The Marlins are such an eyesore these days that it is probably a good thing for them that most South Florida sports fans have tuned them out while turning their attention to football.
These are not glowing times for the Marlins, who now own the worst record in the National League and are playing for nothing more than a better position in next summer’s amateur draft. These are awful times, a basement-dwelling team playing bad baseball to close out a painfully bad season, one that is drawing closer to 100 losses.
On Friday, as they crossed another day off the calendar as the season’s end continues to draw closer, the Marlins were battered 14-2 by the Phillies, who have spiraled out of contention on the National League East race.