Jeffrey Loria -- the former Marlins honcho who sold Derek Jeter the team in 2017 -- unloaded on the Hall of Famer for his decision to remove the centerfield sculpture from LoanDepot Park.
booted the infamous home run sculpture from LoanDepot Park in Miami ... but the man who initially put it in the stadium is still apparently bitter as hell over The Captain's decision -- blasting the Hall of Famer over it in a recent interview.-- the former Marlins honcho who sold Jeets the team in 2017 -- unloaded on DJ for the decision to remove the centerfield sculpture while speaking with the"Jeter came in and destroyed the ballpark,” Loria said ...
Loria put the 7-story, $2.5 million sculpture in the arena in 2012. It featured fish, flamingos and water ... and it lit up every time the Marlins blasted homers. Jeter, though, hated it -- only saying of it after he purchased the team in 2017,"It's big. Yeah. It's big. It's big." Several months later, he was able to get out of the park -- relocating it to a plaza outside of the venue.
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