Marlins salary dump to Toronto finalized (Yahoo! Sports)

FILE - In this Dec. 7, 2011, file photo, Miami Marlins owner Jeffrey Loria, right, and newly signed free-agent shortstop Jose Reyes interact after a news conference at Major League Baseball's winter meetings in Dallas. The Marlins' latest payroll purge received final approval Monday, Nov. 19, 2012, from Commissioner Bud Selig's office. In a conference call, team president of baseball operations Larry Beinfest confirmed the trade was necessary because Loria wanted to pare payroll. Reyes, who is due a guaranteed salary of $96 million, was traded to the Toronto Blue Jays. (AP Photo/LM Otero, File)

MIAMI (AP) — The Miami Marlins’ latest payroll purge received final approval Monday from the commissioner’s office, and as the team’s top baseball executive began to discuss the deal during a conference call, a bad connection generated waves of reverberating noise that filled the phone line.


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