Update: LoMo Filed a Grievance Against Marlins

[Beef]

That guy is a professional sports radio caller, yes?

[MiamiHomer]

He calls every damn show.

[Madman81]

I'm 100% behind the organizations decision to demote this fucking goober.

This dumb motherfucker just can't wrap his brain around who signs his paychecks.

In any other job the guy would have been out on his ass a long time ago.

[MiamiHomer]

I want to thank Tito in Miami for yelling in his thick Miami on 790 for five minutes and making me angry. You are a moron and can't pronounce words thoroughly.

You listening to Frisaro now?

Says some of the players were put off by McKeon changing around the line up so much and that they think the front office will jump on them whenever they get the chance, whatever that means.

[Beef]

Whatever that means is right, because it doesn't really make sense. Right?

If the players were put off, did they respond like LoganMorrisons (assholes)? If so, then the front office would jump on them for being insubordinate dickfaces and not for being put off by McKeon's lineup changes.

[Mainge]

Tommy was on WQAM and changed his tune from last night. He's basically saying what everyone here is saying. Cut the shit, shut up and play ball.

This comes after he had several conversations last night with a few players.

[Party]

Tommy is .........J...........

[MiamiHomer]

Logan Morrison Was Demoted Because Wes Helms Is A Super-Secret Double-Agent Mole: A Theory

Marlins outfielder/tweeter Logan Morrison was demoted to AAA New Orleans on Saturday night. It was a weird demotion, because Morrison ranks second in OPS on the team (ahead of first baseman Gaby Sanchez, and any outfielders who might replace him) and because the Marlins are 56-64, burnt toast.

Now, the Marlins have a couple obvious reasons to demote LoMo: his feud with Hanley Ramirez, his Tweeting, or his one encounter with Charlie Sheen.

But we will propose an alternative theory: Wes Helms did him in. Let us explain.

Wes Helms has played for the Marlins each of the last four seasons. We have no idea why. Over that time, he has hit .236/.301/.337 in 923 plate appearances. (For some reference, those are Brad Ausmus numbers from a righty pinch-hitter. Carlos Zambrano has hit .278/.290/.464 in the same time span. He might be available.) Now, you ought to gasp at those numbers. Especially since no real outlier drags them down. (His OPS+es: 69, 79, 72, 42. The last one's from 2011, his shortest season.) He did all that while playing corner infield positions and pinch-hitting, and while making twice the major league minimum.

The Marlins had every reason to cut bait on Helms as early as 2008, for crissakes, but they held on to him and lavished praise and dollars upon his subpar name. In 2010, Florida extended his contract midseason. He was hitting .225 with four homers.

Either he had incriminating photos of Marlins brass—although we'd wonder what could embarrass them further—or he was a rabble-rouser hired by Florida to cause and fix problems. (More on this later.)

But the Marlins finally gave up on pretending that Helms was a major-league player, and they released him on Saturday night when they demoted Morrison. But the timing of that decision may indicate what we suspected, that Wes Helms is a secret devil double agent mole inside the players' union and the locker room, creating dissension whenever Jeffrey Loria pushes a button.

Take the strange circumstances of LoMoGate, from a Palm Beach Post blog post:

After offering advice to Logan Morrison, Wes Helms gets released by Florida Marlins

Logan Morrison plans to consult the players' union to see if he has any grounds for a grievance against the Marlins for optioning him late Saturday to Class AAA New Orleans.
[...]
Helms' departure comes after he advised Morrison not to attend a team-related function before Saturday's game.

Morrison had already attended an autograph signing earlier Saturday, an event that lasted longer than planned. When he arrived at Sun Life Stadium, he found out the team was expected to attend a meet-and-greet with season ticket holders.

That's when Morrison balked, still angry at the way the Florida Marlins Community Foundation handled a planned charity bowling tournament that was canceled because of a lack of interest.

He consulted with Helms, the team's union rep, who advised him he didn't have to attend the meet-and-greet. Helms did attend that event.

Wes Helms is the Marlins' union rep. Wes Helms told Logan Morrison to blow off the meet-and-greet. Morrison got canned for it (even if the team won't publicly say so), and looks like an asshole to the invited season-ticket holders, who are probably the only living Marlins fans anyway. And where can Morrison turn to address his grievance, to accuse the team of unfairly demoting him? The players' union, where his liaison is one Wes Helms.

So why might the Marlins release Helms? Cover-up, you see. Wes Helms works under the cloak of darkness. Wes Helms got paid his kill fee. But he'll be back. Don't say we didn't tell you so if you see hotshot call-up Hes Welms playing third base for Florida, handlebar mustache and all, in September.

[....J....]

Tommy was on WQAM and changed his tune from last night. He's basically saying what everyone here is saying. Cut the shit, shut up and play ball.

This comes after he had several conversations last night with a few players.

in other words the FO told him to keep his comments to himself

Tommy is .........J...........

might wanna hang on to your day job.

[Mainge]

in other words the FO told him to keep his comments to himself

Is he even employed by the Marlins?

[Bobbob1313]

I believe most of the time, they are employed by the station, but there's some intermingling going on in who is approved by who. They aren't Marlin employees per se, but they probably can't just trash them openly either.

[dim]

Hes Welms has a while until he's ready for the major leagues. I say 2013 at the earliest.

[Mainge]

I don't think he trashed them.

[THE_REAL_MIBS]

@Buster_ESPN: My advice to Logan Morrison would be:Don't let anything (Twitter, etc.)get in the way of doing what he loves-playing baseball. Not worth it.

@Buster_ESPN: Logan a breath of fresh air, we all agree, because he is funny/outspoken. But it's not a coincidence almost every player doesn't do this.

/Twitter

[....J....]

I believe most of the time, they are employed by the station, but there's some intermingling going on in who is approved by who. They aren't Marlin employees per se, but they probably can't just trash them openly either.

yea he's employed by fsn. but this isn't the first time they've talked to him bout his on-air comments