The Florida Marlins Love Living on Welfare

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The Biz of Baseball: Brown: The Florida Marlins Love Living on Welfare
Published 3/2/2008 at BBTF's Baseball Primer Newsblog
The Biz of Baseball: Brown: The Florida Marlins Love Living on Welfare Calling Mister Selig it’s an emergency Hand me some of that welfare cheese Forbes estimated that the Marlins posted $43.3 million in operating income last year. That operating income included earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization. How did the Marlins rate in terms of operating income – a measure of profit – compared to their other 29 counterparts? They were first with the Dodgers in second at $25.5 million, a difference of 41 percent. Cut your margins enough (low player ...

Dodger Thoughts: Young Dazzles at Second Base
Published 3/2/2008 at Baseball Toaster
... . The Dodgers ranked second among MLB teams in operating income, writes Maury Brown of The Biz of Baseball . Ranking first ... the Florida Marlins, about whom Brown comments, "Cut your margins enough (low player payroll) and, regardless of whether you have embarrassingly low attendance by rolling out a team of made up with what can best be described as replacement level players, take in a healthy level of revenue sharing, and what you have is a prime example of Jeffrey Loria and David Sampson living on corporate welfare." The Dodger ...

The most profitable team in baseball
Published 3/2/2008 by Adam J. Morris <info@lonestarball.com> at Lone Star Ball
Maury Brown has a piece up at his website about the cash cow that is the Florida Marlins. The Marlins, you ask? Surely you jest...they are poor, losing money, almost had to move the team before the Florida taxpayers agreed to build them a stadium... However, Brown notes that Forbes estimated the Marlins' operating income in 2007 at $43.3 million. That was the highest in baseball, with the Dodgers coming second, at $25.5 million. How can the Marlins make money when no one shows up at the games? Well, Florida's share of the MLB revenue sharing pot -- the money that the low-revenue teams get from the high-revenue teams -- is supposed to be $25 million. Florida's ...

Where does the Yankee Revenue go?
Published 3/2/2008 by BombersGM at Yankee GM Blog
If you wondered where all the Yankee revenue goes (other then the obvious) the answer is Jeffery Loria's pocket, via the Biz of Baseball; "The Marlins’ payroll for 2008 is projected to be around $20 million, the lowest in the league and $10 million lower than last season. “It’s a function of revenues, and we were not really able to derive any revenues out of this facility,” Loria said of the team’s current home, Dolphin Stadium. “As we get closer to the (new) stadium, those things will change. We need to be in that facility.” On the player payroll at $20 million, that would be $5 million less than what the club will receive in ...

Sunday Roundup: Daylight Savings
Published 3/9/2008 by Cousins of Ron Mexico at The Big Lead
Maggie Grace was suggested by a reader. Hard to argue with that logic. Bit of a late start today. Remember to set your clocks ahead. It’s Daylight Savings and that made me extra hungover. Anybody catch SNL last night? A couple genuine laughs. Maybe it was the booze. We’ll have to further examine that. It’s a sad night guys…The final episode of The Wire is on this evening. Excuse me if I’m a little choked up. If you want to commiserate with me feel free to drop me a line at alumnigonzo@gmail.com. A look at some of Simmons’ latest work. (Depressed Fan) ...

Get the Feeling You’re Being Watched? Maury Brown’s Favorite Stops On the Web
Published 3/23/2008 by maury at Maury Brown's Biz of Sports
I either got one heck of a compliment, or I am officially the poster child for OCD. Rob Neyer was talking of an article by my Baseball Prospectus colleague and newly found friend, Rany Jazayerli on, you guessed it, the Royals. Rany is going over 25 reasons why the Royals will be better next season, and when he got to Reason #10: The Money, he contacted me for some data for the article. Yes, I’m digressing here, but on Monday, Neyer wrote on his ESPN blog: Rany’s finally found his destiny, writing regularly and lengthily about his favorite ...