Marlins expect to finalize $1.3B deal to sell team to Jeb Bush-Derek Jeter group

By: BARRY JACKSON

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FILE PHOTO: Jeb Bush, right, serves up a plate of paella with Billy, the Marlins’ mascot, during Dade County Days at the Capitol on Thursday, April 5, 2001, in Tallahasssee, Fla. PHIL COALE AP

Miami Marlins owner Jeffrey Loria has reached an agreement in principle to sell the team to a group led by former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush and including former New York Yankees star Derek Jeter, pending Major League Baseball approval and other details still to be worked out in the drawing-up and execution of a contract, an MLB source said Tuesday.

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