Miami Marlins lose 100th game in season
World Series winners in 2003, the Miami Marlins have now lost 100 games this season after losing 2-1 to thePhiladelphia Phillies on Tuesday night
Mike Redmond remembers how difficult it was to lose 100 games in a season, and how enjoyable it was to go from baseball’s laughing stock to its champion.
He’s hoping the Miami Marlins can one day follow that path.
The Marlins are 100-game losers for the second time in franchise history, reaching that most unwanted mark with a 2-1 loss to the Philadelphia Phillies on Tuesday night. The then-Florida Marlins of 1998 lost 108 games, and Redmond was a rookie who played in 37 games for that team.
“People forget about the 108 losses that I endured,” said Redmond, the Marlins’ first-year manager. “Nobody talked about that in 2003 when we won the World Series.”
These Marlins are a long way from baseball’s mountain top, but Redmond insists strides were made this season, even though the record won’t necessarily support that theory. Miami has baseball’s worst offence by just about any measure, and once again, it didn’t take much offence for the team in the other dugout to beat the Marlins.
I don’t think we’re going to lose 100 games next year... no one thinks that way.”
The Phillies got both their runs in the first inning, without as much as a run-scoring hit. Darin Ruf drew a bases-loaded walk, Kevin Frandsen followed with an RBI groundout and that was all the offence that the Phillies would need.