Tomi Korkeamaki

Miami Marlins season review: Bruce Sherman Experience

November 7, 2023 Tomi Korkeamaki Baseball, Team Contributors

Always something. Every time. Miami Marlins season wouldn’t be complete if it didn’t end in chaos even though there was some sort of success. In a nutshell, the Marlins season went as follows; Welcome to the Bruce Sherman Experience! Now

Miami Marlins: Holding a candle in the storm

August 17, 2023 Tomi Korkeamaki Baseball, Team Contributors

If you have just woken up from a ten-year coma and look at the Major League Baseball standings, the first thing you would probably think is that it feels good to be alive and second that the Miami Marlins have

Eury Pérez: Introducing the Baby Goat

June 30, 2023 Tomi Korkeamaki Baseball, Team Contributors

It hasn’t been the easiest of first halves for reigning National League Cy Young Award winning pitcher Sandy Alcántara. He’s currently posting a 90 ERA+ and has already given up almost the same amount of runs as he did last

Miami Marlins: Luis, you had me at hello

April 26, 2023 Tomi Korkeamaki Baseball, Team Contributors

There are moments in life when you encounter a person that just takes your breath away. Someone who makes a million butterflies storm in your stomach every time you see the person. That person for me this season has been

Miami Marlins: Cool Jazz In The Outfield

February 22, 2023 Tomi Korkeamaki Baseball, Team Contributors

Ever since 28 July 2021, when the Marlins traded outfielder Starling Marte to the Oakland Athletics, they have been asking the same question: who is capable of playing centre field? They have rotated the position and failed short, unable to

Miami Marlins: Skipping to a new regime

November 27, 2022 Tomi Korkeamaki Baseball, Team Contributors

The Marlins did it again this year. They had one of the best pitchers in the league but the offence was horrid. Last year it was almost a Rookie of the Year in the form of Trevor Rogers. This year,

Miami Marlins: Jazz washes away the dust of everyday life

June 8, 2022 Tomi Korkeamaki Baseball, Team Contributors

Jasrado Prince Hermis Arrington Chisholm is a superstar. He is a superstar not just for the Miami Marlins but also for the league. You might tune in to watch the Fish when Sandy Alcantara or Pablo Lopez is pitching, but

Miami Marlins: Are they actually awfully good?

March 31, 2022 Tomi Korkeamaki Baseball, Team Contributors

I was scrolling through my Twitter feed one day when I came across this Jon Heyman tweet. Yes, the same ol´ Jon who a couple of years ago suggested in an MLB Network show that check swings should be an

A new future: Baseball in Finland

March 13, 2022 Tomi Korkeamaki Baseball

Some of you might remember from my first article here on Bat flips and Nerds that I wrote that baseball is our national sport here in Finland. It’s just a bit different from the one we all know. I also

Miami Marlins: testing the strength of my optimism

December 1, 2021 Tomi Korkeamaki Baseball, Team Contributors

I assure you I am as shocked as you with the fact that, when looking back at those hyped up early-season expectations for the Marlins, the Atlanta Braves are in fact the World Champions and not the Miami Marlins. Congratulations