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• Post-Fire Sale, Marlins Are Losing Money (Seriously)

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  Way back in November, after the dust had settled from the massive fire-sale trade between the Marlins and Blue Jays, we looked at the motives behind the trade (and others that helped the team cut its 2013 Opening Day payroll to around $39 million (according to the AP). [...]
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• Rape References: A Handy Guide

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  Seeing as Marlins critics can't seem to shake the impulse to invoke rape when comparing the moves (baseball and financial) made by the team over the past few years, Marlins Diehards presents a list of times when it is okay to compare anything to rape:
  Never.Seriously, don't do [...]
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• Putting (Preferably Warm) Bodies in the Seats

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  The Miami Marlins opted against spending any money on their payroll (and by extension, their win-loss record) this season, and it has put their ticket office in a bind. Turns out (stop me if you've heard this one before) fans don't buy tickets to watch crappy teams. You can imagine [...]
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• Stanton Broke Something with a #Monsterdong Again

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  During BP, @giancarlo818 crushed one of our employees' windshields so he signed it for him. Safelite repaired it: twitter.com/Dbacks/status/…
  — Arizona Diamondbacks (@Dbacks) March 8, 2013

  
  Someone is going to get killed by one of those some day...
  
  (Previously on "Things Destroyed by'" [...]
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• Loria be Schemin'

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  Hey look! Someone investigated Jeff Loria's claim that tourists, not local residents paid most of the cost of constructing Marlins Park, and it turns out he's not being entirely truthful.
  
  Politifact has the breakdown, courtesy of the Miami Herald.
  

  Loria is borrowing from politicians’ playbooks here: [...]

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• Loria be Schemin'

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  Hey look! Someone investigated Jeff Loria's claim that tourists, not local residents paid most of the cost of constructing Marlins Park, and it turns out he's not being entirely truthful.
  
  Politifact has the breakdown, courtesy of the Miami Herald.
  

  Loria is borrowing from politicians’ playbooks here: [...]

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• Looking Back at Four Years of Mirth

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  This here blog is celebrating its fourth anniversary this weekend. We've updated our banner, with a return to the empty stadium motif we all know and love. Earlier today, Ted told the backstory of how Marlins Diehards came to be. I will close the navel-gazing circle with a' [...]
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• Happy Anniversary To Us!

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  It was on this day four years ago that David and I made our quiet, understated entrance into the Marlins blogging world. It's a Marlins blog, how else would it go? The first day included the inaugural post, our Mission Statement1, and the first installment of Children of the [...]
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• Monday Morning Loria Musing

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  This is the last time I'm going to write about Jeffrey Loria, I hope. I'm sure he'll put his foot in his mouth again and give a cause for more national outrage but I'm just getting tired of the story. He's an asshole and sociopath, but I'm ready to' [...]
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