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Baseball Today: Monday, March 31
Published 3/31/2008 by Art Martone (amartone@projo.com) at Projo Sox Blog
... ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WORLD: The Marlins take the field with a $21 million payroll, which the South Florida Sun-Sentinel's Mike Hyde thinks is an insult to the fans. ...

Marlins $21 Million Payroll is Insulting
Published 3/31/2008 at BBTF's Baseball Primer Newsblog
Marlins $21 Million Payroll is Insulting The Marlins got $600 million in public money for a new stadium and amenities. They can’t just brush the subject of their embarrassing payroll under the carpet anymore and hope no one notices. As much as they want to, they can’t just keep saying, “This is all we can afford until we get our new stadium.” Um, no. These owners get $30 million in revenue sharing from other teams, which neither H. Wayne Huizenga or John Henry got in their tenures. They also get $30 million in local and national TV money. All that before selling a ticket. ...

Hyde : Cheapskate Loria’s Screwing Miami, MLB
Published 3/31/2008 by GC at Can't Stop The Bleeding
... , but the Sun-Sentinel’s David Hyde asks that we “not ignore the 800 pound Gorilla in the room”. Noting the hosts’ paltry $21 million payroll, Hyde snorts, “I’m no Bill James, but it seems in picking this Marlins roster the primary baseball question was, ‘Will you double-up on the road?’” ...

Opening Day Plastic Cup
Published 3/31/2008 by Jeff Sackmann at Brew Crew Ball: Front Page Posts
... The Marlins have a $21MM payroll. This guy thinks that's insulting. I think it's kind of cool. Granted, I don't care if the Marlins win or lose, and I like seeing youngsters and I like rooting for underdogs. But even apart from all of that, it's an interesting experiment, isn't it? While the Marlins ownership is hardly the classiest bunch in the game, what this writer ignores is: what good would a bunch of free agents do for them? They could've kept Miggy and Dontrelle and won 80 games. They could've coughed up the dough for ...I don't know, Hideki Kuroda, and maybe won 82 ...

Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch
Published 3/31/2008 by Fish@Bat at Fish@Bat: Blogging the Florida Marlins
... Local media, instead of unequivocally supporting the hometown team, again find the most inappropriate time to attack the team. After all, nothing helps a team desperately in need of public support more than a public attack on perhaps their most visible day of the year. ...