In explaining the whirlwind that saw the end of one managerial tenure and beginning of another, Ozzie Guillen employed a rambling analogy about earthquakes and hurricanes. Midway through it, Marlins President David Samson leaned over to owner Jeffrey Loria and said, "Hurricane Ozzie has arrived."

Guillen's welcomed landfall on Wednesday marked in earnest the start of a new era even before the old one concluded. Before the Nationals and Marlins played the Sun Life finale, the Marlins announced Guillen would be theMiami Marlins' manager when the newly branded franchise moves into its Little Havana ballpark in 2012.