Fredi Gonzalez

On this date in 2010, the Marlins fire manager Fredi Gonzalez and replace him with Edwin Rodriguez.

"Everyone knows how I feel about winning. That's the reason we're making this change." - Jeffrey Loria  

Rick DiPietro says he considered suicide because of the New York Islanders treatment of him

 

The Marlins players say "Dude you ain't seen nuthin'!"

Remember in fantasy baseball when a losing manager would dump all his players to one guy and then quit the league?

Wait until Loria finds out that his new manager was a catcher in the major leagues as recently as 2010!

Can you say "multi-task"?

You know, they should just move to Montreal or something

Hitch a ride with those secessioners.

You get what you pay for, dontcha know?

Per Clark Spencer of the Miami Herald, Florida Marlins owner Jeffrey Loria is upset with the club's failure to make the playoffs and is going to meet with team executives to decide whether to keep Fredi Gonzalez and the rest of the coaching staff.

Really? No joke?

(scratches head)

Memo to Jeffrey Loria:

You have the lowest payroll in baseball. In life, you generally get what you pay for and in this case you got MORE than you paid for. I think your staff did a pretty decent job considering this. As a matter of fact, you would kind of look like a big boob if you did not at least give each of them a very generous Christmas (or Holiday however you want to do it) bonus at the appropriate time.

P.S. Fredi seems quite enegertic in his job in that photo above. That's got to count for something. Right?

My .02