An approval from Miami-Dade commissioners has changed the Florida Marlins to the Miami Marlins and given the Major-League Baseball team a permanent new home. The county commission voted 9-4 Monday in favor of the new stadium after nine hours of debate, The Miami Herald reported Tuesday. I'm very happy, very pleased,' said team owner Jeffrey Loria, who won similar approval from Miami City Hall four days earlier. The new stadium, which is to have 37,000 seats under a retractable roof, is scheduled to be finished by Opening Day 2012. Of the stadium's $634 million cost, Miami-Dade commissioners pledged $297 million from tourist taxes, $50 million from a bond referendum and $12 million for road and utility repairs, the Herald said.

Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Alvarez says voting on a controversial new ballpark for the Florida Marlins baseball team should be delayed indefinitely.

Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Alvarez says voting on a controversial new ballpark for the Florida Marlins baseball team should delayed indefinitely.

By MIKE FITZPATRICK NEW YORK - Six weeks after he was fired by Florida, Joe Girardi won the NL Manager of the Year award Wednesday for keeping the rookie-laden Marlins in contention nearly all season, and Detroit's Jim Leyland took the AL honor.

By STEVEN WINE MIAMI - Florida Marlins manager Joe Girardi was fired Tuesday, a move that had been expected after his rift with owner Jeffrey Loria boiled over in an on-field confrontation two months ago.