The cloud is lifting, finally. Tuesday, that began to feel real for the first time. Sunshine has started to filter in by degrees onto the Miami Marlins again, gradually pushing away the gloom.
South Florida, in turn, is getting its wish, just as Marlins fans are losing their sturdiest excuse for never quite embracing this franchise.
Like a Giancarlo Stanton home run, club owner Jeffrey Loria is going, going, gone.
Loria is not leaving the ballpark nearly as quickly, alas, but he's headed right where we wanted him: Outta here.
The imminent transition of power, away from the most controversial, disliked owner we have had in local sports, became palpable Tuesday in a way it hadn't before.