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A New York art dealer specializing in 20th century modern masters, Jeffrey H. Loria is also owner of the Florida Marlins. Born Nov. 20, 1940 and raised in Manhattan, Loria took an early interest in baseball, attending his first New York Yankees game in the late 1940s. Loria attended Stuyvesant High School and Yale University, where he initially took pre-med courses. With a requirement to take a history class, Loria choose art history. After college he worked in a newly-established art-buying program for Sears, Roebuck & Co., launched with the help of actor Vincent Price. In 1965, at age 24, he had opened his private art dealing business Jeffrey H. Loria & Co., on Manhattan's Upper East S...
A New York art dealer specializing in 20th century modern masters, Jeffrey H. Loria is also owner of the Florida Marlins. Born Nov. 20, 1940 and raised in Manhattan, Loria took an early interest in baseball, attending his first New York Yankees game in the late 1940s. Loria attended Stuyvesant High School and Yale University, where he initially took pre-med courses. With a requirement to take a history class, Loria choose art history. After college he worked in a newly-established art-buying program for Sears, Roebuck & Co., launched with the help of actor Vincent Price. In 1965, at age 24, he had opened his private art dealing business Jeffrey H. Loria & Co., on Manhattan's Upper East Side and wrote a book, Collecting Original Art. His collection includes works by Pablo Picasso and Henry Moore. Loria graduated from Columbia Business School in 1968 and published his second book, What's It All About Charlie Brown?, a look at life through the Peanuts comic strip. In 1989, Loria purchased the Oklahoma City 89ers, then a Triple-A affiliate of the Texas Rangers. The team won a championship in 1992. Loria sold the team in 1993 and began looking for a Major League Baseball team. Loria lost out to Peter Angelos in his bid to purchase the Baltimore Orioles in 1994. On December 9, 1999, he made a 24 percent investment in the Montreal Expos and became the managing general partner. When a series of cash calls went unanswered, Loria ended up with 92.5 percent of the team. In 2001, Major League Baseball owners voted to contract two franchises, the Expos and Minnesota Twins a move that never occurred. In 2002, MLB spent $120 million to buy the Expos from Loria, who then paid $158.5 million, with the help of a $38.5 million loan from MLB, to John Henry for the Marlins. Henry bought the Boston Red Sox. Loria became the third owner of the Marlins on Feb. 15, 2002. His 14 Canadian partners, who own about 6 percent of the team, filed a racketeering suit against him in Miami federal court in July 2002 accusing him and baseball executives of trying to move or disband the Expos. In November 2004, an arbitration panel ruled against the partners. The Expos moved to Washington, DC in 2005 and became the Washington Nationals. In 2003, the Marlins won their second World Series. Loria designed the 3 1/2 ounce championship rings that contain 228 white diamonds, 13 rubies and one teal diamond. The franchise, which pays rent at Dolphin Stadium, has been trying for years to finance a new retractable roof ballpark. Without a stadium deal in place, Loria shed star players to pare down payroll to among baseball's lowest in 2005, and was given permission to explore options for relocating. But the team has since vowed to find a ballpark solution in South Florida. In 2006, Loria clashed with rookie manager Joe Girardi, whom he fired after the season. Girardi won Manager of the Year honors that year for keeping the young Marlins team competitive. Loria, who still runs his art dealership, is a member of the board of directors of the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law of Yeshiva University in New York. He formerly served on the board of the Art Dealers Association of America. Loria, who splits time between homes in New York and South Florida, supports hospitals, educational institutions and museums around the world with charitable contributions.
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Astros Retire Biggio's Number
For the first time in a while, Craig Biggio felt butterflies. The Houston Astros retired Biggio's No. 7 before Sunday's game against Arizona, and the seven-time All-Star waved to fans and touched his heart during a lively ceremony. Biggio retired in...Tags: Jeff Bagwell, Jarrod Washburn, Houston Astros, Florida Marlins, Nolan Ryan
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Marlins call Lo Duca back to bigs
Not everybody in the Marlins' front office was on board with this Paul Lo Duca reclamation project.
Some felt there was a very good reason the Nationals released him earlier this month. Yes, he had been an All-Star for the Marlins as recently as 2005 &#...Tags: Paul Lo Duca, Brad Ausmus, Chicago Cubs, Basketball, Florida Marlins
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Marlins suffer loss on field of nightmares
South Florida Sun-SentinelAs batting practice wrapped up an hour before Monday night's game, Marlins owner Jeffrey Loria excused himself from a conversation and marched onto the Dolphin Stadium field his team rents. "I want to take a look at the outfield," he said as he made a...Tags: National Football League, Wes Helms, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Football, Miami Dolphins
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Manny Ramirez trade talks
Manny Ramirez may have played his final game with the Boston Red Sox, or he could lead the team that he says doesn't deserve him to another World Series championship. Negotiations to send the Red Sox's disgruntled slugger to another team -- with the...Tags: Basketball, Boston Red Sox, Pedro Martinez, Florida Marlins, Terry Francona
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Marlins' bats stay silent as concern grows
South Florida Sun-SentinelGlove still fitted on his right hand, Scott Olsen gave himself a swipe upside the head before disappearing into the dugout. Self-flagellation would have been an appropriate response for the rest of the starting lineup after a listless 3-0 loss to the...Tags: Philadelphia Phillies, Minor League Baseball, Luis Gonzalez, David Samson, National Government
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Selig out in left field on Marlins stadium
By Fred Ehrlich In the Sunday issue of the South Florida Sun Sentinel's Opinion page, you printed a letter from Commissioner Allan (Bud) Selig, commissioner of Major League Baseball. As most sport fans know, he was selling his product to the people of...Tags: Real Estate Sales, Multi-Sport Events, Executive Branch, Beach Vacations, David Samson
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Incredibly, Florida Marlins in hunt for Manny Ramirez
South Florida Sun-SentinelCould Manny be Manny in South Florida? Or is this latest batch of trade rumors just the Marlins being the Marlins? With today's 4 p.m. non-waiver trade deadline fast approaching, the upstart Marlins were making a strong bid to acquire disgruntled Red...Tags: XM Satellite Radio Holdings Incorporated, Roger Clemens, Boston Red Sox, Trials, Radio Industry
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Marlins Stadium Update No. M5
The Business of Sports | Sun-Sentinel BlogsMore thoughts and tidbits from the Norman Braman trial targeting financing for the Marlins ballpark: To vote or not to vote: Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Jeri Beth Cohen is clearly very thoughtfully weighing how to apply a Florida Supreme Court ruling......Tags: Referenda, David Samson, Montreal Expos, National Government, Property Tax
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No first-year honeymoon for Girardi
If Charles Dickens hadn't already snagged it 150 years ago, there would have been no more appropriate title for a biography of Joe Girardi than this: "Great Expectations." Because after the Yankees decided to part ways with Joe Torre, the manager who had...Tags: Boy George, Joe Torre, Charles Dickens, World Series, Florida Marlins
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Marlins Stadium Update No. 70 million
The Business of Sports | Sun-Sentinel BlogsAgainst the backdrop of the rubble that once was the Orange Bowl stadium, the Marlins made what they hope is viewed as their boldest statement of commitment to South Florida to date: the ???official??? signing of shortstop Hanley Ramirez......Tags: Government, Florida Marlins, Major League Baseball, Baseball, Orange Bowl
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2006: The year of the jackass
We here at City Link expend considerable effort reporting on individuals whose behavior rises to a level of stupidity that leaves us slack-jawed, gobsmacked or doubled over with laughter -- in other words, jackasses, a species of which, as anyone who...Tags: Football, Miami Dolphins, The Seminole Tribe, Lawyers, Joe Girardi
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Putting Hendry on spot
Tribune staff reporterCubs general manager Jim Hendry will get his first crack at interviewing candidates for the club's manager's position this week when he brings fired Florida manager Joe Girardi to town. Lou Piniella and Bob Brenly also are believed to be on Hendry's short...Tags: Wages and Pensions, Felix Pie, Aramis Ramirez, Tony Womack, Marquis Grissom
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