Sizing up Marlins' managerial possibilities

June, 19, 2011

6/19/11

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By Jim Bowden | ESPN.com

Edwin Rodriguez turned in his resignation as manager of the Florida Marlins on Sunday to team president Larry Beinfest. Beinfest accepted the resignation when he arrived at Tropicana Field at approximately 11:20 a.m. ET. The Marlins had lost 17 of 18 games prior to Sunday, winning only one game in June.

The Marlins got off to a hot start in 2011, and after sweeping the world champion San Francisco Giants in late May were an impressive 10 games over .500 at 29-19. Injuries to starting pitcher Josh Johnson and shortstop Hanley Ramirez contributed to the rapid fall of the team, which quite frankly all of a sudden couldn’t pitch, hit or field. The Marlins went 3-20 since sweeping the Giants, leading to Rodriguez's stepping aside.

Rodriguez, who was the first native of Puerto Rico to manage in the major leagues, replaced Fredi Gonzalez as the Marlins' manager in June of last year.

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Jim Bowden

Bowden, who served as the senior vice president and GM for the Cincinnati Reds and the Washington Nationals, is an analyst for ESPN.com. In 1992, Bowden became the youngest GM in MLB history when the Reds hired him at age 31. The Reds finished in first place twice during his 10 years as GM, and he was named MLB Executive of the Year by Baseball America in 1999. After working for ESPN in 2004, Bowden became the first GM of the Washington Nationals when the franchise relocated from Montreal to Washington, D.C., in 2005, working in that role until the 2009 season. Bowden co-hosts the "Inside Pitch" radio show on Sirius XM satellite radio. Follow on Twitter: @JimBowdenESPNxm.