On the day that Miami businessman Jorge Mas emerged as a third suitor to buy the Miami Marlins, it was learned that former Florida Governor Jeb Bush and businessman Wayne Rothbaum have joined forces with Tagg Romney in Romney’s ongoing attempts to purchase the team.
That latest twist in the Marlins’ sales talks means that Bush, Romney and Rothbaum are competing directly against former New York Yankees star Derek Jeter, who was Bush’s former Marlins partner in a bid to buy the Marlins. Jeter is now trying to buy the team without Bush.
Bush left Jeter’s group last month after Jeter made clear that he wanted to control the team’s business and baseball operations.