Now Loria has really lost it

Jeffry Loria, owner of the Miami Marlins has fired his manager Jim Redmond after disappointing results. It happens all the time in sports when a team underperforms; the manager is fired. It is the easiest thing to do. Why would the brass of a club look to itself? Why facing the fact the you mismanage the ball club? Why admit that the (lack of) acquisitions in the off season kills your club.

Jeffrey Loria reflects all this. Jim Redmond was his ninth manager since Loria bought the Marlins.
Most of the time his managers had to manage teams that sucked big time. Most of the time Loria traded away his most talented players before they could cash in. Jack McKeon was the only manager with a winning record during his years with the Marlins.

Anyhow, Redmond was fired and replaced by…. the GM of the Marlins, Dan Jennings. I compare Loria with George Steinbrenner III. The way he treated his players and his managers doesn’t differ much from the way Loria does. The only difference between the both is that Steinbrenner hired people with baseball knowledge because he wanted the Yankees to win; something I doubt when it comes to Loria’s drive to win. This move may be the worst since Ted Turner (photo), owner of the Atlanta Braves from 1976 through 1996, appointed himself as manager of the team.

Jennings his professional playing experience consists of having been to spring training with the Yankees’ single A affiliate Greensboro back in 1984. His only experience as a manager was with a high school team in Mobile, Ala., in the 1980s.
Next to Redmond, bench coach Rob Leary was also fired and replaced by scout Mike Goff. At least the Marlins will have some baseball experience in the dugout with the latter. Goff played in the Red Sox organization from 1984 through 1987, and has managed in the minors from 1993 until 2014 for various MLB organizations.

This move by Loria is really mind boggling. He blames a manager for the poor results, fires him and then comes up with someone with zip experience. Probably he wants another puppet on a string.

I have said it before, and I say it again: Loria is a disgrace for the game of baseball. In the past, MLB has forced Bill Veeck to sell the St. Louis Browns, now the Baltimore Orioles. Why can’t they force Loria to sell the team. The guy isn’t interested in winning, otherwise he would have kept his talented palyers. To him the Marlins are only a cash cow. He is not interested in investing in the team. Or does he think that signing one player to a ridiculous large contract will bring him a championship?

The Marlins organization is a joke. As long as Loria runs the club, it will be the laughingstock of MLB.