That wasn't fair, let's play again.

The Marlins made a bizarre lineup card miscue that might result in a replay of the last two innings of yesterday's game. None of the reports I read properly described the problem, which was quite simple.

And now for an explanation of the Marlins lineup card miscue, in case you're wondering:

The Marlins are idiots.

This explanation has been brought to you by New York Yankees baseball, in association with Mr. Ma, your blogger...

Seriously, here's the problem: The Marlins had Coghlan in left field batting first. They had Pinto on the mound in the bottom of the 7th batting 9th. In the bottom of the 7th the Marlins brought in DeAza to pinch hit for Pinto. DeAza was supposed to replace Coghlan in left field (for defense). Since DeAza was already batting ninth, the Marlins needed someone to take Coghlan's spot as the leadoff hitter, and that was supposed to be the 8th inning reliever Nunez.

What this meant was that in the top of the 8th DeAza (batting 9th in the order) was supposed to take the field in left, with Coghlan finished for the day and Nunez (batting 1st in the order) was supposed to take the mound. But Coghlan trotted out into left field to start the 8th, and DeAza sat on the bench. Nunez delivered a pitch, one in which both he and Coghlan were in the same spot in the batting order. Girardi, who had been waiting for this moment, burst out of the dugout, crying foul and shutting the game down for 5 minutes while the officials and the Marlins scrambled to figure out what went so terribly wrong. Since Coghlan stood out in left field for a pitch in which he did not belong, the league could force a replay of the last two innings.

Sounds good to me.

Edit: It appears that the protest has been denied.