44 Barry Petchesky, “Marlins Tickets Are Basically Free, and Still No One’s Going,” Deadspin.com, April 25, 2013. deadspin.com/marlins-tickets-are-basically-free-and-still-no-ones-480819877. Found inside – Page 34Clifton Boyd Marlin. than did older owners . However , it was encouraging to note that a high percentage of all age groups recognized a need for increasing the rate of production on small forest holdings . Tenure of Ownership . James, Frank. Found insideWhen the Florida Marlins were for sale in 2017, a number of groups showed interest in buying. ... Jeter made these franchise-altering decisions even though his ownership stake was reported by the Associated Press to be just 4 percent. The Miracle held exclusive rights to everything within 35 miles of their home plate — an expanse which included the new home of the Marlins, Joe Robbie Stadium — and under the master agreement between the major and minor leagues, the new Florida Marlins were supposed to compensate the Miracle for the loss of those rights. He said the Marlins had lost $34 million during the 1997 World Series season. Henry’s time as owner — beginning with the 1999 season and ending after the 2001 season — was remarkably unremarkable. As the Marlins’ steady improvement showed, they already had a promising young core, which included players like Edgar Renteria, Charles Johnson, Al Leiter, and Gary Sheffield. Found inside – Page 76the collective bargaining agreement in a manner that favored the owners. ... For him, this meant stripping the Marlins' payroll to make the club more immediately a›ordable to a future investor or group of investors. At the same time, ... Craggs, Tommy. Loria’s reputation in Miami never recovered. NEW YORK (AP) — Derek Jeter has about a 4 percent stake in the group buying the Miami Marlins and retired NBA great Michael Jordan approximately half of one percent, part of a $1.2 billion . “MLB Salaries.” USAToday.com. Interestingly, part of that ownership group also includes Michael Jordan. For this daunting task, the Marlins chose Rene Lachemann. After just one year in the brand-new stadium, Loria dumped salary again. A 75-percent . —–. Major league owners on Wednesday unanimously approved the sale of the woebegone franchise by Jeffrey Loria to an investment group led by Jeter and Bruce Sherman. His last stop had been with the Milwaukee Brewers in 1984. Senators, Many Representing States Seeking Big-League Franchises…” UPI.com, November 3, 1987. upi.com/Archives/1987/11/03/Fifteen-US-senators-many-representing-states-seeking-big-league-franchises/8050562914000/. This, unsurprisingly, gave the Marlins the cheapest roster in baseball, costing less than half that of the next lowest spender, Tampa Bay. —–. It held $31 billion in assets. Found inside – Page 36On March 27, 2012, the McCourt saga finally came to a climax, at least involving ownership of the Dodgers. It was announced that the Guggenheim Baseball Management LLC had purchased the team with a group of investors headed up by CEO ... In 2001 the Red Sox were put up for sale. One position not filled by a former Expo was manager. However, fans supporting their team does not mean fans supporting the owner. His father was a cabinetmaker and housebuilder. Armour, Mark, and Dan Levitt. At that year’s winter meetings, Commissioner Peter Ueberroth mentioned expansion in his “state of the game” speech, but over the next few years the owners tabled expansion talks, focusing instead on clubs claiming to be in financial trouble and on fighting the players union’s claims of collusion. part of the Boston Red Sox ownership group that has celebrated three World Series titles. In this fourth edition, Benjamin G. Rader updates the text with a portrait of baseball's new order. Marlins fans (those of you . 17 Tom Verducci, “The Faux Classic,” Sports Illustrated, October 27, 1997: 42. Jordan, a six-time NBA champion, bought the Hornets for about $180 million in 2010 and controls about 97 percent of the team equity. Found inside – Page 166Owners told Prentice that there were too many investors — almost 50 — in his ownership group . ... Expos to a group composed of local interests and New York art dealer Jeffrey Loria , who would hold a 39 percent interest in the club . Derek Jeter says when his ownership group took over the Miami Marlins in October, he thought Giancarlo Stanton would be with the team in 2018. web.archive.org/web/20100211142537/http:/www.sunlifestadium.com/content/history.aspx. Donnelly, H. “High Stakes of Sports Economics,” Editorial Research Reports, 1988. Aug 11, 2017 at 7:14 pm ET 4 min read. The World Series championship was the peak before the valley for the Marlins under Huizenga. NEW YORK (AP) — Derek Jeter has about a 4 percent stake in the group buying the Miami Marlins and retired NBA great Michael Jordan approximately half of one percent, part of a $1.2 billion purchase from Jeffrey Loria that includes $800 million in cash. By 2005, the firm had expanded its client base to include government agencies and colleges. Show more. The . Berardino, Mike. December 21, 2017. “How Marlins Owner Jeffrey Loria Continues to Outfox Us All.” CBSSports.com. The new ownership group, led by Bruce Sherman and Derek Jeter, is aiming to build a sustainable franchise in South Florida. Compared with these numbers, the $500,000 Huizenga spent promoting his bid to the other owners seemed paltry.5, Los Angeles Dodgers manager Tommy Lasorda, left, and Florida Marlins owner Wayne Huizenga shake hands before the Marlins’ first game on April 5, 1993. Loria then sought and received permission from Commissioner Bud Selig to look for other potential cities. “Boston Red Sox Team Ownership History.” Team Ownership Histories Project. And all four were traded away after the 2017 season. In the first years after expansion, the Marlins seemed to have a plan to draft and develop young players. Per that report, t he payment of $3.637 . Henry had declared the deal dead just 48 hours before it was reached.20 In the end, Henry wanted to be a professional sports owner. 4. The venture capitalist spent much of his financial career in New York and has a . After that, everyone found reasons to support Miami’s bid. “The Marlins’ Latest Fire Sale Is Already Record-Setting,” TheRinger.com. That would mean a maximum of about 9,300 spectators in the 37,446-seat ballpark. (COURTESY OF THE MIAMI MARLINS). The Miracle argued that the Florida Marlins had refused to negotiate about not only the rights to the team name, but also to the exclusive territorial rights for the Miami area. “The Real Cost to Miami for Marlins Park Is in the Billions,” Deadspin.com, January 25, 2013. deadspin.com/5978964/the-real-cost-to-miami-for-marlins-park-is-in-the-billions. That year, they spent $118.1 million on player salaries — the first time the Marlins had spent over $100 million in a season, a feat they have matched only once since. “The Roster Depreciation Allowance: How Major League Baseball Teams Turn Profits Into Losses,” Baseball Research Journal 45, 1 (Spring 2016): 88-95. Portland, Oregon, which had been in the running to get the Expos franchise before it went to Washington, expressed interest, as did Las Vegas.29. By signing free agents and paying current players more, he roughly doubled the team’s payroll. “Lawsuit from Minors Seeks to Derail Marlin Expansion Draft,” New York Times, October 20, 1992. In 2018, every ownership group received a one-time $50-68 million payout when MLB sold BAM Tech to Disney. Keeney, Stephen. The Marlins averaged about 10,000 fans in 2018 and 2019, the first two seasons that Jeter's group owned the team. Brown, Maury. By 1987, the US Senate had formed a Task Force on Expansion. “A Busy Day of Drafting and Dealing,” New York Times, November 18, 1992. . 34 Barry Petchesky, “The Real Cost to Miami for Marlins Park Is in the Billions,” Deadspin.com, January 25, 2013. deadspin.com/5978964/the-real-cost-to-miami-for-marlins-park-is-in-the-billions. Once Henry’s bid for the Red Sox was approved, the plan unfolded. Miami was the only team in baseball to dip below the 1 million mark . The 1991 decision to add the Colorado Rockies and the Florida Marlins to the major leagues was the end of what the New York Times’s Murray Chass called “the road that began six years, three commissioners, and three league presidents ago.”1. The county will end up paying $2.4 billion on that bond issue for its share of the stadium costs.34, Opposition to the stadium deal was inflamed again in August 2010 when Deadspin released financial documents from 2008 and 2009 showing that the Marlins had a net income — even after all the accounting tactics — of over $33 million in those two seasons alone.35 According to the Miami New Times, even these numbers included payments totaling about $38.6 million from 2008 through 2010 by the Marlins to Loria under the line item “Administration” and to Double Play Company, a company owned by Loria with Samson as its president, to run the Marlins’ day-to-day operations.36 In response to allegations that the team had intentionally lied to the public about its finances, Samson called the leak “disappointing” and a “crime,” and argued that the documents prove that the Marlins were being fiscally responsible and saving up profits (which he had previously denied making) to pay for the new stadium.37. Belson, Ken. December 13, 2017. cbssports.com/mlb/news/mlb-hot-stove-buyers-guide-to-what-remains-of-marlins-fire-sale-under-jeter-sherman/. The family moved to Fort Lauderdale, Florida, when Huizenga was 15. By 1997, he was full owner of the Marlins, the Dolphins, and the NHL expansion Florida Panthers. Found inside – Page 80... the franchise in 1995 and 860 percent greater than what Walter Haas had purchased the team for in 1980. When teams play in a new or refurbished taxpayer - subsidized stadium , the respective franchise owners prosper from an increase ... After winning the World Series in 1997, owner Wayne Huizenga dismantled his veteran team, trading 10 major league players with an average age of 31.5, four years older than the smaller group the . This is a book that every fan, every follower of sports radio, every fantasy player, every coach, and every player, at every level, can learn from and enjoy. “Miami-Dade County Mayor Carlos Alvarez Recalled,” ABCNews.com. “Red Sox Reach Deal to Sell Team for Record $700m,” Boston Globe, December 21, 2001. bostonglobe.com/sports/2001/12/21/red-sox-reach-deal-sell-team-for-record/zIwxc8KHP0nIZlvNjzua2L/story.html. In 1989, Loria bought the Triple-A Oklahoma City 89ers for $3.8 million. The sale must still be approved by the MLB owners. Huizenga made about $40.1 million in revenue off the Marlins that was counted on the books of those other entities rather than the Marlins. Perhaps nothing captures this anger more than an incredibly intense interview of Commissioner Rob Manfred by ESPN Radio host Dan Le Batard, whose show is produced and based in Miami, and features a daily “Miami-Only” hour of content. The Marlins’ 2006 total team salary was about $15 million, a drop of more than 75 percent. In 1999 the partnership that owned the Montreal Expos was left without a managing partner, and in search of investors to infuse cash into the team. Found inside – Page 22These landowners are a sociologically and economically diverse group . Ownership objectives can include timber management , recreation , aesthetics , wildlife management , and livestock grazing , among others ( Marlin 1978 ) . It didn’t. They finished first in the league in all combined outfield WAR statistics in 2017. And of course, if Huizenga built it, the city’s “Latin and Caribbean population” would come, and “provide a wellspring of fans.”2 But there is little doubt much of the allure of Miami’s bid to the other owners was Huizenga’s wealth — his net worth in the summer of 1991 was estimated to be between $500 million and $800 million.3, In all, it was estimated that it would cost Huizenga between $131 million and $142 million before the Marlins could begin play, not including his partial purchase of Joe Robbie Stadium. After paying a mere $30 million for almost complete control of the Expos, the owners of the other 29 major-league teams agreed to pay Loria $120 million for the franchise. Kaufman, Michelle. Samson he would not be keeping his job after the ownership change. Opening Day souvenirs were sold out an hour before game time. 89 percent feel Loria has a moral obligation to field a good team because the new $515 million stadium was built largely with public funds. The four together had a WAR of 20.3 on the 77-win Marlins. Hanks, Douglas. 49 Marissa Payne, “Derek Jeter-led Group Reportedly Wins Bid to Buy Miami Marlins,” Washington Post, August 11, 2017. washingtonpost.com/news/early-lead/wp/2017/08/11/derek-jeter-led-group-reportedly-wins-bid-to-buy-miami-marlins/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.24ca750e9063. Jeter will reportedly contribute $25 million, but the group has 16 investors to help reach the $1.2 billion price tag. He graduated from the University of Rhode Island and later received an MBA from Baruch College. Bruce Sherman, Miami Marlins (since 2017) Derek Jeter may be the public face of the ownership group, but Bruce Sherman is the majority stakeholder with 46 percent. 20 “Sold! —–. The Marlins welcomed 811,302 fans through their gates in 2019, which was a mere 27 percent of what the Rockies saw that year . Huizenga owned Joe Robbie Stadium — by now called Pro Player Stadium — and the team’s cable broadcaster, Sportschannel Florida. —–. For the 2012 season, the Marlins had tried to spend money on good players, and the results were not there. Loria’s business model was to maximize profits by pulling in shared revenue and paying bare minimum salaries. He managed to get a 24 percent share for $12 million, and also became managing partner — meaning he ran the day-to-day operations but was still accountable to the other partners. “The Bucks Stop Here.” Sports Illustrated. “New Name, but Deep-Rooted Tradition in Miami,” Marlins.mlb.com. 61 percent of respondents identifying themselves as season-ticket holders would support a boycott next season if that would force Loria to sell the team. The US Securities and Exchange Commission opened an investigation into whether the Marlins and the politicians who approved the stadium deal intentionally misled the investors who purchased the bonds issued by Miami-Dade County. A former president of the Pittsburgh Pirates and a longtime friend of Huizenga’s, Barger was also a member of the board of directors of Huizenga’s Blockbuster Video.10 Technically, Barger resigned from the Pirates on July 8, 1991. Major League Baseball owners voted unanimously today to sell the Miami Marlins to a 16-person investment group led by Jeter and venture capitalist Bruce Sherman for $1.2 billion. “It Was Twenty Years Ago Today,” Hardball Times. web.archive.org/web/20150724073144/http:/m.mlb.com/news/article/25284110/. 19 Richard Hoffer, “The Bucks Stop Here,” Sports Illustrated, July 29, 1991. si.com/vault/1991/07/29/124615/the-bucks-stop-here-spiraling-salaries-and-a-potential-loss-of-tv-loot-imperil-baseballs-prosperity. On December 9, 1992, during the annual Winter Meetings in Louisville, he collapsed from a ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm. The New York Times described the team as “the best team that the lowest payroll in baseball can buy,” “an assemblage of talented kids called up too soon, veteran castoffs, and career minor leaguers getting their miracle shot,” and “a bunch of September call-ups.”30 When approached with the legacy of the first Marlins fire sale, Loria said this was not the same because he had kept the core together for a couple of years after the championship.31, Marlins Park, seen here during the SABR 46 convention in 2016, opened in 2012 after a protracted legal battle. src="https://www.facebook.com/tr?id=674090812743125&ev=PageView&noscript=1"/>. “The (Dis)passion of John Henry,” ESPN.com, September 26, 2011. espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/7005442/mlb-how-john-henry-built-sports-empire-espn-magazine. TEAMS 30-30, 32. 3.7M posts. . Wulf, Steve. He came up through the Marlins’ farm system and became a star while in Miami. attendance is down 38 percent. Found inside – Page 1451... Cleveland , Fort Hood , Hempstead , Jasper , Kingsville , Madisonville , Marlin , Sealy , Woodville . Ownership : Cencom Cable Assoc . Inc. , principal ; Tele - Communications Inc. ( see listing ) , percentage undisclosed . It was named after the Dolphins’ then-owner, Joe Robbie. “Dave Dombrowski,” Baseball-Reference.com. Lund, Jeb. 18 Dan Alexander, “Can Houston Astros Really Be Losing Money Despite Rock-Bottom Payroll?” Forbes.com, August 29, 2013. forbes.com/sites/danalexander/2013/08/29/can-houston-astros-really-be-losing-money-despite-rock-bottom-payroll/. Surely, if the finances were so bad, Smiley would have known, and would not have tried to buy the team for $169 million. Here's the breakdown in . "New ownership hasn't spent anything after the rebuild" Reality: The new ownership group has spent significant money on the organization. The piece from Barry Jackson looks at the financial commitments and situation of new Marlins CEO Derek Jeter, the face of the club's new ownership group and the guy who's running the team. Payne, Marissa. The Marlins Owners Can't Lose. 32 See, e.g., Scott A. Wolla, “The Economics of Subsidizing Sports Stadiums,” StLouisFed.org, May 2017, research.stlouisfed.org/publications/page1-econ/2017-05-01/the-economics-of-subsidizing-sports-stadiums/ (“In a 2017 poll, 83 percent of the economists surveyed agreed that ‘providing state and local subsidies to build stadiums for professional sports teams is likely to cost the relevant taxpayers more than any local economic benefits that are generated.’”), Andrew Zimbalist and Roger G. Noll, “Sports, Jobs, and Taxes: Are New Stadiums Worth the Cost?,” Brookings.edu, June 1, 1997, brookings.edu/articles/sports-jobs-taxes-are-new-stadiums-worth-the-cost/, Richard Florida, “The Never-Ending Stadium Boondoggle,” CityLab.com, September 10, 2015, citylab.com/equity/2015/09/the-never-ending-stadium-boondoggle/403666/, and David Schein, James Phillips, and Caroline Rider, “American Cities Held Hostage: Public Stadiums and Pro Sports Franchises,” Richmond Public Interest Law Review, Vol 20, Is 1, Richmond.edu, February 1, 2017, scholarship.richmond.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=https://www.google.com/&httpsredir=1&article=1389&context=pilr. Gaines, Cork. A judge eventually required the parties to go to arbitration, at which the arbitrator ruled in favor of Loria. 47 Des Bieler, “Jared Kushner’s Family Says It Won’t Buy Marlins if Jeffry Loria Becomes Ambassador to France,” Washington Post, February 15, 2017. washingtonpost.com/news/early-lead/wp/2017/02/15/reports-marlins-owner-may-sell-team-to-jared-kushners-brother-and-become-ambassador-to-france/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.d86e4895e596. 13 This count includes 12 seasons with one team only, and 1 season (1981) that was split between two teams, the Seattle Mariners and their Triple-A affiliate. “Why You Should Not Compare the Marlins’ Latest Fire Sale to the White Sox’s Rebuild.” CBSSports.com. —–. The 14 other minority partners include Michael Jordan.49, Bruce Sherman was born in Queens, New York, in 1948. “Judge Rules Against Marlins on BVI Foreign Citizenship,” Miami Herald. Weingarden, Steve, and Bill Nowlin, eds. The job of managing an expansion team has never been easy. —–. In a poll of 400 Marlins fans conducted in November of 2012, only 6 percent of Marlins fans had a favorable view of Loria, and of those, one-third knew him personally. December 13, 2017. cbssports.com/mlb/news/why-you-should-not-compare-the-latest-marlins-fire-sale-to-the-white-sox-rebuild/. Rabin, Charles. Found inside – Page 187John Tepper Marlin, James S. Avery, Stephen T. Collins. 160. Group Quarters 161. Owner - Occupied Housing Units ... Suburbs and rural areas usually have higher proportions of home ownership ( Phoenix , Kansas City , Indianapolis , etc. ) ... Associated Press. Instead, because one of the corporations that is a limited partner was based in the British Virgin Islands, the Sherman/Jeter group argued that the whole company was a “citizen” of the British Virgin Islands, and thus could only be sued in accordance with international treaty law. He had previously owned minor-league and independent-league teams, and he had tried to buy stakes in several major-league teams, even owning 1 percent of the New York Yankees before buying the Marlins.21. MIAMI --Miami-Dade County is suing former Miami Marlins owner Jeffrey Loria and the new ownership group led by Derek Jeter seeking money from the $1.2 billion sale of the team.The suit contends a . “Derek Jeter-led Group Reportedly Wins Bid to Buy Miami Marlins,” Washington Post, August 11, 2017. washingtonpost.com/news/early-lead/wp/2017/08/11/derek-jeter-led-group-reportedly-wins-bid-to-buy-miami-marlins/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.24ca750e9063. Found inside – Page 141Impacts of Regulation, Organization, Reform and Change in the United States Health System Emerald Group Publishing Limited ... Given the influx of for-profit facilities into the industry, ownership status is included (dummy coded as ... July 17, 2002. articles.sun-sentinel.com/2002-07-17/sports/0207170093_1_loria-and-baseball-expos-limited-partners-baseball-s-plans. The team moved to San Juan, Puerto Rico, after the 1960 season.8. Sherman has the highest equity stake at about 46 percent. This article is more than 3 years old. Wayne Huizenga, South Florida Business Titan, Dead at 80,” South Florida Sun-Sentinel, March 23, 2018. sun-sentinel.com/news/obituaries/fl-reg-h-wayne-huizenga-obituary-20180118-story.html. Other high-ranking team . The Marlins are Derek Jeter's problem now. But Huizenga still owned the stadium and the cable channel. Another team called the Miami Marlins began play in the 1960s. —–. “Dolphin Stadium Renamed Land Shark Stadium,” Reuters.com. MIAMI — The woebegone Miami Marlins are Derek Jeter's problem now.Major league owners on Wednesday approved the sale of the team by Jeffrey Loria to an investment group led by Jeter and Bruce . 60.1M. Later, $15 million of that loan was forgiven when Loria didn’t get a new publicly financed stadium deal within five years.27, This was clearly a great deal for Loria and MLB. Associated Press. April 9, 2018. miamiherald.com/news/local/community/miami-dade/article208398234.html. Found inside – Page 257210 TOP MOST EXPENSIVE US BASEBALL TEAM SALES TEAM BUYER YEAR COST ( $ ) DATE OF FIRST GAME STADIUM 1 Boston Red Sox John ... Baseball Source : Bonham Group When the consortium led by John Henry , the former owner of the Florida Marlins ... To cover this, he made a capital call on the other partners, telling them they should put more money into the team. Fire Sale II was underway. Huizenga and other Waste Management executives had bought shares in the nascent enterprise in 1987. In June of 1990, the National League announced that it would add two teams by 1993. “Jeff Loria Would Score Huge Baseball Windfall with $1.6 Billion Marlins Sale,” Forbes.com, February 9, 2017. forbes.com/sites/nathanvardi/2017/02/09/jeff-loria-would-score-huge-baseball-windfall-with-1-6-billion-marlins-sale/#61e3e2493b69. Back to Reading. Chass, Murray. (COURTESY OF JACOB POMRENKE), In 2009, after two World Series championships and two fire sales, Loria got his stadium from the politicians of Miami-Dade County. Sherman will be the control person whlile Jeter acts as CEO, according to Ken Rosenthal. Loria has been called "baseball's most hated man", its "worst owner", and even one of the "worst owner(s) in sports history". Suddenly, the fact that Miami was one of the nation’s 20 largest television markets was a major factor. At the time of purchase in 2004, there were 11 members of the . The rest of that first season ended the way most expansion seasons do. Smiley, David. In a few years, his Southern Sanitation Service was a 20-truck operation with routes in several major South Florida cities.6. Major league owners on Wednesday unanimously approved the sale of the woebegone franchise by Jeffrey Loria to an investment group led by Jeter and Bruce Sherman. 53 Douglas Hanks, “Jeffrey Loria Claimed No Profits on His $1.2 Billion Marlins Sale. Major-league officials hoped the ownership group would choose the alliterative Miami Marlins, which was better for marketing and kept the door open for the next round of expansion to include another Florida city. “The Marlins’ Heavily Criticized 2012 ‘Salary Dump’ Is Starting to Look Like a Genius Move.” BusinessInsider.com. He died on March 22, 2018, at the age of 80 in his Fort Lauderdale home. After Robbie died in 1990, Huizenga bought 50 percent of the stadium for a reported $40 million from the Robbie family. A total 3,064,847 fans attended home games that season, an average of 37,838, making the Marlins one of seven teams to draw over 3 million fans that season. Some owners wanted to stall until a new collective-bargaining agreement was negotiated with the players union and use the carrot of expansion to win other concessions. MIAMI --Miami-Dade County is suing former Miami Marlins owner Jeffrey Loria and the new ownership group led by Derek Jeter seeking money from the $1.2 billion sale of the team.The suit contends a . At the time of purchase in 2004, there were 11 members of the . February 15, 2017. miamiherald.com/sports/spt-columns-blogs/barry-jackson/article133029639.html. “Recalled Miami-Dade Mayor Alvarez Gave Critics Plenty of Fuel,” NPR.org, March 16, 2011. npr.org/sections/itsallpolitics/2011/03/16/134597141/recalled-miami-dade-mayor-alvarez-gave-critics-plenty-of-fuel. But mentioned deep down is the fact that Jordan, now famously the owner of the Charlotte Hornets, chipped in $5 million to buy a stake in the team. Loria later argued that he was trying to make the team competitive after the partnership had long been accused of not doing enough to win. MLB officials were so upset with Le Batard’s treatment of Manfred that they complained to ESPN executives, who told Le Batard to “back off.”51, Even though Loria no longer owned the Marlins, the team could not escape him. In 2013 the Marlins offered free tickets for various activities at local establishments, including test-driving a car, buying a pizza, and visiting a museum, and even offered free tickets to anyone 55 and older.44 Samson admitted that the Marlins were “trying to bring people to the ballpark to enjoy baseball in spite of their feelings for me or Jeffrey [Loria].”45 In May 2016 the Miami New Times reported that the Marlins had been suing season-ticket holders and stadium vendors who had gone bankrupt, after both groups had walked away from contracts at Marlins Stadium citing unfulfilled promises by the team, both on the field and in the concourses.46, In February 2017 reports emerged that Loria had an unsigned agreement to sell the Marlins to a group headed by Joshua Kushner, the brother of Jared Kushner, son-in-law and adviser to President Donald Trump, and Joseph Meyer, the Kushner brothers’ brother-in-law. Then they beat the Chicago Cubs in the Championship Series in seven games, with a little help from the infamous Steve Bartman. . Jennifer Lopez. Huizenga eventually started his own trash-hauling service with just one truck, which he drove. This bipartisan group was led by Sen. Tim Wirth (D) of Colorado and included senators from several states with cities, such as Denver, that had expressed interest in a baseball franchise. He has about a 4 percent stake in the ownership group. “The Resurgence of America’s Game,” In Baseball: A History of America’s Game (Champaign: University of Illinois Press, 2008). “Huizenga’s Big Splash Engulfs All of Baseball,” Chicago Tribune, June 29, 1997. articles.chicagotribune.com/1997-06-29/sports/9706290424_1_florida-marlins-wayne-huizenga-million-by-financial-world. baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Dave_Dombrowski#Record_as_a_General_Manager. “Miami Marlins in Federal Court: Don’t Call Team a U.S. Citizen. 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