The reinvention plan takes its first step. Will the Marlins exceed expectations? | Miami Herald

Only five MLB franchises have won two or more World Series championships in the time the Marlins have existed.

But two memorable World Series wins are brief highlights in 25 years of Marlins baseball mostly marred by roster overhauls and general instability.

On Thursday when Jose Ureña throws the first pitch against the Chicago Cubs nearly a quarter century after knuckleballer Charlie Hough inaugurated the franchise, the Marlins are hoping to wipe the slate clean.

“This is a white board that we just start off blank,” said Don Mattingly, who is entering his third season as the Marlins’ manager. “So guys that were here in the organization before, or the way things went or happened, or how things…