Marlins

• MIAMI — After years of planning, political wrangling and begrudging compromise, a new era in baseball began Wednesday night in Miami.
(New York Times)
• Cocktails poolside with models in bikinis. A salsa drum line pounding out an endless beat. DJs spinning discs and stars with showgirls on their arms. And throwing out the ceremonial first pitch? Only the Greatest Of All Time, Muhammad Ali.
(Miami Herald)
• MIAMI (AP) – The sellout crowd in the Miami Marlins new ballpark cheered the introduction of their starters, who were accompanied by women dressed as Latin showgirls. There was another roar for Muhammad Ali, who delivered the first pitch.
(USA Today)
• They streamed in like 36,601 kids on Christmas morning and headed for the toys. Opening Night at Marlins Park quickly morphed into something grander.
(Chicago Tribune)
• MIAMI — The sellout crowd in the Miami Marlins' new ballpark cheered the introduction of their starters, who were accompanied by women dressed as Latin showgirls. There was another roar for Muhammad Ali, who delivered the first pitch.
(New York Daily News)
• Mark Buehrle was given the option of flying out early to Cincinnati to get a good night's rest before he takes the mound Thursday against the Reds in a 4:10 p.m. start — his first as a Marlin.
(Miami Herald)
• Since the Stew isnt on the scene for tonights opening of Marlins Park, we knew we needed an operative to check out what we consider one of its coolest features.
(YAHOO!)
• The Miami Marlins begin a new life with a new name at a new stadium today, but the team made plenty of great memories during its first 19 seasons as the Florida Marlins.
(msnbc.com)
• MIAMI — Kyle Lohse didn't allow a hit until the seventh inning and pitched into the eighth Wednesday night to help the World Series champion St. Louis Cardinals spoil the Miami Marlins' debut in their new ballpark, 4-1.
(Washington Post)