Marlins FTW!

I find it incredibly interesting that this happened a day after the Marlins got publicly dressed down by the commissioner's office for not spending enough of the revenue sharing money. I'd still love to know if the $30 million figure that has been thrown out there (as to what Jeffrey Loria was pocketing a year) is accurate. Either way, I am ecstatic that Josh Johnson is signed and hope this is the start of bigger and better things...

I find it incredibly interesting that this happened a day after the Marlins got publicly dressed down by the commissioner's office for not spending enough of the revenue sharing money. I'd still love to know if the $30 million figure that has been thrown out there (as to what Jeffrey Loria was pocketing a year) is accurate. Either way, I am ecstatic that Josh Johnson is signed and hope this is the start of bigger and better things...

In reading Dave Hyde's article on the Sun-Sentinel website it seems like Bud Selig and several owners have been wanting to call the Marlins out on this for quite some time, but they didn't want to affect the chances of the Marlins getting the new stadium. I guess if MLB called out Loria for pocketing millions a year in revenue sharing funds before the stadium deal was signed we wouldn't have a stadium deal. I've seen it speculated that Loria was profiting $30 million plus a year, but I have no clue if that is accurate...