Contrary to what the 2018 box scores will look like, the hits keep coming for the Miami Marlins. Friday evening the news came that Miami-Dade County was taking ex-owner Jeffrey Loria and the team to court.
With pitchers and catchers reporting, the Miami Marlins are technically no different than any other Major League team. Spring training has commenced, and a summer full of baseball and dreams of reaching the Fall Classic have every baseball fan anxiously awaiting the end of winter.
But the Miami Marlins are different, so much so that six more months of curling and figure skating might start looking pretty good by the end of April. Already projected to lose 100 games, the news broke Friday evening that Miami-Dade County is actively suing the hometown team.
Let’s repeat that. The Miami Marlins are being sued by the very county they play in. The reason is the belief, likely correct, that the organization is deliberately not giving the money back to the very community that supports them.
Well, to be fair, mostly the county is suing ex-owner Jeffrey Loria. However, the Derek Jeter led franchise is in the suit as well. Even if they weren’t, that wouldn’t change the narrative or take away from the negative news cycle the Miami Marlins just haven’t been able to escape.