Marlins' Samson says Forbes is wrong
I know I can never believe a single word coming out of the front offices of the baseball team in Miami. They have a team payroll smaller thatn A-Rod's and I am sure the cash their revenue sharing checks. Here are the words from the lying puppet, I mean team president.
Forbes released its annual state of baseball report Thursday, drawing little more than a chuckle in Marlins offices.
According to the magazine's numbers, the Marlins are the least valuable, but second- most profitable franchise in Major League Baseball.
Forbes puts the Marlins' total worth at $256 million, a 5 percent increase from last year. The Pirates ($292 million) and Rays ($290 million) are the only other franchises Forbes doesn't value at more than $300 million.
The Marlins rank last in revenues at $128 million, $3 million less than the 29th-ranked Royals and $199 million less than the top-ranked Yankees.
In terms of operating income, defined as earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization, Forbes lists the Marlins at $35.6 million, second to the Nationals ($43.7 million).
"Every year I continue to be surprised at the absolute inaccuracy that a so-called reputable magazine is willing to print," Marlins President David Samson said. "We've never gotten called by them. We've never been asked to verify, deny, confirm, nothing. It's just a shame their readership is forced to read numbers that aren't true.
"I know the number they have for the Marlins is simply wrong. They have no information of any kind on which to base that article."
If I was Forbes, I wouldn't call a lying sack of shit either.