<body><div><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=1qY7lm_0nwx5I3900" style="display:none" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=1qY7lm_0nwx5I3900" width="2000" height="1333" > Derek Jeter has many skills but appraising talent apparently is not one of them. Former Miami Marlins owner Jeffrey Loria — in his new book, “From the Front Row: Reflections of a Major League Baseball Owner and Modern Art Dealer” — went after the Yankees legend for moves he made <a href="https://nypost.com/2022/02/28/derek-jeter-stepping-down-from-marlins/" rel="nofollow"> as Marlins co-owner from 2017 to 2022 </a> . Loria, <a href="https://www.miamiherald.com/sports/spt-columns-blogs/barry-jackson/article277284713.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> in a conversation with the Miami Herald </a> , discussed the <a href="https://nypost.com/2022/02/28/derek-jeter-left-marlins-over-15-million-promise-power-struggle/" rel="nofollow"> Hall of Famer’s performance as CEO </a> , which included <a href="https://nypost.com/2017/12/09/how-the-giancarlo-stanton-trade-affects-yankees-luxury-tax-quest/" rel="nofollow"> trading 2017 NL MVP Giancarlo Stanton </a> to the Yankees. “(Jeter) was a magnificent player, and he should have asked for some advice or not been so hasty. Playing shortstop doesn’t translate to success in a business environment. You have to learn, you have to ask questions,” Loria said. Among the specific moves Loria criticized were trading future All-Stars Christian Yelich and Marcell Ozuna, as well as gutting the Marlins’ scouting staff and firing Hall of Famers Andre Dawson and Tony Perez as special assistants. <nbtemplate data-id="AdPlaceholder" data-content="JTdCJTdE"></nbtemplate> “I think Derek felt what he was doing was right,” Loria said. <figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=4JNPol_0nwx5I3900" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=4JNPol_0nwx5I3900" width="1500" height="1153" ><figcaption>Jeffrey Loria (left), seen here with former Giants and Jets head coach Bill Parcells (second from left), sold the Miami Marlins to a group including Derek Jeter in 2017. </figcaption><figcaption>Tribune News Service via Getty Images </figcaption></figure><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=32lv2T_0nwx5I3900" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=32lv2T_0nwx5I3900" width="2026" height="1351" ><figcaption>Former Marlins owner Jeffrey Loria wasn’t a fan of what Derek Jeter did as Miami’s CEO. </figcaption><figcaption>Getty Images </figcaption></figure><nbtemplate data-id="AdPlaceholder" data-content="JTdCJTdE"></nbtemplate> “You have to admire a guy who wants to work hard at it, but you have to have experience before you make those executive decisions. Many of their [decisions] didn’t work out.” Loria also made it clear he’s not a fan of Jeter’s ability to appraise art and ripped the five-time World Series champion for removing the home run sculpture from loanDepot park. Opened in 2012, the artwork was among the stadium’s defining features. <iframe height="200" src="https://playlist.megaphone.fm/?e=NYPH7597897718&amp;light=true" width="100%"></iframe><nbtemplate data-id="AdPlaceholder" data-content="JTdCJTdE"></nbtemplate> “Jeter came in and destroyed the ballpark,” Loria said, according to the Herald. “Destroying public art was a horrible thing to do.” Loria had friend Red Grooms design the sculpture for $2.5 million. The sculpture would erupt following a Marlins home run or a Marlins win and now sits outside, “condemned to neglect and outdoor decay,” according to Loria. <figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=2bWqLS_0nwx5I3900" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=2bWqLS_0nwx5I3900" width="1500" height="989" ><figcaption>Among the many changes Jeter made as Marlins CEO was removing the home run sculpture behind the center field wall. </figcaption><figcaption>Getty Images </figcaption></figure><nbtemplate data-id="AdPlaceholder" data-content="JTdCJTdE"></nbtemplate> The same cannot be said of the Marlins, who currently own the No. 3 wild card spot in the National League with a 62-57 record following Sunday’s <a href="https://nypost.com/2023/08/13/clay-holmes-yankees-implode-in-ninth-in-devastating-loss-to-marlins/" rel="nofollow"> improbable 8-7 win over the Yankees </a> . </div></body>

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Derek Jeter has many skills but appraising talent apparently is not one of them.

Former Miami Marlins owner Jeffrey Loria — in his new book, “From the Front Row: Reflections of a Major League Baseball Owner and Modern Art Dealer” — went after the Yankees legend for moves he made as Marlins co-owner from 2017 to 2022.

Loria, in a conversation with the Miami Herald, discussed the Hall of Famer’s performance as CEO, which included trading 2017 NL MVP Giancarlo Stanton to the Yankees.

“(Jeter) was a magnificent player, and he should have asked for some advice or not been so hasty. Playing...