Miguel Cabrera IS the Marlins. Yeah, he might be a little tubby, but it doesn't stop him from producing 30+ HR and 100+ RBI every season. Not to mention a four-time All Star by the age of 24!

Trading Miggie will ruin the team dynamics. Miggie, along with D-Train, is one of the emotional leaders of the young squad. Miggie's always there to take off a teammate's helmet after they come back from hitting a homer. After two years of adjusting to each other and the big leagues, this Marlins team could very well be ready to contend in 2008....BUT NOT WITHOUT MIGGIE!

But here's what we should also worry about: What will Miggie's departure do to Alfredo Amezaga? It would DEVASTATE him. You can kiss goodbye the obligatory Amezaga dance after every Cabrera homer. Alfredo and Miggie go together like macaroni and cheese.

Larry Beinfest, I know you felt really popular at the GM meetings. Jeffrey Loria, I know you love alienating Marlins fans by trading the best players. But if you want better ballpark attendance in 2008: LEAVE MIGGIE ALONE. At least until he's a free agent.

Wipe that smile off your face, Alfredo! This is serious. You and I both know you guys are talented and have the potential to make it to the postseason. But LOSING EIGHT IN A ROW? You’re becoming the joke of the National League, just like the Devil Rays are the joke of the American League!

The worst part is, you could have won most of these games you dropped, but sloppy defense in late innings has blown it.

AHEM, HANLEY! Yesterday you made some great plays and even started two double plays, but then with two outs in the seventh, you threw the ball away when you had plenty of time! You are in the running for the NL Batting title, but you lead NL shortstops in errors.

In fact, you all blow away all of MLB with errors. Is this what you want to be known for? Youth and inexperience is becoming less and less of an excuse every day.

I rode for eight hours on a Greyhound bus to share a hotel bed with my dad for three nights to watch you guys lose to the freaking Giants. And you finally had a respectable crowd Saturday night of over 48,000 and you couldn’t give them a reason to come back and see you after Bonds flew back to San Francisco.

Come on, guys. Focus. You went on two nine-game winning streaks last year and you can do it again…even without Joe Girardi. Make me proud…I forgot how that feels ☹

Dontrelle regrouped the next few innings and got some help from Mike Jacobs, who smacked a 426-foot solo shot to right-center in the top of the sixth. But it all went to **** in the bottom of the sixth, and a couple of well-placed (or well-blooped) hits gave the D-Backs the lead, and they won, 4-3.

Putting Todd Linden in the lineup in place of Jeremy Hermida was a huge mistake. The switch-hitter earned himself a Golden Sombrero -- striking out four times LOOKING. Hermida's numbers show that the lefty actually hits much better aginst lefties, and would have had a better chance of success against the soft-tossing lefty, Doug Davis.

And Miguel Cabrera went 2-for-4, extending his hitting streak to 13 games. Miggie gave himself another excuse to not hustle down the first baseline when he fouled a ball off his left foot.

What to expect tonight: Amezaga will hold down the fort at short and the leadoff spot again in place of Hanley, who rejoined the club in the middle of last night's game after staying behind in Miami for further evaluation. He's still listed as day-to-day and could possibly start Wednesday night.

Sergio Mitre will square off against our old friend LIVAN HERNANDEZ. This should be a great pitcher's duel, and you should watch this game instead of the Braves-Giants. Barry Who?

Defensive substitution: Alfredo Amezaga replaces Hanley Ramirez at shortstop.

This is what I saw at the top of the second inning on MLB Gameday (Neither Gainesville cable nor MLB.TV would let me watch my boys today, so Gameday was my unfortunate last resort). I started FREAKING OUT that Hanley had pulled his hammy again. Gameday doesn't provide injury information, so that was my first thought. But I eventually got word that he dislocated his shoulder. It's not serious, and our beloved reigning Rookie of the Year is "day-to-day."

Fredi's not going to start him in Arizona Monday night. That's fine. Amezaga can play shortstop with his eyes closed, and there's no need to make a roster move for a center fielder now that Cody Ross has been activated from the DL. But I don't expect to see Hanley confined to the dugout all night. We've seen this before...

Not too long ago, well, two weeks ago, Hanley left a game in San Diego early with a hamstring injury and was available to pinch-hit the following day. And when he was called upon, he crushed an 0-2 curveball from GREG MADDUX into the left-field stands at spacious Petco Park. Not only did it help the Marlins win the game, it was a bold statement that NOTHING IS GOING TO STOP HANLEY RAMIREZ FROM BEING HANLEY RAMIREZ.

So let's try not to worry too much about this Hanley injury...although this time it's the shoulder...okay, I'm not going to even THINK about Hanley's sweet swing being affected by this....bad thoughts....oh no...bad thoughts....

HANLEY IS GOING TO BE FINE AND BACK TO HIS HANLEY SELF VERY SOON.

Of course, the fun didn't end there. The Marlins went on to blow the game open with an eight-run 8th inning that was capped by a three-run Hanley Ramirez blast. As enjoyable as that was to watch, the real feel-good story of the game was the fact that the Marlins offense was led by two guys who were playing A-ball when most of the current Marlins roster was in grade school.

It's lame enough that Scott Olsen had a TANTRUM OVER A BUTTON ON HIS FREAKING JERSEY, resulting in a two-game suspension. Then, after supposedly redeeming himself by pitching a 10-2 win over the Reds (one of the two solo homers he gave up was to Jeff Conine, which is kind of excusable to any hardcore Fish Fan), he celebrates by getting plastered and making very bad decisions.

First, he drives drunk. Then, he doesn't pull over when the cops catch him speeding and RUNS A STOP SIGN WHILE THE PO-PO ARE CHASING HIM. A mile or so later, he arrives at his residence and casually sits on a plastic chair (real classy, Scotty). Then he resists arrest and starts KICKING THE COPS before eventually getting owned by a taser and going to the big house.

Scotty is 23. I'm 22, so Olsen, like so many Marlins and players breaking into the bigs these days, is my peer. Though there are plenty of 23-year-olds breaking out on the MLB scene, Scotty stands out. He is obviously and embarrassingly immature. At first I liked his chip-on-the-shoulder persona. He's a scrawny kid with a baby face and wears his hat like a Little League punk. But he brings the heat, and without a doubt throws some of the filthiest sliders in the league. But his immaturity -- well, his REFUSAL TO GROW UP -- is preventing him from blossoming. Again, he's 23. But Scotty has to realize that he is extremely lucky to be where he is right now. Some of his teammates, like Jason Wood and Matt Treanor, had to pay their dues in the minors for many, many years.

Not only is he hurting himself and his career, but he is letting down the team...and the fans.