When the beginning of a managerial tenure starts with the guy praising Fidel Castro in a part of the country that would take exception to that comment the most, you are not going to last long, especially when the team is that bad.
The Miami Marlins were looking to make a huge splash this year with a new look, new players, a new manager, and a new stadium. It was going to be a new era of baseball in Miami and put the city (possible the state) to the test on whether there can be baseball in South Florida. Needless to say, it didn't go so well this year.
The team looked awful for most of the season with the Marlins finishing last in NL East with a 69-93 record. The attendance numbers were not that bad with averaging 27400 per game which is definitely an improvement from the old stadium. However, according to an online article in The Palm Beach Post, Marlins Stadium's first year is the lowest first year attendance of new ballparks that have opened since 2001 (Joe Capozzi).
The easiest thing that the team can do? Fire Ozzie Guillen that had rubbed the Cuban American Community in South Florida the wrong way since the beginning. So they did just that. Changing managers is an easy thing to do and after the season they had no one is going to complain. However, this team needs improvements across the board. Changing the manager is a nice start but if they want to attract fans or see if a consistent successful team can even attract fans in Miami, they will have to do more than that.
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