'Bottom-feeding' Marlins are making a splash in playoffs

Miami Marlins manager Don Mattingly celebrates with the team in clinching a playoff berth after their win in the 10th inning of a baseball game against the New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium, Friday, Sept. 25, 2020, in New York. (AP Photo/Corey Sipkin)MIAMI (AP) -- Their T-shirts say Bottom Feeders, even though the Miami Marlins are showing they're a different kind of fish in 2020 - the sort that rises to make a splash.

Surprising Miami has advanced to MLB's final eight, disproving disparaging adjectives so often applied to the long-suffering franchise by detractors. That includes Ricky Bottalico, the former All-Star reliever and current Philadelphia Phillies' broadcaster who described the…