Tino martinez resigns becuase marlins players are terry cloth

[Tom Shady]

that means very soft

Tino Martinez resigned as theMiami Marlins' hitting coach hours after complaints by players that he verbally abused them became public.

In one instance, Martinez acknowledged he angrily grabbed a player.

Martinez was in his first year as a professional coach this year. He sat in the dugout during Sunday's 3-2 win over thePittsburgh Pirates, then met with Marlins officials and resigned.

"I want to apologize to the Marlins organization for my behavior," Martinez said. "I have made some comments to certain players at certain times that I thought was more constructive criticism. Obviously, they didn't feel that way, and it kind of backfired on me."

Martinez said he once touched a player in anger, grabbing rookie Derek Dietrich by the jersey in the batting cage early this season. Dietrich, demoted last Monday to Double-A Jacksonville, was among the players to complain.

Martinez said he offered to resign earlier, but team owner Jeffrey Loria wanted him to stay on thejob. When the complaints by players became public in a story Sunday by the Miami Herald, Martinez became certain he should resign.

"It has been building for a few days," he said. "I didn't know this was going to come out publicly. When this came out, I thought it was the right thing to do."

Marlins minor league field coordinator John Pierson will become interim hitting coach. First-year manager Mike Redmond said everyone in the organization was disappointed with the outcome of Martinez' brief tenure.

"Coaching's tough," Redmond said. "Going from a player to a coach is hard, and part of the grind is learning how to deal with different situations with different players and different personalities. All that stuff is a challenge. Some people can do it, and some people can't."

The young Marlins rank last in the majors in runs, home runs, batting and slugging, and the 45-year-old Martinez said he became frustrated as players struggled.

"I just thought with some young players you needed to be a little firmer and try to get them on the right track," he said. "I probably used some four-letter words. I thought I was doing the right thing. Obviously, I wasn't."

Martinez batted .271 with 339 home runs, and he was a four-time World Series champion with theNew York Yankees. He had a three-year contract with the Marlins but said because he resigned, he'll receive no buyout.

He declined to speculate on whether he'll coach again.

"I don't know long term how it's going to affect me," he said. "Right now I'm disappointed in myself. I'm embarrassed. Right now I'm not worried about the future. I just want to make sure my family is OK."

 

[Lee_Land]

Im disgusted, and to make it worse some player blamed his "abuse" for theyre poor batting numbers.

One day ima give up on this franchise

 

[Aje]

put that partially-aborted fetus out of its misery already by dispanding the franchise or moving them to, oh, I don't know...f*cking anywhere.

 

[Black White Sox Hat]

There's no crying in baseball!!!

 

[blackzeus]

Grown men can't take verbal abuse? And the CAC homies wonder why we don't respect baseball players

 

[flea]

Sound like a bunch of fukking broads. Makes me not want to go to the game to tonight

 

[lepard]

There's no crying in baseball!!!

Sound like a bunch of fukking broads. Makes me not want to go to the game to tonight

flea, See above... take that and make a sign for tonight's game!
Hopefully you get interviewed by that homer Minervini.

As a Mets fan I'll be watching

 

[flea]

flea, See above... take that and make a sign for tonight's game!
Hopefully you get interviewed by that homer Minervini.

As a Mets fan I'll be watching

You being a Mets fan, I'd first like to tell u to go blow yourself. Secondly that actually sounds like an awesome idea and if I had the tools to make that sign, I probably would

 

[lepard]

You being a Mets fan, I'd first like to tell u to go blow yourself. Secondly that actually sounds like an awesome idea and if I had the tools to make that sign, I probably would

Get a marker and some cardboard.

 

[gho3st]

Im disgusted, and to make it worse some player blamed his "abuse" for theyre poor batting numbers.

One day ima give up on this franchise

gave up on that shyt long time ago

 

[holidayinn21]

p*ssy ass generation.

come home tino.

 

[Type Username Here]

I honestly think letting a grown man berate you when you are a professional player is very soft. This is not the military or high school sports. There is no rank structure or high school authority guidelines, he's there to help, coach or organize to facilitate a win, not get people ready for a war.

Nothing pisses me off in the world when someone uses their standing to belittle others because they think they have the power to. Like that Rutgers coach for example. You know that he wouldn't dare touch a kid like that if he knew those kids weren't scared of losing their place on the team.

 

[Type Username Here]

From what I heard, he only did it to newer/young players. He wouldn't dare do it to Giancarlo Stanton. To me, that's very soft behavior. A man taking advantage because of his authority or circumstance. That's one of the softest things a man can do. But some of these players need to go up to him and straight up ask him to shoot the fade.

You'll see how tough he really is. Probably will go running to management that he was verbally abused or threatened.

 

[Grifter]

Derek is hitting .214 and hasn't played since last Sunday, maybe he should've been listening to Tino.


Come on home Tino.

 

[Da_Eggman]

Garbage ass coach in the first place