How Miami Marlins Milestones is played

Every card in this deck carries a hidden value on the same scale — release years and dates — and the run is one long sorting problem. The first card is dealt face up. Each card after it goes into the gap where you think it belongs, and the value only shows once it lands. Get it wrong three times and the run ends with whatever you had placed.

This deck can also be shuffled together with any other deck measured in release years and dates — tick several on the deck tree to build one longer timeline out of them.

What's in the deck

21 of the 21 cards you could be dealt. The values stay hidden until you place them.

Awarded a National League expansion franchise Miami is granted a new team to begin play within a couple of years
The Florida Marlins play their first season An expansion club debuts at Joe Robbie Stadium
Owner Wayne Huizenga funds a spending spree Big free-agent signings set up a run at a title
Win the World Series as a wild card Edgar Renteria's walk-off caps an improbable title over Cleveland
A championship fire sale and a 108-loss season The roster is dismantled the year after the crown
Win the World Series again Josh Beckett and manager Jack McKeon topple the Yankees
A second major fire sale Payroll is slashed again amid a long stadium standoff
Hanley Ramirez wins Rookie of the Year A young shortstop headlines the rebuild
Miguel Cabrera is traded to Detroit The young slugger is dealt in a franchise-altering move
Chris Coghlan wins Rookie of the Year A late-season surge earns the outfielder the award
Josh Johnson leads the league in ERA The ace posts a 2.30 mark for a rebuilding club
Final season at Sun Life Stadium The last year sharing a football stadium before the new park
Marlins Park opens and the club is renamed The team becomes the 'Miami' Marlins in a new retractable-roof park
Jose Fernandez wins Rookie of the Year A dazzling young Cuban ace debuts
Giancarlo Stanton signs a record contract A 13-year deal, the largest in North American sports at the time
Ichiro's 3,000th hit and the death of Jose Fernandez A milestone hit and a tragic boating accident mark the year
Giancarlo Stanton hits 59 home runs and wins MVP A monster power season earns him the award
Derek Jeter's group buys the team; Stanton is traded New ownership triggers yet another teardown
First postseason series win in the Miami era A short-season club advances in an expanded playoff field
Sandy Alcantara wins the Cy Young Award The workhorse ace claims the honor
Return to the playoffs as a wild card A late push earns a rare postseason berth