Miami Marlins reliever Heath Bell was critical of Ozzie Guillen during a radio interview Monday, hinting that he does not respect the Marlins' opinionated manager.

Bell, who was removed from the closer role after struggling earlier this season, made the comments on "The Dan Sileo Show" on 560 WQAM in Miami.

"It's hard to respect a guy that doesn't tell you the truth or doesn't tell you face-to-face," Bell said. "There's probably reasons why."

Guillen also made headlines on Friday when he made public comments that reportedly angered Marlins owner Jeffrey Loria.

"If Jeffrey doesn't think I'm doing the job I should do ... it's not the first time he's fired a manager," Guillen told reporters Friday in New York. "Look yourself in the mirror and ask why so many (expletive) managers come through here."

The last-place Marlins own a 66-87 record in Guillen's first season with the franchise. Bell would not say whether he wanted Guillen to return for 2013.

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Yes. Ozzie Guillen is the only Latino manager there has ever been or will be. There is no one else they could hire.

The future holds the possibility to be great or terrible, and since it has not yet occurred it remains simultaneously both.

Ozzie Guillen is no Bill Parcells.

I'll bet you an Italian beef sammich that Jerry's prodigal pretend-son will come home.

Ozzie's gonna get fired at the end of the year, lie low through 2013, and then get a Jerry Reinsdorf Job For Life as White Sox Vice-President of Latino Community Relations or some do-nothing shit, thus making the White Sox the first team, to my knowledge, to employ a retired athlete as an ill-will ambassador.

The future holds the possibility to be great or terrible, and since it has not yet occurred it remains simultaneously both.

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There will never be an effective vaccine. I'll never get one anyway.

Ozzie Guillen was fired Tuesday after one year as manager of the last-place Miami Marlins, whose promising season began to derail in April when his laudatory comments about Fidel Castro caused a backlash.

Miami's next manager will be the fifth for owner Jeffrey Loria since early 2010. Two managers he fired made the playoffs this year. The Marlins still owe Guillen $7.5 million for the three years remaining on his contract.

''After careful consideration following the disappointment of the 2012 season, we decided to dismiss Ozzie,'' president of baseball operations Larry Beinfest said in a statement. ''Our managerial search begins immediately and our hope is that a new manager, along with roster improvements, will restore a winning culture.''

The franchise was supposedly transformed by an offseason spending spree and the move into a new ballpark, and the Marlins expected to contend for a playoff berth.

In spring training, Guillen touted his team as well balanced and ready to win. But a dismal June took the Marlins out of contention for good, and management dismantled the roster in July.

The season went sour from the start. Guillen's comments praising Castro in a magazine interview angered Cuban Americans, who make up a large segment of the Marlins' fan base. The Venezuelan manager apologized repeatedly at a news conference for his remarks about the former Cuban leader. Guillen then began a five-game suspension only five games into his stay with the team.

''That was a very, very hard situation for me and the people around me,'' Guillen said in September. ''It was maybe the worst thing I ever did.''

In September 2011, Guillen left the Chicago White Sox after eight seasons. Some 24 hours later he sealed a four-year deal with the Marlins, where he was a third-base coach for the 2003 World Series championship team.

''I feel like I'm back home,'' he said at the time.

Loria traded two minor league players to obtain Guillen and gave him a team-record $10 million, four-year deal.

But by June, the Marlins had fallen below .500 for good. Despite the frustrations of losing, the talkative, opinionated, profane Guillen kept his cool for the most part, and he repeatedly accepted responsibility for the team's performance.

Mindful of speculation his job might be in jeopardy, he said two weeks before the end of the season he was glad he rented a house in Miami rather than buying when he took the job.

''With the job I did this year, do you think I deserve to be back here?'' Guillen said on the final day of the season. ''Of course not. But I'm not the only one. ... Let's start from the top. The front office failed, Ozzie failed, the coaching staff failed, the players failed, everybody failed.''

In December, the Marlins signed All-Stars Jose Reyes, Mark Buehrle and Heath Bell to contracts worth a combined $191 million. But Bell was a bust as the closer, and the Marlins were plagued by poor hitting, especially in the clutch. Bell was traded last week to Arizona.

In the Marlins' 20 seasons they have reached the postseason only twice, as wild-card teams in 1997 and 2003. Both times they won the World Series.

It's more fun to be a victim

There will never be an effective vaccine. I'll never get one anyway.

I find it pretty remarkable that the Marlins have only made the playoffs twice in 20 years as the wild card and they won the championship both years. I guess that's what happens when you're in the same division as the Atlanta Braves.

The future holds the possibility to be great or terrible, and since it has not yet occurred it remains simultaneously both.

Then Chuck Swirsky is an idiot. Toronto would be a horrible fit. They're trying to run that operation somewhat intelligently.

The future holds the possibility to be great or terrible, and since it has not yet occurred it remains simultaneously both.

It's more fun to be a victim

There will never be an effective vaccine. I'll never get one anyway.

The Blue Jays are doomed by division alignment and a world where the Yankees and Red Sox exist stratospheres above everyone else. I hope things get better for them, but they do have to get out of the Skydome. I can't imagine that being a good place to watch a game.

The future holds the possibility to be great or terrible, and since it has not yet occurred it remains simultaneously both.

Ozzie should take over the Spanish Announce Table for the WWE.

Many that is true, but an incomplete statement.