When business struggles and expectations aren’t met, people get fired. That’s what happened in the case of former Miami Marlins president of business operations Chip Bowers on Thursday. When team CEO Derek Jeter met with the media on Friday, he said the move had nothing to do with home attendance, but it did have to do with expectations for the organization moving forward.
Jeter, who is in his second season with the team as co-owner and the one who oversees the day-to-day operations of Marlins, hired Bowers 14 months ago with the hope his experience in professional sports could change the business culture of a struggling ball club in South Florida.