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Category Archives: Marlins Ballpark & Finances
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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Tagged Forbes MLB, Juan C. Rodriguez, Sarah Talalay
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Florida Marlins: Profitable As Charged
It’s as though George Bailey was able to go back in time, Inception-like, and place a hidden camera in the offices of Old Man Potter and then get to play his misdeeds back for everyone to see. You can probably … Continue reading
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Tagged Cody Ross, Forbes MLB, Inception, It's a Wonderful Life
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Dishonest Florida Marlins Management
Jeffrey Loria makes Nick Saban look like an amateur. See Saban — who has an uncanny resemblance to a screeching, squealing, rapacious swamp sow when his lies are played on videotape — lied when cornered [see Tim Graham’s post]. Loria … Continue reading
Thoughts on Florida Marlins Management
I have 2 problems with the Marlins management. The 1st is that they are taking monies clearly intended for player salaries [“improve onfield performance” says the CBA] and using it for other purposes [stadium]. But they are not the only … Continue reading
Posted in Marlins Ballpark & Finances
Tagged Forbes MLB, Hank Steinbrenner, John Henry
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A Tale Of Two Piggies
It was the best of [MLB] crimes [profitable], it was the worst of [MLB] crimes [dishonorable] I was hoping that my headline could read, “pigs get fat, hogs get slaughtered.” But as you will soon read, the hogs assault on … Continue reading
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Tagged Forbes MLB, Godfather Saga, Juan C. Rodriguez
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Pirate Finances – Gladwell’s Law
Malcolm Gladwell’s Law – Journalists need to have a better grasp of financial figures in order to truly understand some of their subjects. A good place to analyze how a better understanding of finances could impact a journalist’s work is … Continue reading
The Arrogance of the Florida Marlins Ownership
This morning I was in my car early heading to work at 6am. I was looking forward to at some point today blogging about what a great season the Marlins had. I was very surprised to hear from Joe Rose, … Continue reading
Marlins Finances: Another Year, Another $40M
Please click on image above to enlarge or print. Forbes recently released its annual Business of Baseball issue for 2009. One year ago I started this blog by looking very closely at the Forbes numbers as they pertained to the … Continue reading
Florida Marlins Attendance: Fact vs Myth
Tuesday I heard an experienced local sports writer on the radio discussing Marlins attendance. He basically said that a new stadium would not significantly affect attendance and that “we’ll look back and wonder why we built this stadium.” I’m not … Continue reading
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The Logic of Billy Preston and the Ballpark Vote
I got tired of not finding an actual headcount on how the Miami-Dade County commissioners might vote tomorrow, so I’ll take a shot at it here. [Warning: I’m getting killed in my Descarga NCAA Brackets–I’ll never trust Clemson again–so please, … Continue reading
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