Cika wannan magana: A 1997, Marlins sun gama wasanni tara a baya na Atlanta Braves, amma sun sami katin daji. Ƙarin tsofaffin ƙwararru kamar LF Moisés Alou, 3B Bobby Bonilla, da kuma ƙididdigar ƙayyadaddun ƙayyadaddun Darren Daulton da Jim Eisenreich sun kara da kwarewa da haɗuwa. Youngwararrun taurari masu hazaka Luis Castillo (2B) da Édgar Rentería (SS) sun ƙunshi ɗayan mafi kyawun wasan kwaikwayo biyu a cikin NL. Marlins sun kori San Francisco Giants 3 zuwa 0 a gasar League League, sannan suka ci Atlanta Braves 4 zuwa 2 a gasar
Gasar Zakarun Kasar, ta shawo kan rashin Alex Fernandez da ya yi sanadiyyar raunin rotator cuff, da kuma Kevin Brown da ya yi sanadiyyar cutar. An maye gurbin Brown a Wasan 5 ta rookie pitcher Liván Hernández, wanda ya doke Braves 15 kuma ya ci nasara da lambar yabo ta Cy Young da yawa Greg Maddux zuwa nasara 2<unk>1. Marlins masu rauni sun ci gaba da fuskantar Cleveland Indians a cikin Wasannin Duniya na 1997, kuma sun ci nasara a wasanni bakwai. A cikin Wasan 7, hadayar Craig Counsell ta tashi a ƙarshen na tara ya daidaita wasan a 2, sannan, tare da ɗakunan da aka ɗora da biyu a ƙarshen na 11, mai laushi mai laushi na Édgar Rentería ya kalli safar hannu na Cleveland mai jefa Charles Nagy kuma ya shiga tsakiyar filin don zira kwallaye Counsell kuma ya ba Marlins nasara.