Now batting for the Las Vegas Marlins . . . .

The Florida Marlins baseball team is making noises about moving to Las Vegas, as part of a plan to get a better ballpark deal out of the city of Miami.

The Marlins want a new $420 million retractable-dome stadium, and are willing to pay somewhat less than half the projected cost—taxpayers will fund the rest—but one of the sticking points is who will pay for the cost overruns that are almost inevitable on a project like this.  Marlins officials apparently had a 90-minute meeting with Las Vegas mayor Oscar Goodman.

Miami mayor Mayor Manny Diaz said the city has been negotiating in good faith and says taht he was “[s]hocked, disturbed, disappointed, disgusted” at the Marlins’ tactic.