Marlins Fire Ozzie Guillen

MIAMI (AP) – Ozzie Guillen has been fired after one year as manager of the last-place Miami Marlins, whose promising season began to derail in April when his laudatory comments about Fidel
Castro caused a backlash.
     The Marlins announced the firing Tuesday. They still owe Guillen $7.5 million for the three years remaining on his contract.
     The franchise was supposedly transformed by a spending spree
last offseason and the move into a new ballpark, and the Marlins
expected to contend for a playoff berth. But a dismal June took
them out of contention for good.
     The season went sour from the start when Guillen’s comments
praising former Cuban leader Castro in a magazine interview angered
Cuban Americans, who make up a large segment of the Marlins’ fan
base.