Thank You Barry Much: Miami Marlins Fire Barry Bonds

After just one year’s time, the Miami Marlins ended one of baseball’s more curious experiments by firing Barry Bonds from his post as hitting coach Monday afternoon.

In a bad day for players that lead the majors all-time in a major statistical category, third base coach and reigning pinch-hit king Lenny Harris was also fired. Bullpen coach Reid Cornelius joined the pair in the unemployment line.

In many ways, it’s the two lesser firings that sting more for me. Harris obviously was a valued contributor of the 2003-2005 Marlins that remains the golden era for the franchise, anchored by that 2003 World Series championship. His pursuit, and successive padding, of the pinch-hit record remains one…