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Tigers confirm: They're talking to ‘Marlins Man’

Marlins Man is a fish out of water these days.

Could the Tigers reel him in?

Baseball’s most-recognizable fan — who, with seemingly bottomless pockets, shows up at all the big games, sitting right behind home plate, wearing his bright-orange visor and jersey — has been told by new Marlins ownership that his money is no longer wanted in South Beach, and that’s led multiple big-league teams to inquire about making the leap to another team.

And one of those teams is Detroit, the Tigers confirmed to The News on Thursday.

ESPN’s Darren Rovell tweeted earlier Thursday that the Tigers “have initially reached out to Marlins Man to sell him prime seats behind home plate in Detroit.