Seeing Miami’s professional team score 17 during the 1990s was no big deal. Of course, that was for Dan Marino, Don Shula and the Miami Dolphins.
On the baseball diamond, that was a more significant feat, but that was the threshold that the Florida Marlins reached on this day 25 years ago. The Marlins recorded a then team-record for runs scored in a 17-0 victory over the Colorado Rockies and another memorable first.
The Marlins were looking to avoid a three-game sweep as they made their way to Coors Field for an afternoon contest on Sept.