The Con Game that is the Miami Marlins

Cleveland Indians fans, esp those of the '97 team that lost to the Marlins, will want to read this piece by Jeff Passan:  "here is how the con worked"

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and for context, here's a quote from Forbes re the operations of the baseball team (btw, this was written before the latest fire sale by the Marlins): 

Forbes has been showing for years that the Marlins have been among the most profitable teams in baseball, but politicians who voted for the publicly financed stadium said they were surprised to learn that the team was making so much money after the Marlins' financial documents were leaked. Owner Jeffrey Luria had been lining his pockets with money he has gotten from the league's revenue-sharing system instead of signing good players. Politicians could have saved taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars with a little more due diligence.