Not exactly earth-shattering news today, but since I know some Marlins fans are looking for any stadium nuggets: Miami-Dade County's Citizens Advisory Committee recommended the $50 million in general obligation bond funding approved by county voters in 2004 for renovating the Orange Bowl be put toward a Marlins stadium as long as its built at the OB site.

The committee, which as its name says is purely advisory, voted 12-2 in support of changing the designation of the dollars from an OB renovation to a new baseball stadium, now that the University of Miami Hurricanes will be abandoning their old home for Dolphin Stadium next year.

The recommendation still needs to be the subject of a public hearing and the approval of the county commission, but it does mean there's sentiment toward helping fill the funding gap in the proposed $500 million, retractable roof ballpark. "Right now, they're simply allowing for it to be part of a funding package," County Manager George Burgess said.

The sides -- the county, city of Miami, Marlins and Major League Baseball - have been talking and trying to hammer out a deal, but they're not there yet.

"We’re still having discussions with Major League Baseball," Burgess said. "We talk all the time, we've had meetings with Major League Baseball and hopefully we’ll have something take shape over the next couple of weeks. We certainly need to have something by the end of the calendar year."