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Mark Cuban joining group to bid on Rangers

Mark Cuban has joined with Dallas businessman Jeff Beck and former sports agent Dennis Gilbert to form a group of investors who will bid on the Rangers, according to the New York Post.

Cuban declined to comment on the report, telling a band of NBA writers in Las Vegas that he has been contacted, but "I can't say anything else." A baseball source suggested that the group would become an active bidder only if the group headed by Chuck Greenberg and Nolan Ryan falls out of contention for the club.

"Cuban, really?" Rangers third baseman Michael Young said after Saturday's game. "Who cares? We got Cliff Lee."

Gilbert was one of the three original investors to buy the Rangers last winter, but his bid fell apart and was damaged when Nolan Ryan said he wouldn't stay with the club if Gilbert became the owner.

Cuban applied to buy the Cubs in July 2008 and was one of the bidders who was selected by the Tribune Co. to try to purchase the club. Various reports, though, indicated that he would not be approved as an owner by commissioner Bud Selig and the ownership committee. That same fate awaits Jim Crane should he land the winning bid in a yet-to-be-determined auction before the Rangers are brought out of bankruptcy July 22.

cmavswin wrote:If Cuban joins Ryan and Greenberg and kicks out Hicks than all is well.