It's something losing teams are long accustomed to: The proverbial tipping of the cap to your opponent who has just bested you. Over the course of a losing season (or seasons), you may grow numb to the announcers constantly saluting an opposing team's starting pitcher, when you and everyone else who follow the team closely know quite well that the real reason that pitcher looked so great is that your team sucks.
Now don't get me wrong. The Marlins don't suck. In fact, they've been quite good up at the plate this season, solidly among the upper third of major league teams in a variety of relevant hitting statistical categories.