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Jeter, Jeb have window to buy Marlins — now they need cash

Number 2 is close to realizing dream number two.

Derek Jeter, who has long expressed his desire to own a Major League Baseball team, has advanced significantly in his quest to make that a reality. While multiple reports asserted a group fronted by the Yankees icon and former Florida governor (and 2016 Republican presidential candidate) Jeb Bush reached an agreement in principle to buy the Miami Marlins for $1.3 billion, an industry source told The Post that the Bush/Jeter consortium has in fact arranged for a window of exclusivity to complete the purchase of the Marlins from their current owner, Manhattan-based art dealer Jeffrey Loria.