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The Florida Marlins Fish Page
Memories (not mine)
The Marlins’ defeat of the Cleveland Indians last year marked 49 years since Cleveland last won the World Series. Their last victory was in 1948, when my father was a student at Case Institute of Technology (now Case Western Reserve University) in Cleveland. He chauffered the visiting team (the Boston Braves!) to one of the games, and thereby got in for free. As far as he can recall (he’s not much of a baseball fan), the game he saw was not the one in which the great Satchel Paige pitched. (This was the year after Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier. Satch, near the end of his career, retired two batters in relief in Game 5, marking his only appearance in the World Series.)
Satchel also had a Marlin connection. After his brief stint in the majors, Satchel entered the minors, where he pitched for the Miami Marlins (the minor-league team after whom the Florida Marlins were named). [Thanks to the proprietor of Art Etcetera, Orono, ME, for this info.]
Fishy Sounds
- From Monty Python’s The Meaning of Life
- Another from The Meaning of Life
- Homer Simpson calling fish
- Homer again, this time taunting the opposing baseball team
- From A Fish Called Wanda
- From the Hitchiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
- A Muppets clip involving trout
Fishy Graphics
Fishing for Anagrams
Other fish are hidden in the name “Florida Marlins”. The team name is an anagram of “Salmon Friar Lid”. Tuck that in your Hood. And while you’re at it, try stealing from H. Wayne Huizenga and giving to the poor. If you can’t bring yourself to steal any landlubbing dollars, then try another anagram of the team’s name: “Admiral’s Florin”.
Fishy Links
- JumpStation (fishing-related stops on the world wide web)
- The Fishopedia entry for Barred Surfperch (also known as Stinky)
- Fishy anagrams are courtesy of MAin sANitARy naG (Anagram Insanity)
- Dave’s Bitchin’ Look at the Miami Dolphins (Sure, they’re not actually fish, but they’re not actually good either!)
- Lutefisk! Lutefisk! Lutefisk!
- Maybe a little fishing? The fish are on vacation!
- T-Bone’s Stress Relief Aquarium 2.2 (Jostle the fish!)
- fish.com (“Sorry, not much about fish here.”)
Who’s Responsible for All This Fishiness?
You got a problem with this page? Then email me at alanc@maine.edu
And quit calling me Shirley!
While you’re here, why not visit the Alan B. Cobo-Lewis home page at http://www.umaine.edu/visualperception
Last updated Thursday 22 July 2001 (Alan’s birthday!) at 8:29 pm EST, 1384 days after
Kramer was singing “Mexican Radio” on Seinfeld. (What does he say?)