I'm not going to rag on Ozzie.I never was an "anti-Ozzie" Sox fan. But it became clear it was time for a change for the White Sox at the end of the 2011 when it seemed Ozzie was doing things to "spite" the team and Kenny Williams. It came to a blow at the end of the season when the Sox "nicely" fired him by trading him to the Miami Marlins.
Now, just over a year later, the Marlins have fired the man who gave the greatest joy to Sox fans but managed to offended an entire segment of the Marlins' fan base and led his team to a pitiful 69-93 record in his first year has manager.
The Marlins went into the 2012 with high expectations. They spent a total of $191 million on Heath Bell, Mark Buehrle and Jose Reyes. They were primed with star players, a horrible looking logo and a dull looking ballpark.
Things quickly went south as Ozzie wasted no time offending a large portion of the fan base over comments he made prior to becoming the Marlins manager that praised Fidel Castro. The team play then offended the entire fan base by the All-Star break. The Marlins were a major disapointment with a 41-44 record but were God awful after the break only going 28-49.
Don't feel too bad for the guy, though. Ozzie is still owed $7.5 million so he'll be sitting pretty in South Beach and Chicago. Also expect to see him doing some sort of baseball analyst during MLB broadcasts.
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