Should Major League Baseball push the Florida Marlins' owner to sell the team. It is pretty clear and has been for quite some time that Jeffrey Loria has no idea what he is doing as an owner of a big league ballclub. His main focus has always been to line his pockets with as much cash as possible, regardless of the quality of his team that takes the field each season.
To some measure, Miami was tricked into thinking that he was at all interested in winning baseball games. The truth of the matter is that is the furthest thing from his primary objective; again, his primary goal is to make as much money as possible while investing as little as possible back into the team. Profit is not a bad thing as long as the right amount is being spent to ensure that the organization is as good as it can be. It is safe to say that is not taking place.
So, should Major League Baseball force him to sell to an owner that wants to win? Yes they should but I don't know that they have any legal standing in forcing the sale of the team. When it gets to the point where the players are talking about how bad ownership is, that is real bad. When the media takes the side of the objecting player that tells you it is without a doubt time for a change. Those reasons alone are not enough to force a move to be made.
Everyone recognizes that there is a lack of interest on the part of the Florida Marlins and Jeffrey Loria to gain acceptance votes within the game of baseball. The fans have become dejected by the moves that the team has made in recent months, to the point where season ticket sales have fallen off considerably. The team is even resorting to filing a lawsuit against a longtime season ticket holder in effort to force them to stick around. If that couple is simply looking for a way out because of how poor the product is, who can blame them?
Opening Day in Major League Baseball is a grandioso event each year where it is generally considered an honor to attend the first game of the season. Even the worst teams, teams that have no realistic chance of competing, will usually sell these games out long before the event actually takes place. Then the 2013 Florida Marlins came along. I read an article today stating that they were promoting buy one get one free for the first game, they only need to do that because they are that awful and they have done a masterful job of alienating their fan base. What is left of it.
If they fail to sell out their first game, and it looks like they will fail, Major League Baseball will have no choice but to take notice and take action. The best way that they can react is by making life so unhappy for that franchise that they will want to sell the team. Anything short of that would be a great loss. If you go to their website and try and purchase tickets right now you will see that there are still quite a bit of seats available. Simply unfortunate!
Major League Baseball should do something about this and in the end they probably will. They will come up with a reason to investigate the team, probably the finances, and nail them to the point that selling will be the best option. If the other owners want Jeffrey Loria out then that is what will happen. It has to happen, for the good of the game combined with the fans in Miami.
To some measure, Miami was tricked into thinking that he was at all interested in winning baseball games. The truth of the matter is that is the furthest thing from his primary objective; again, his primary goal is to make as much money as possible while investing as little as possible back into the team. Profit is not a bad thing as long as the right amount is being spent to ensure that the organization is as good as it can be. It is safe to say that is not taking place.
So, should Major League Baseball force him to sell to an owner that wants to win? Yes they should but I don't know that they have any legal standing in forcing the sale of the team. When it gets to the point where the players are talking about how bad ownership is, that is real bad. When the media takes the side of the objecting player that tells you it is without a doubt time for a change. Those reasons alone are not enough to force a move to be made.
Everyone recognizes that there is a lack of interest on the part of the Florida Marlins and Jeffrey Loria to gain acceptance votes within the game of baseball. The fans have become dejected by the moves that the team has made in recent months, to the point where season ticket sales have fallen off considerably. The team is even resorting to filing a lawsuit against a longtime season ticket holder in effort to force them to stick around. If that couple is simply looking for a way out because of how poor the product is, who can blame them?
Opening Day in Major League Baseball is a grandioso event each year where it is generally considered an honor to attend the first game of the season. Even the worst teams, teams that have no realistic chance of competing, will usually sell these games out long before the event actually takes place. Then the 2013 Florida Marlins came along. I read an article today stating that they were promoting buy one get one free for the first game, they only need to do that because they are that awful and they have done a masterful job of alienating their fan base. What is left of it.
If they fail to sell out their first game, and it looks like they will fail, Major League Baseball will have no choice but to take notice and take action. The best way that they can react is by making life so unhappy for that franchise that they will want to sell the team. Anything short of that would be a great loss. If you go to their website and try and purchase tickets right now you will see that there are still quite a bit of seats available. Simply unfortunate!
Major League Baseball should do something about this and in the end they probably will. They will come up with a reason to investigate the team, probably the finances, and nail them to the point that selling will be the best option. If the other owners want Jeffrey Loria out then that is what will happen. It has to happen, for the good of the game combined with the fans in Miami.
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