Source : The Marlins have terminated the man inside the suit of Billy the Marlin. Marlins spokesman says Billy himself has not been fired. He will remain Marlins Mascot, played by someone else.

After reports surfaced Monday night, the Marlins confirmed Tuesday that they have fired the man who played Billy the Marlin, the team’s costumed mascot. The team gave no reason for the firing.

News outlets report that John DeCicco, who has appeared as Billy the Marlin at home games for more than a decade, was fired this week. The team confirmed the termination Tuesday, saying Billy the ...

And then there's Billy the Marlin, the longtime mascot of the Miami Marlins and star of childhood nightmares. The mascot you'd least like to wake up to find quietly standing at the foot of your bed.

Now there's this: Cynics might cite the firing of the dude that played Billy the Marlin as yet another example of the Marlins' transparent effort to cut payroll everywhere possible, but it makes ...

Saul Shechter struck out in his lawsuit against Billy the Marlin in the case of the flying souvenir T-shirt. Jurors took more than 7 1/2 hours over two days to decide in favor of the Florida Marli ...

It wasn’t a pretty lesson. But he wasn’t a pretty fish. “Billy the Marlin,” wrote Miami Herald columnist Greg Cote in 1993, “is the ugliest mascot in the history of professional sports.” They yelled ...

Orlando Billy the Marlin and Sebastian the Ibis returned to South Florida as champions of the 22nd Mascot Games, presented by Wawa and benefiting New Hope for Kids. The two-day event featured 24 ...

Now, they've reportedly fired Billy the Marlin! Well... to be clear... they aren't getting rid of the Billy character, but the guy in the suit. Even so, it sounds cold-blooded. The move is first ...

Not even Billy the Marlin — or, really, the person inside the costume — is safe from the Miami Marlins’ personnel house cleaning. The Marlins this week fired John DeCicco, the person who ...

The original Billy the Marlin takes a seat at the sports bar, checks the lunch menu and decides against the seafood. "I'll have a cheeseburger," John Routh says. It's no surprise if the man who ...

Billy Marlin Giddings, 80, Charlottesville, Indiana, passed away on Jan. 30, 2025. He was born May 14, 1944, the son of William and Martha Giddings. Billy was a 1962 graduate of Sandusky High School.