Earlier this week, when Steve Gorman said that All-Star Week was an "open house" for the Marlins organization, he really wasn't kidding.
A deal has reportedly been reached between Jorge Mas and Jeffrey Loria (current owner) durign the game. Of course, it happened in the 'good seats' as reported.
This according to SB Nation:
SB Nation - During the All-Star Game on Tuesday night, as the game dragged on without much fanfare, a scene was unfolding in the good seats as the team’s current owner Jeffrey Loria seemingly passed the torch to potential future owner Jorge Mas. Mas, founder of Florida-based engineering company MasTec, reportedly bid $1.17 billion for the team and Loria agreed to that price despite it being a few hundred million below his original asking price of $1.3 billion.
After all of this speculation as to who would buy and when, turns out Derek Jeter didn't need to convince 6 of his friends to buy into the deal like some sort of twisted millionaire Herbalife crap, it was just a billionaire who likes baseball.
Who would have guessed...