Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: Ko te kaiwhakahaere Marlins hou a Jim Leyland i huri i a Conine ki te turanga tuatahi i te 1997, i te mea kua riro i te karapu te kaihoko koreutu a Moisés Alou ki te takaro i te taha maui. Ko te Marlins i mutu i te tuarua ki te Atlanta Braves i te National League East e iwa nga keemu, heoi, ko ta raatau rekoata 92 <unk> 70 he nui ki te whakarite i te waahi kaari mohoao o te National League. Whai muri i te whiu i nga Giants o San Francisco i te 1997 National League Division Series, ka hinga nga Marlins i o raatau hoa whawhai o te wehenga Braves i te
1997 National League Championship Series, e whā ngā kēmu ki te rua. Ko te whitu o nga whiringa a Conine i whakawhiwhia ki te RBI toa i te kemu e rima o te raupapa.