Baseball
Carl Barger resigned as the Pittsburgh Pirates’ president to take the same position with the expansion Florida Marlins, but, under a unique arrangement, will virtually run both teams indefinitely.
Baseball’s conflict-of-interest rules bar a major league club employee from working for another team, but Barger will begin staffing the Marlins’ front office while running the Pirates until his successor is chosen.
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