Por Luis Miguel Morales / @3luismiguel

Para FOX Deportes

Hoy más que nunca sigo diciendo que la política y los deportes no se mezclan.  Para muestra, basta un Ozzie Guillén.

Ok, dejemos atrás que el equipo quedó en último lugar de la División Este de la Liga Nacional.  Tampoco tomemos en cuenta las peleas verbales entre el cerrador (o más bien excerrador) de los Marlins, Heath Bell y Oswaldo.

El picther ahora es parte de los Arizona Diamondbacks y todo quedó en una mala relación, nada más.

Al final, lo que realmente pesó en Miami fueron las constantes presiones sobre el manager después de sus controversiales declaraciones.

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By Ken Rosenthal/@Ken_Rosenthal

Courtesy of FOXSports.com

How’s this for a blockbuster?

Left fielder Carl Crawford to the Miami Marlins for either shortstop Jose Reyes or third baseman Hanley Ramirez, with other pieces and significant cash involved.

The Boston Red Sox are contacting teams to gauge their trade interest in Crawford, according to major-league sources.

No trade appears close. Such a deal would be difficult to accomplish, given the size of Crawford’s contract and his lingering elbow problems. But the first lesson of the July 31 non-waiver deadline is that nothing is impossible.

The Red Sox, sources said, reached out to both the Marlins and Los Angeles Dodgers, though another source said that no discussions took place with the Dodgers. The Marlins, historically open to any possibility, would at least consider the idea, sources said.

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