Charlie Hough remembers that day and remembers it well.
April 5, 1993.
“This place was hopping for baseball,” Hough said of South Florida.
Hough was standing inside Marlins Park on Tuesday, 25 years and about 20 miles removed from the time and spot where he threw the first pitch — the first pitch of the 575,209 that have been thrown in Marlins history.
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It was a called strike to the Dodgers’ Jose Offerman, and a franchise was born.