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You know the story. Jeffrey Loria bought the Montreal Expos, ran them into the ground, then swapped them for the Florida Marlins. For the next 10 years, he ran, essentially, a skeleton operation, at one point so brazenly failing to compete that Majo...

Getty Images The Mets will need to clear a roster spot for Shaun Marcum. The candidates (l to r): Jeurys Familia, Robert Carson and Josh Edgin. FIRST PITCH: Shaun Marcum, who signed a $4 million deal on Jan. 30 that included the opportunity to dou...

Sports history is filled with battles between fans and the owners of their favorite teams, but never before has the tension risen to the heights it has in Miami. Just 15 games into the Marlins' season, the anger is mounting, and a 3-12 record hasn't ...

Quick, what's the first thing that pops to mind when you hear "Miami Marlins"? Odds are your mind's drifted to "Jeffrey Loria," "SEC probe," or "fire sales" — very possibly all of the above. Given the franchise's history, those associations are...

Mark Cunningham/MLB/Getty Images Anthony Recker and Aaron Laffey are expected to make their Mets debuts as Sunday's battery. FIRST PITCH: Left-hander Aaron Laffey makes his Mets debut in Sunday's 1:10 p.m. rubber game as the Mets attempt to plug th...

Twenty years into their history, and there's still something fishy about the Marlins. I don't just say that to be glib. Let's start with a thought exercise. If you were a fan of a team, would you make this deal with the devil: You get 18 years of var...

Mark Buehrle is so happy to be wearing a Blue Jays cap now that he says he has had no trouble ignoring the public-relations campaign the owner of his former team unfurled this week.

PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. Scott Rovak/US Presswire David Wright had a game-winning hit in the 2009 WBC, against Puerto Rico. FIRST PITCH: David Wright gets a sendoff before departing for the World Baseball Classic as the Mets face Justin ...

(This is the intro music for this column. More things should have intro music, y'know?) Marlins owner Jeffrey Loria respects his team's fans in the same way that a vulture respects a monkey funeral. For years he's been their nemesis, cruelly plot...

PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. FIRST PITCH: Zack Wheeler, who tossed two scoreless innings against the Washington Nationals in his Grapefruit League debut, gets the start against the St. Louis Cardinals at 1:10 p.m. today at Tradition Field. The Mets tho...

A cluster of media stood outside the Miami Marlins clubhouse, awaiting the arrival of owner Jeffrey Loria, when outfielder Bryan Petersen walked past.

JUPITER, Fla. -- In an invite-only interview with Miami Marlins media, owner Jeffrey Loria attempted to defuse criticism of the team's offseason dismantling. Patrick Farrell/Getty Images Marlins owner Jeffrey Loria defending the team's fi...

GOODYEAR, Ariz. -- Marlins owner Jeffrey Loria says he hasn't seen negative reaction to the slashing of the team's payroll, other than a few crazy phone calls. From Joe Capozzi's piece: Loria said he has heard very little negative re...

Blog | February 26, 2013

Buster Olney takes a look at the situation surrounding the talented Giancarlo Stanton and says the Marlins must look to ink or deal him. Problem is, their owner is living in an alternate reality where normal rules of reason don't apply.

Blog | Conversation | February 26, 2013

The Miami Marlins' ballpark sat mostly empty Monday, which will likely be the case all year, and team owner Jeffrey Loria leaned his back against the bar in a hospitality area, sipping water in circumstances that warranted stronger stuff.

Miami Marlins slugger Giancarlo Stanton tried to show discipline as a hitter Friday, choosing a diplomatic description of the franchise's latest dismantling.