Does this mean that fifty years from now, I’ll own THREE baseball teams?

Tens of thousands of baseball fans, officials, and journalists have arrived in Miami today for one reason: to see the worst owner in professional sports for themselves. The internet swelled this weekend with think pieces about garbage can Jeffrey Loria — and that was before his walking frat-boy smirk of a team president, David Samson, rudely disinvited the mayor from an event yesterday.

Source: Miami Marlins Sue Fan to Seize His Property in Broward County | Miami New Times

Just remember when you see Jeff Loria described that way, or when you see news that he is being considered for the post of Trump’s ambassador to France, or when you hear he might be selling his team to Trumpling-in-law Jared Kushner… that he once wrote a Peanuts book. That’s right, 1968’s What’s it All About, Charlie Brown? was written by that Jeffrey H. Loria.

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