The Ozzie Guillen Era Ended Before It Started.

Everything was bright and sunny in Miami Florida in the spring of 2012. The Miami Marlins had a new stadium, new star players, and a brand new fanbase. Superstars like Jose Reyes and Heath Bell joined the Marlins in hope of a championship. But the biggest addition of the offseason for the Marlins was the hiring of former world champion manager Ozzie Guillen and signing him to a four year 10 million dollar deal to become the Marlins new skipper. But after just a week into the regular season Guillen was quoted as saying he loved former Cuban dictator Fidel Castro during an interview with Time magazine. Guillen apologized numerous times but that comment ended up being the least of his worries. The Marlins began losing game after game. The Marlins went on a stretch where they lost 27 of 30 games played. Guillen and slumping closer Heath Bell had numerous arguments in the month of July. And then in August Ozzie Guillen was quoted as saying that Marlins outfielder Giancarlo Stanton was the only reason the Marlins fans even came to the ballpark to watch the Marlins. So finally after a 69-93 finish and last place in the NL East division the Marlins finally let Guillen go yesterday.Marlins president of baseball operations Larry Beinfest says that he believes that the Marlins are a very talented team, but they just need to start over with somebody else. The search for a new manager will begin immediately. Candidates such as Brad Ausmus and Mike Redmond are being considered .