The Florida Marlins and Corruption

I did not watch opening night baseball. I dont have a TV and was busy. None of these are excuses but the storylines of the game werent on TV. So I felt that watching Lohse's no-hitter being broken up by newly aquired Jose Reyes didnt devestate my day, the coverage surrounding the games off the field was.

While Loria's shadow game should have come not surpised me after stories like this, I still am amazed at the level of corruption that is allowed.

But then I read lines like this, "Jeffery Loria unveiled his $515 million Marlins Park to much anticipation." here. I guess the power of the media in its cloaking of corruption is understood clearer. Unless you are telling me that the writers at the Times were unable to find that information.

With a title line of "In Opener, Marlins Park Eclipses Team's Play" I was expecting some possible mention of the amount of general fuck-with-communitiness that this stadium represents to those who have to see it every day. But instead the insinuated beauty of the stadium and its fan experience being greater than the play of the team was disappointing. Which very well may be true, but the teaser headline that a mention of the claims against Mr. Loria's would be mentioned were unmet. Granted I do not live in Dade county and dont own a store in Little Havana, but if half the facts presented about stadium corruption are true then my living location has nothing to do with my disdain for the corruption of business tycoons. After reading the article I was disappointment that the Times missed an opportunity to participate in real journalism.

I will say that I am excited about the start of this experience of following baseball, albiet from a distance. As long as I can some how not think of communities being raped and assholes getting rich off their fuck-toys everytime I hear about the Marlins or the Dodgers.