As Major League Baseball attempts to discover the party accountable for leaking the financial documents of six teams to Deadspin, the Marlins fight the backlash.
The documents present the team earned a profit of $49 million from 2008 to 2009 because it was negotiating with Miami-Dade County to have the public pay $500 million for a new stadium.
"I firmly believe it is apparent that the Florida Marlins should have contributed more, and the public less, to keep baseball in South Florida,'' county commissioner Rebeca Sosa wrote in a memo to Mayor Carlos Alvarez, in accordance with the Miami Herlad. "So that the financial burden to the county may be reduced, I hereby request you explore alternatives to the possibility of securing a greater financial contribution from the Marlins towards the stadium construction.''
To nobody's shock, the Marlins mentioned no thank you to that recommendation.
"I've spoken with Rebeca," Marlins president David Samson mentioned. "I think she understands a contract is a contract. She understands the significant burden that both the county and the team are taking on."
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