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About Jorge Costales

- Cuban Exile [veni] - Raised in Miami [vidi] - American Citizen [vici]

Tell The Boys I Am Waiting For Them In Heaven

“Tell the boys I am waiting for them in Heaven,” was one of the last thoughts Don Bosco spoke. This weekend the relics of Saint John Bosco will be among us in Miami. More specifically, his remains will come to … Continue reading

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Mike González – In The Game

Mike González died about when I was graduating from the great Miami Senior High. His name was familiar to me growing up because my father would mention his accomplishments as a Cuban in MLB with pride, along with his namesake, … Continue reading

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Miami Herald Editorial Board vs Sarah Stephens

The Miami Herald is no apologist for the Castro regime, Sarah Stephens is. For a while now, I find myself in complete agreement with the Miami Herald editorials about Cuba. Here is what they wrote today about the recent pronouncements … Continue reading

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Ideological Post for Christine O’Donnell

If I had ever heard of Christine O’Donnell before three days ago, I couldn’t remember. But now the type of people I intensely dislike are attacking her, so it is time to head back to my the typically-dormant ideological post … Continue reading

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Luca Brasi’s Twitter account

1. Brasiscode Great, everybody’s gonna think it was me “@DEATHbyGUIDO: See the thing about masculine children is sometimes you gotta let them grow up. Though I guess you don’t have to … or at least I have 1 friend who … Continue reading

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Hubris on display

This blog post has two purposes. One is to document the continuing attempts — see Jeff Passan’s and Sarah Talalay’s columns — by the Florida Marlins president David Samson to mislead the public about the Florida Marlins profitability and how … Continue reading

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Griese: Miami Legend Honored

I have written before about how much I admire Bob Griese. As a kid, he was almost a default hero as the Miami Dolphins quarterback. But as the years passed, when things beyond sports matter more in how you think … Continue reading

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How Loria Took Money For Personal Use

The Miami Herald on Sunday, in an article by Charles Rabin and Adam Beasley, did a good job of summarizing the issues surrounding the web site Deadspin’srelease of the financial statements for various MLB teams. In addition, they got the … Continue reading

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Marlins Ownership: Doublespeak Through Double Play

The first line from Jeff Passan’s column reads, ‘Florida Marlins president David Samson has perfected the art of doublespeak.’ That actually might be an understatement. Passan, of Yahoo Sports, points out how the recently released Florida Marlins financial statements has … Continue reading

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Cash Rich and Honor Poor

In business, there are times when bad news is released and there is no apparent reaction because the information had been anticipated and already discounted. So it was yesterday in Miami, when Jeffrey Loria admitted lying and no one was … Continue reading

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