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Category Archives: Marlins Ballpark & Finances
Marlins Stadium: Barry Jackson in depth coverage
The Miami Herald Posted on Sun, Jul. 24, 2011 Marlins’ new stadium brings jobs, new business opportunities Barry Jackson – bjackson@MiamiHerald.com Construction of the Marlins’ dazzling new palace has entered the late innings now, a smidgen over three-quarters complete. The … Continue reading
Recap of Forbes Reporting on the Florida Marlins Since 2002
Recap of Forbes view on the Marlins based on their 2002 finances — Operating loss of $14 million and an *estimated franchise valuation of $136 million . [*Jeffrey Loria purchased the team prior to the 2002 season for for $158 … Continue reading
Reasonable HardballTalk
One of my favorite national bloggers, Craig Calcaterra from the HardballTalk Blog, gives me a mention in discussing Tim Elfrink’s Miami NewTimes article which criticizes the new Marlins stadium in Little Havana [cant’ write that enough]. Calcaterra writes: As for … Continue reading
Posted in 2TG Favorites, Marlins Ballpark & Finances
Tagged Craig Calcaterra, Hardball Talk, Pete Toms
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Marlins Stadium Article Mentions 2 Think Good Blog
I could feel that something odd was happening to my blog for the past few days. Sure enough, a review of my site stats confirmed it, readers! The two-day triple-digit deluge of visitors were sent over by a generous mention … Continue reading
Posted in 2TG Favorites, Marlins Ballpark & Finances
Tagged Field of Schemes, Forbes MLB, Tim Elfrink, Tom Wolfe
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Blinded By The Loria?
Jack Woltz quote in GI prior to gaining [not getting] a head: Johnny Fontane ruined one of Woltz International’s most valuable proteges. For three years we had her under contract, singing lessons, dancing lessons, acting lessons. I spent hundreds of … Continue reading
The Loria Years: $300 Million Double Double
Forbes has produced their annual MLB valuations, which gives me an opportunity to update my Profit and Loss financial statement for the Florida Marlins. BD [Before Deadspin], producing the financials was like putting together a puzzle whose contents were constantly … Continue reading
Fable Si, Prescient No: How Legend Becomes Fact
Robert Wuhl had an interesting program a few years back called Assume the Position. The premise was to separate myth from fact regarding people and events in U.S. history and pop culture. The main point was a line made famous … Continue reading
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
Posted in 2TG Favorites, Marlins Ballpark & Finances
Tagged Dan Le Batard, Jeff Passan, Sarah Talalay
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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
Posted in Marlins Ballpark & Finances
Tagged Adam Beasley, Charles Rabin, Dan Le Batard, Malcolm Gladwell, Miami Herald
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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
