Well Now You're Just Showing Off...

The Marlins have a total of two starters thus far who are able to go more than 4 innings into a ballgame, so they've had to be pretty creative at times this past week to keep their lead in the NL East (yeah, so we're on the wrong end of the season for me to be excited about this fact; I still love to say it).

Tonight's strategy? Ignore everything hitting coach Jim Presley tried to hammer into your skulls this off-season--you know, all that mumbo jumbo about not living and dying by the home run--and just jack the ball out of the park. Repeatedly.

Breaking a franchise record for most home runs in a game, the Marlins hit six longballs against Roy Oswalt and the Houston Astros tonight. Uh, I guess a total of seven team home runs in one game is the minimum requirement for any attention on the MLB homepage (or sportscenter, for that matter)-- anybody aware of the exact rule?

Incidentally, Jim Presley was ejected from the game. Hmmmmm.