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 According to multiple reports, the ownership group led by Derek Jeter and Jeb Bush has submitted the winning bid to purchase the Miami Marlins from disgusting rich person Jeffrey Loria. SHARE THIS ARTICLE Share Tweet Post Email 
 
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 A group led by former Florida Governor Jeb Bush and former New York Yankees captain Derek Jeter has won the auction for the Miami Marlins baseball team with a $1.3 billion bid, according to a person with knowledge of the deal. The person also wouldn’t name the group’s other investors, though Bush’s network of donors to his unsuccessful presidential campaign was vast. Bush was informed this week that his offer was selected over bids from at least two others — New York businessman Wayne Rothbaum and a group led by Massachusetts businessman Tagg Romney, son of former Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney. Bloomberg’s Scott Soshnick was the first to report the deal, and the Miami Herald’s Barry Jackson followed up with a few more details: 
 
 If that $1.3 billion price tag is real, then it means that Loria, who bought the team for $158 million in 2002, is about to pull off one of the most lucrative franchise flips in history. The Marlins have tried unsuccessfully for years to renegotiate that Fox contract, which runs through 2020. Wayne Katz, the Proskauer Rose attorney representing the team, and Major League Baseball spokesman Pat Courtney declined to comment. Jeter’s agent didn’t immediately return an email request for comment. John Henry then sold the Marlins to Loria for $158.5 million, including a $38.5 million no-interest loan from MLB and then bought the Boston Red Sox. It probably won’t be an issue for Bush, a former presidential candidate whose brother, former President George W. Bush, once owned the Texas Rangers, and Jeter, a future Hall-of-Famer and Florida resident who has said for years that he wanted to own a baseball team. It would bring some diversity to our ownership group.
– If multiple reports are to be believed, Jeb Bush will finally be following in his brother's footsteps—as the owner of a professional baseball team. The presidential also-ran is said to be part of a group—along with former New York Yankee Derek Jeter—that will be purchasing the Miami Marlins for $1.3 billion, Bloomberg reports. Nothing is official—an anonymous source says the sale contract hasn't been signed yet—but the Miami Herald confirmed the report. Bush and Jeter, as well as at least three other investors, are said to have outbid multiple other groups, including one led by Tagg Romney and former ballplayer Tom Glavine. The Kushner family had also reportedly been close to a deal. Bush, who tried and failed to buy the Marlins three years ago, will reportedly be the "control person" in charge of franchise decisions for the Marlins. The deal would need MLB approval and could still take months to finalize. The Marlins are owned by Jeffrey Loria, who paid $158 million for the team in 2002. Despite losing money and having some of the worst attendance in the league, the Marlins are currently valued at $940 million. If the reported $1.3 billion purchase price is accurate, it would be "one of the most lucrative franchise flips" ever, Deadspin reports. Loria is apparently selling the Marlins in order to get his estate in order—and also because he's tired of the team's constant losing and the criticism that has brought on him.