Pelted with pointed questions from angry fans in the first of several town hall meetings at Marlins Park, new Marlins co-owner Derek Jeter on Tuesday evening asked fans for patience, declined to say when the team would have a sizable payroll again and repeatedly cited failure under the previous regime when asked why the team didn’t keep all its key offensive players and sign pitching instead of dismantling.
Several fans told Jeter they were anger with the new regime’s payroll slashing. One shouted at Jeter that his group spent "$1.2 billion and then ran out of money."
"I can’t sit here and say trust me," said Jeter, who answered questions for nearly 90 minutes.