Now that the 2013 baseball season is under way, let’s take a moment to commemorate the first anniversary of one of the biggest shakedowns in the history of the game — and the con artist who pulled it off: Jeffrey Loria.

One year ago, the owner of the Miami Marlins relaunched his franchise with a cast of new stars, a colorful new manager, a cable-TV reality show and — most notably — a shiny new taxpayer-funded stadium, which Loria liked to describe as an homage to Richard Meier and Joan Miro.

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