How the Marlins accidentally won another World Series in the middle of falling apart | Collapse

The Florida Marlins became the fastest MLB expansion team to win the World Series when they won it all in 1997, their fifth season in Major League Baseball. They then decided to tear the team apart for money. Magically, only a handful of seasons after setting fire to the team, lightning struck Florida again. But old habits die hard and the Marlins have always put the bottom line above continued success.

Written and produced by Alex Rubenstein
Directed by Mike Imhoff
Motion graphics by Philip Pasternak and Mike Das

[SecretBaseSBN]

Thanks for watching episode four of Collapse, if you missed previous episodes...well you can find those pretty easily, they’re somewhere on here. Collapse can mean so many different things - declining over a few seasons, a series, a game, a career - and we’re looking forward to exploring all of those stories. And as always, we appreciate the feedback and suggestions so please keep them coming and stay tuned for more. Oh and I found the link to the first three episodes k thanks love you bye

[TheWileycyote]

The Marlins are the epitome of a broken clock being right twice a day

[lonelychameleon]

Only the Marlins can accidentally win a World Series

[illiniguy]

Florida man accidentally wins the World Series and then throws everything away.

[KimarKurosaski]

Shout out to Gary Sheffield. Was planning to stay there despite all the fuckery, agreed to only look at trade possibilities to help out his homie and then made sure to secure the bag upon getting there.

[Imac]

As a starving FLORIDA Marlins fan who was so attached to these teams I wrote multiple high school and college thesis' on what Wayne Huizinga and Jeffrey Loria did to us... thank you for making this video. Thank you

[kar]

Bro I wish I could accidentally win the lottery while I go bankrupt

[kaminsod]

I feel bad for all 6 remaining Marlins fans. Watching their team winning it all, then getting violently dismantled over and over again.

[jsolo]

The Marlins are undefeated in the postseason, having never lost a playoff series lmao.

[kaqueburlington]

That is one of the most amazing facts in sports history - The Marlins are the only team in pro sports to win multiple championships & win the championship every time they made the playoffs, but has NEVER won their division. That is mind blogging.

[raulordonez]

How the 2003 roster came together is an interesting story and deserved more attention.

[gTuya]

2 playoff appearances, 2 pennants. Gotta give the Marlins credit, they are efFISHent.

[dantegood]

It was funny cause up until then the marlins had won two chips despite being a bumbling, Florida operation barely a decade old, and meanwhile the cubs/Red Sox had gone damn near a century without a title.

[chaosof]

You could do an episode on how the Pittsburgh Penguins went from winning back to back Cups in the early 90s to declaring bankruptcy in 1998.

[mattl]

As a tigers fan I would like to give a big thank you to the marlins for giving us all their best parts and making us good for 10 years. Miguel Cabrera, dombrowski, leyland, pudge. We couldnt have done it without them

[mkf]

What amazes me is that the Marlins have never won a division title, but have won the World Series... twice.

[zionreid]

I requested this video, just want to say thank you Sb Nation, huge fan.

[jamesjk]

My Detroit Tigers low key stole everyone on that 2 time World Series champion Marlins and we still couldn’t win one. Here’s a list of guys we stole:

Miguel Cabrera
Pudge Rodriguez
Gary Sheffield
Dave Dembrowsky
Jim Leyland

[MarloSoBalJr]

Incredible collapse. The Marlins is that "forgotten" franchise that has only be sucker-punched into an even bigger abyss. Either Jeter is a pure genius because he has a Complete 180° Plan in place or the team is held in handcuffs because of their stadium in Little Havana. Sucks for them.

[furioussherman]

The worst part is that it basically all happened again in 2017. Giancarlo Stanton had the greatest non-steroid enhanced home run season since Roger Maris in 1961, winning the NL MVP in the process, while Christian Yelich, J.T. Realmuto, and Marcell Ozuna were on the verge of greatness. The team itself only won 77 games, but the future was bright. However, that offseason, the Marlins unloaded everything they had, shipping Stanton to the Yankees (where he'd get perpetually injured), Yelich to Milwaukee (where he'd win an MVP of his own), Realmuto to the Phillies, and Ozuna to the Cardinals, ensuring that Miami would remain the worst team in baseball for years to come.