Via the Miami Herald: America, meet Laurence Leavy, who for the past two nights at Kauffman Stadium has been occupying a primo front-row seat, behind home plate, that is clearly visible from the Fox Sports center-field camera:
In a sea of blue, Laurence Leavy’s orange “Marlins” shirt stands out in the crowd, especially in the pricey seats behind home plate where the TV cameras focus.
Leavy, a 58-year-old Miami lawyer known as “Marlins Man,” said he just loves being part of the game.
But the sight of Leavy in Miami orange rattled the home team enough that he said stadium officials asked him to move — or at least cover up with a Kansas City Royals shirt.
Marlins Man would have none of that Tuesday night. And he was back at it again Wednesday in Game 2 of the World Series in the same seat.
“The owner of the Royals was extremely upset that I was there,” Leavy said Wednesday.
They offered him a private suite if he would move. They tried enticing him with free World Series goodies if he would get rid of the jersey.
No way, Marlins Man said.
Leavy paid $8,000 for that prime seat to see Royals vs. Giants, and he wasn’t about to give it up.
A Royals spokesman said no one asked him to leave his seat or to take off the jersey.
He sure gets around:
Marlins Man has been buying the best seats to major sporting events for years. By his count, he’s gone to 27 Super Bowls, more than 200 NBA playoff games, and at least 85 World Series games, and many Triple Crown horse races.
He’s been a Marlins season-ticket holder since the team’s first year in 1993, is a rabid Florida State fan (he was on hand for the FSU-Notre Dame showdown in Tallahassee on Saturday before heading off to Kansas City), owns more than 100 thoroughbreds, and rarely misses a Miami Heat or Dolphins game.
“I never had any kids, nor have any wife,” Leavy said. “You don’t have to pay for a wife and kids, so you have money in the bank.”
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