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4. David Samson being noticeably absent for a period in the middle of the year. Sources around the team wondered where Samson had gone, a question that has still gone unanswered. One thing, sources said, was clear: Owner Jeffrey Loria no longer considers Samson, his ex-wife's son and the team president, an untouchable in a planned overhaul of the organization.
At this point, Marlins officials are fascinated to see how it shakes out. Loria almost fired president of baseball operations Larry Beinfest last season, and that could again be in play. It's not like Beinfest drafted and developed Jose Fernandez and Giancarlo Stanton and Christian Yelich and traded for the rest of the Marlins' young talent or anything.
Loria is the East Coast Moreno, dirtying everything up with his paws. People throughout the organization were disgusted by his handling of Chris Valaika earlier this week, as the Miami Herald reported. Valaika was one of the players verbally abused by hitting coach Tino Martinez, who has since resigned. Martinez was Loria's personal hire, and, still angered by Martinez leaving, Loria personally stopped Valaika's promotion from Triple-A and instead insisted the Marlins call up journeyman Gil Velazquez.
It was as vindictive and ugly a personnel move as Loria has engaged in, and that's saying something. Whoever goes in the purge may well be relieved to get away from the worst situation in baseball, even if the Marlins' future does look better at the moment than the one …
At this point, Marlins officials are fascinated to see how it shakes out. Loria almost fired president of baseball operations Larry Beinfest last season, and that could again be in play. It's not like Beinfest drafted and developed Jose Fernandez and Giancarlo Stanton and Christian Yelich and traded for the rest of the Marlins' young talent or anything.
Loria is the East Coast Moreno, dirtying everything up with his paws. People throughout the organization were disgusted by his handling of Chris Valaika earlier this week, as the Miami Herald reported. Valaika was one of the players verbally abused by hitting coach Tino Martinez, who has since resigned. Martinez was Loria's personal hire, and, still angered by Martinez leaving, Loria personally stopped Valaika's promotion from Triple-A and instead insisted the Marlins call up journeyman Gil Velazquez.
It was as vindictive and ugly a personnel move as Loria has engaged in, and that's saying something. Whoever goes in the purge may well be relieved to get away from the worst situation in baseball, even if the Marlins' future does look better at the moment than the one …
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