Marlins Man Unhappy With New Team Ownership, Jeter: Report

MIAMI, FL - Laurence Leavy, otherwise known as Marlins Man, is unhappy with the Miami Marlins new ownership group, including former Yankees star and now Marlins CEO Derek Jeter. Leavy was among 200 Marlins fans who attended Jeter's first town-hall meeting for season ticket holders on Tuesday at Marlins Park. And he expressed his displeasure during a question-and-answer session at the meeting, the Miami Herald reported.

Leavy hasn’t renewed his season tickets so far and said he isn't sure he will because of the Marlins players who have been traded, including franchise star Giancarlo Stanton traded to the Yankees. Leavy said he doesn’t want to pay big-league prices “for a Triple A team. I’m very angry,” Leavy said before the event. “This makes us miss [former owner] Jeffrey Loria. Who would have thought that?”

Leavy said Jeter “should have put in” $100 million of his own money on payroll the “next two years to make this a playoff team. Just give it a shot.” Leavy has attended major sporting events over the years, always wearing his orange Marlins jersey and within view of TV cameras. So many events, in fact, that he was dubbed Marlins Man.

Read the Miami Herald story here.

Caption: In this Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2014, photo, Miami Marlins fan Laurence Leavy, rear right, is shown wearing a bright orange Marlins jersey during Game 2 of baseball's World Series in Kansas City, Mo. Leavy's orange Marlins jersey made him easy to spot amid a sea of Kansas City Royals blue. He said a Royals official approached him offering to move him to the team owner's suite, but Leavy declined. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)