I never thought I’d see the day come that someone would actually be a worse owner than former Los Angeles Dodgers owner Frank McCourt.  Well, that day has come and it’s none other than Miami Marlins owner Jeffrey Loria (pictured above).

He’s as brazen as the come.  To say that Mr. Loria is a bold face liar wouldn’t be enough to describe him.  He was willing to spend to help keep the Marlins competitive after getting a new baseball only ballpark built, paid for by the taxpayers.

After one of the worst seasons in franchise history, what does he decide to do?  Dismantle the entire team or pretty close to it.  Jose Reyes, Mark Buehrle and Heath Bell have all been traded just one year into their contracts with the Marlins.

Now Reyes and Buehrle haven’t officially been traded to the Toronto Blue Jays, but it seems pretty apparent that it’s going to happen.  Their not going alone as they will be joined by their ace Josh Johnson, super utility man Emilio Bonifacio and their starting catcher John Buck.

The Miami Marlins brass will definitely spin this latest fire sale as the best way to put a contending team out on the field.  That may be true, but at what cost?  You’ve basically given up on the next two seasons.  If you think you can have a crazy turnaround i.e, the 2012 Oakland Athletics, you’re begging.

That doesn’t happen without talent first and foremost.  Not to mention a manager that can put it all together.  Bob Melvin was named AL Manager of the Year for the Oakland Athletics this week.

I’m not saying that Ozzie Guillen would have turned things around if given another year.  He burned his bridge in Miami before the season started with his comments praising Cuban dictator Fidel Castro.  I don’t care if they were taken out of context.  You don’t say anything about a dictator that would come close to praise.  

Mike Redmond is not going to help them along.  That’s no knock on him, but it puts him in an even worse position than when he first accepted the job.  You think Loria is going to take having the Marlins in last place again?  Well, maybe he will, but he’s as unpredictable as they come.

His comments about the proposed trade to Toronto say it all about his attitude about the franchise.

“We finished in last place.  Figure it out.  We have to get better. We can’t finish in last place.  We finished in last place.  That’s unacceptable.  We have to take a new course.”

I’ve figured it out, but I can’t figure out Jeffrey Loria.  I mean I know the type of personality he has, but I just don’t understand how someone can be so blatantly oblivious.  I hope he doesn’t think that the fans, if there are any left, will continue to support this team while he’s the owner.  

How much time will be left for Giancarlo Stanton in Miami?  He is by far their best player even before they started wheeling and dealing.  Will they get equal value for him?  Probably not because teams will just wait for him to be a free agent.  There’s no way Stanton takes an extension knowing he could be dealt at any time.

There’s no trust in this organization anymore.  Just when baseball thought they had rid themselves of Frank McCourt’s misdeeds in Los Angeles.  Now they have a new headache in Miami in the shape of Loria’s fat head.