Marlins ownership shows its true colors again

[El Supremo]

By Jeff Passan, Yahoo! Sports 1 hour, 32 minutes ago

The truth does not hurt the Florida Marlins. It turns them inside out, salt to a group of slugs. It reveals what festers inside a franchise operated by thieves. And as Logan Morrison(notes) learned this week, it is strictly forbidden if in any way it exposes Marlins ownership for who they are: tiny little men.

Owner Jeffrey Loria is Henry VIII of his fiefdom, and his latest uncalled-for beheading left popular hitting coach John Mallee out of a job. Morrison, the talented 23-year-old left fielder whose candor has won him a devoted Twitter following, said Loria personally called for the firing. Loria called him into his office and essentially told him to shut up.

“I was asked a question, I told the truth,” Morrison told the Palm Beach Post. “But I guess I don’t do that anymore.”

For the second time in two weeks, the Marlins were playing censor on Morrison. The first regarded his Twitter account, a rollicking, bawdy and hilariously forthright look at a ballplayer with actual personality. He’s the archetypal modern athlete: funny, humble, open, generous....

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[TZ]

1. I follow Morrison on Twitter, he is indeed pretty entertaining.

And somehow, when the asshole owners aren't censoring him, he's managed to keep a sense of humor going in what is one of the most miserable months of baseball any team has endured.