Craig from FishStripes pointed to this Sun-Sentinel aritcle that quoted H. Wayne Huizenga's recent comments about the Marlins' situation. The quote Craig highlighted was...
"I'm not 100 percent sure baseball is going to work in South Florida."
This line is a pretty good example of the old saying, 'Nothing speaks like experience'. No matter what we know of the financials, it's pretty much a given that H. Wayne will find a way to extract the optimum amount of advantage from a situation. Just from his actions, Huizenga has shown that it's more advantageous to be a Former owner of the Marlins (and be in a position to drain payments from the franchise) than to be the underapprieciated owner.
But what about us die-hards, who hope beyond hope for the Marlins to remain with us? H. Wayne was reported dispensing 2 more pearls of wisdom for the Marlins brass.
"I think a new baseball park in the center of the population is what's needed."
Translation: Hey, Samson! - you'd better keep my number in your Blackberry, as putting your stadium next to mine is your only viable option!
And, of course, Huizenga then hits the crux of the whole problem:
"I'm not so sure you have to have a retractable roof."
And then, figuratively, the heavens opened...and the way becomes clear. The Marlins Have Always Had The Funding To Build A Stadium Here! They had it with the City of Miami, they probably had it at some point with Huizenga. Where the supposed 'shortfalls' have happened, it has always been an amount just enough or almost enough to cover the projected cost of the "retractable roof". Take away that "requirement" and the Marlins could be building their new park today.
More on this later....
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