"(I)f the Fish do reach the postseason it just opens up several cans of worms that make me wonder if Bud Selig, Jeffrey Loria and David Samson might just consider attempting to do to Beinfest what they did to the Montreal Expos.
"Why?
"Well, as you all know the Collective Bargaining Agreement expires at the end of the year. Further, as has been discussed here more times than most care to recall, Selig and the Marlins have been (whining lying) asserting that the only way the Marlins can be competitive is for somebody to build them a Taj Majal mallpark on the public dime.
"So thanks to the hard work of Larry Beinfest and his staff, the Florida Marlins, with an opening day payroll of less than 50% of their revenue-sharing subsidies and an admittedly crummy ballpark lease, might end up in the postseason.
"Let¹s assume the Marlins win the Wild Card. How can David Samson with a straight face go to any South Florida politician, look him straight in the kneecap, and say that the two-time World Champion and 2006 Wild Card-winning Florida Marlins need a new stadium to compete and if they don¹t, they¹ll
"Um have another fire sale and cut payroll?
"I guess they could trade Miguel Cabrera and Dontrelle Willis (might I suggest Toronto?); they¹d have to fire Beinfest first, however, lest he get even more good young cheap players and win the NL East.
"And that just wouldn¹t do." (HardballTimes)
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