"'You win the Grapefruit title, you get grapefruits,' owner Jeffrey Loria said Sunday.
"'I sent them off to everybody. Large bags of grapefruit, maybe 30 of them went out last week.'
"Only manager Joe Girardi and the front office got the fruit. What about the players who compiled a baseball-best 19-9 record this spring?
"'They get to feel good about themselves going forward,' Loria said. 'There's a bunch of hungry players here, a lot of hungry kids,...'"
Sure they're hungry. They get no grapefruits. But what about the teams's future...
"Loria will watch tonight's game with civic leaders from San Antonio, which is trying to lure the Marlins when the team's lease expires at Dolphins Stadium after the 2010 season.
"'We're still looking at all our options but our talks in San Antonio are serious,' Loria said without elaborating.
"Asked if his first goal is still for the Marlins to remain in South Florida, he said: 'We're going to look at all options now. We're also going to visit some other cities. We're going to make the best decision for the team.... I can only tell you there's nothing going on in South Florida at this moment.'"
Sounds like all of SoFla is going to get grapefruits pretty soon. (PalmBeachPost)
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