat those guys," said manager Jack McKeon, whose team had lost seven straight to the Phillies. Stanton's homer was his first in 83 at-bats. He hadn't gone deep since a June 11 home game"
June 26
Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel
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Right fielder Mike Stanton had a rough day Friday. Not only did he strike out four times for the second time in his career in the 5-1 Marlins loss, he had to endure inappropriate contact from a fan. In the eighth inning, Stanton ranged into foul territory to make a catch. A fan leaned over as Stanton was walking away and gave him a little shove with his gloved hand. That prompted Stanton to stop and glare back into the seats. Crew chief Wally Bell, who was at first base Friday, saw the incident and alerted security. The fan was removed."
June 20
Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel
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Mike Stanton was out of the lineup for the second straight game Sunday, as he has been sidelined with blurred vision in his right eye. "I have never had something like this," Stanton said. "I am not helping the team. If anything I am hurting them by the way I am playing." Stanton is the Marlins prime power hitter, and leads the team in home runs with 16. He was 2-for-19 in his last five games before being scratched from Saturday's lineup."
June 19
Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel
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The news keeps getting worse for the struggling Marlins. After taking batting practice before Saturday's game against the Rays, outfielder Mike Stanton told manager Edwin Rodriguez that he was having trouble seeing out of his right eye and Stanton was scratched from the lineup. "He said it has been bothering him a while but today it was getting worse," Rodriguez said. The Marlins said Stanton has an eye infection."
June 13
Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel
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A key part of Marlins pitching coach Randy St. Claire's job is to know what he can and can't say to pitchers during games. Visits to the mound do not happen when things are going well, and St. Claire said it is important not to make things worse. "As a whole, guys don't like it," St. Claire said. "You have to pick and choose how difficult you want to make it." St. Claire was referring to the advice he gives when on the mound. Obviously the pitcher is struggling if St. Claire is there, and the question is what can be done to salvage the situation. On June 3 Ricky Nolasco was laboring, and St. Claire went to the mound in the third inning. "His front side was throwing open. It was the same"
May 15
Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel
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Here are the pitch velocities Mike Stanton saw from Livan Hernandez in his seventh inning at-bat Saturday: 85, 64, 87, 68, 87. It was one of the few occasions a Marlins batter didn't return to the dugout with his timing in a discombobulating state. Down 0-2, Stanton worked a 2-2 count and squared up the fifth offering, lining it over the left-center field wall to give Anibal Sanchez the lone run he needed in a series-clinching 1-0 win at Nationals Park. "Stanton hits the ball as hard as anybody in major league baseball," said Nationals manager Jim Riggleman, who's watched the slugger bang six homers in eight games here. "It's amazing. He hits balls that look like the trajectory of a single"
May 5
Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel
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In a game marred by errors, unearned runs and overall ugly play, Mike Stanton salvaged an 8-7 win for the Marlins over the Cardinals on Wednesday with a thing of beauty — a two-run, no-doubt home run in the top of the ninth inning. Stanton's 431-foot blast to left-center was his third home run in the last four games, and the Marlins are now 16-0 in games when they hit a home run. The Marlins also assured themselves of at least a tie in the four-game series, and they have not lost a series since their season opener with the Mets. Stanton's home run gave the Marlins an 8-6 lead, but closer Leo Nunez allowed a pinch-hit home run to Jon Jay to make things interesting. But Nunez got his 11th"
April 27
Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel
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Down 0-2, Mike Stanton was anticipating something offspeed. Clayton Kershaw stuck with fastballs and justifiably so, considering he'd already turned two of Stanton's bats into kindling. By the end of that sixth-inning at-bat Tuesday, Stanton's bat remained intact and the Marlins had a lead they would not relinquish. Stanton's one-out, bases-loaded single sent the Marlins to a 4-2 win, their seventh in eight games and 10th in 12 outings. At 15-7, they remain on pace with the 2004 club for best start in franchise history through 22 games. For the first time in four starts, Chris Volstad was able to complete six innings. At 101 pitches, manager Edwin Rodriguez sent him out for the seventh and"
April 25
Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel
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For all the outstanding pitches — and there were plenty with Josh Johnson and Ubaldo Jimenez starting — Sunday's outcome hinged on who did more with probably the two most hittable offerings of the afternoon. Troy Tulowitzki got the first and Mike Stanton the second. Both hitters did their job, but one delivered a series victory in the process. Stanton's three-run, eighth-inning blast to the back of the blue seats in left off Matt Belisle propelled the Marlins to a 6-3 victory over the Rockies, who at 13-5 arrived in South Florida with the best winning percentage in the majors. In taking two of the three, the Marlins matched the best start in franchise history through 20 games (13-7, 2004)."
April 20
Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel
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Despite playing in just four Grapefruit League games this spring, Marlins manager Edwin Rodriguez thought he saw enough of Mike Stanton's bat that he was ready to hit in the fourth spot in the lineup. On Tuesday , Rodriguez said he had been wrong when explaining the lineup change that had Stanton hitting sixth with Gaby Sanchez moving to the cleanup spot. "I thought he was ready to go. I take the blame for that. I think that he needs more time, so I moved him down a little bit more so he can relax," Rodriguez said. Stanton is hitting .194 with no home runs and three RBI in 31 at-bats. "I've just got to get going a little bit, whatever that's going to take. If it's a move down in the"
April 19
Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel
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The Marlins open a nine-game homestand Tuesday with an 8-6 record, which is somewhat remarkable considering what little production they've received from their two, three and four hitters (Omar Infante, Hanley Ramirez and Mike Stanton). Entering the week, their two-hole hitters had the second-lowest on-base percentage (.266) in the National League. The Marlins are the only team in baseball yet to get a home run from either a No. 3 or No. 4 hitter. Only the Cubs among NL teams had fewer RBI through Sunday from the three spot (four) than the Marlins (five), who are tied with the Nationals and Padres. Only the Nationals (five) had fewer RBI from their cleanup hitters than the Marlins (six)."
April 10
Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel
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Something was different about him. Greg Dobbs stretched with his teammates before Saturday's game against the Astros, but he didn't look quite right. He wore a black jersey like everyone else. Dobbs' top seemed a little more resplendent. He emerged donning the club's alternate black game jersey instead of the black batting practice button down. If Dobbs was overanxious about making his first start as a Marlin, it didn't show once the game began. He went 3-for-4 with a tying two-run homer that positioned his team for a 7-5 victory over the Astros. The Marlins, 14-22 all-time at Minute Maid Park, can complete their first three-game sweep in Houston with a win in Sunday's matinee. "Guys were,"