By Dave Sheinin, The Washington Post
In consolidating their efforts earlier this month to purchase the Miami Marlins, Jeb Bush and Derek Jeter made for the ultimate political pairing – one titan of actual politics and one of baseball politics, the former governor of Florida and the most recognizable face in the game. The fact Bush was now a failed Republican presidential candidate and Jeter a retired player hardly mattered. If they could come up with the money, they were the frontrunners to land the Marlins.
On Tuesday came reports that the Bush/Jeter group, indeed, had been tabbed to buy the Marlins from Jeffrey Loria.