Bye bye Dusty, Hello Girardi

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There has been plenty of speculation here (So Flor) about Girardi going to the Cubs.

Girardi came thisclose to getting fired a month or so ago. They had the conference room all set up and at the last minute some front office people convinced the Marlins owner, Jeff Loria, not to fire him.

Loria went haywire over Girardi not arguing a couple calls vigorously enough on the field. Also, Girardi was against a lot of the personnel decisions the team made during spring training and early in the season, especially on some of the rookie pitchers. Loria's got a little bit of the Jerry Jones thing going on.

I'll be surprised if Girardi is back with the Marlins. It will be odd if he earns NL Manager of the Year then gets fired.