The Miami Marlins fired their manager, Ozzie Guillen on Tuesday. Accompanyiing Guillen out of Miami is bench coach Alex Cora.
For the Marlins it was overall a disappointing season. Nevermind that they play in a ridiculously huge ballpark, but the Marlins supplied Guillen with what they thought was enough to have a great season.
They outcome of 2012?
A 69-93 season. As a team, they were 24th in average, 23rd in home runs, 28th in RBI and 29th in runs scored. Those rankings are out of 30 teams. So you already know they performed poorly.
In pitching ranks, they were 21st in ERA, they gave up the 10th most runs in the league, but thanks to their park, they allowed the third fewest home runs in the league.
Jon Heyman of CBS Sports tweeted the reasoning by a source in the Marlins' organization, "Too much tumult, not enough success."
By tumult, this source is going behind numbers and on field performance. Though in the background and almost forgotten by the media were the words spoken by the manager before the beginning of the season in reference to respecting the Cuban dictator, Fidel Castro.
Had he been in Chicago, the comment would not have gotten as much attention as it did while he formed part of a team in Miami.
The fans wanted Guillen out and finally, after struggling, he is out as the manager.
The Marlins have said that they will immediately search for a manager. They owe Ozzie $7.5 million.
