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Marlins Take Batting Practice in New Park

By FanHouse NewswireFeb 15th 2011 – 3:58PM

MIAMI (AP) -- The first seat has been installed at the Florida Marlins' new ballpark. The Marlins celebrated another milestone in the construction of their $535 million new home Tuesday, when owner Jeffrey Loria helped put together the first chairback to be completed in the stadium. The Marlins say they are on schedule...

The Dugout: Vancouver Marlins

By Brandon StroudSep 15th 2010 – 2:30PM

According to the Sun Sentinel, which is either a Florida newspaper or some kind of monstrous new solar powered robot designed by Dr. Bolivar Trask, the Florida Marlins are considering relocating a 2011 series against the Seattle Mariners from their home in South Florida to Vancouver, British Columbia. Once they arrive in...

Marlins Asked Bo Porter About Managing Before Sticking With Edwin Rodriguez

By Josh AlperJun 30th 2010 – 5:04PM

The path that the Marlins took from being managed by Fredi Gonzalez to being managed for the rest of 2010 by Edwin Rodriguez keeps adding twists and turns. You know of the whole flirtation and near deal with Bobby Valentine, of course, but it seems that sticking with Rodriguez might not have even been their second...

Edwin Rodriguez Reportedly Will Finish Season as Marlins Skipper

By Tom FornelliJun 29th 2010 – 8:37PM

So much for Bobby Valentine being named the next manager of the Florida Marlins. Now that Valentine is out of the running for the Marlins job, it seems the team isn't much in the mood to pursue anybody else, and Jeffrey Loria informed the team before Tuesday night's game that manager Edwin Rodriguez will be running the...

Report: Bobby Valentine Out of Running for Marlins Managerial Opening

By FanHouse StaffJun 27th 2010 – 6:53PM

All but a sure thing a few days ago, it now appears that Bobby Valentine will not be the next manager of the Florida Marlins, according to a report by SI.com. Citing a major league source, the report says that Valentine, once a manager of the Rangers and Mets, is now out of the running for the job, a dramatic turnaround...

Jeffrey Loria News From the Web

  • 05/29/12 Marlins impressed by up-close look at Heat Source: Houma Today - Houma LA Stanton sat with teammate Ricky Nolasco, Marlins owner Jeffrey Loria and Loria's wife Monday to watch the Heat easily beat Boston in Game 1.
  • 04/28/12 Architecture Review: A Ballpark That May Be Louder... Source: The New York Times Lumbering and dizzyingly white in the Florida sun, the new Marlins Park is an elliptical concrete, steel and glass boulder looming above the low-rise houses and empty lots of the Little Havana neighborhood.
  • 04/27/12 Architecture Review: Marlins Park in Miami, Baseball's... Source: The New York Times - New York NY Lumbering and dizzyingly white in the Florida sun, the new Marlins Park is an elliptical concrete, steel and glass boulder looming above the low-rise houses and empty lots of Little Havana.
  • 04/26/12 Mets' homegrown 9 a victory for scouts Source: New York Daily News - New York NY There were barely 10,000 cold and damp souls on hand at Citi Field Thursday to cheer Kirk Nieuwenhuis ' single over the head of Miami right fielder Giancarlo Stanton that brought home Josh Thole with the winning run to complete a three-game Mets sweep of the Marlins – and so the celebration was somewhat muted by both the elements and the circumstances.
  • 04/19/12 Miami Marlins: 6 Alternate Logos That Were Considered... Source: Bleacher Report We are five months, 13 games into the Miami Marlins era, and at this point the vibrant colors that accompany the uniforms, logo and ballpark have all grown on the fans.

Background on Jeffrey Loria

Jeffrey H. Loria (born November 20, 1940) is an art dealer and the owner of the Miami Marlins. Raised in Manhattan, Loria took an early interest in baseball, attending his first New York Yankees game in the late 1940s.

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