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Cuban has "zero chance" to own Cubs
Posted: Fri Nov 7, 2008 4:08 am
by SportsWorld
Bud Selig
http://www.suntimes.com/sports/deluca/1 ... 07.articleDANA POINT, Calif. -- Throw out Sam Zell's idea of selling the Cubs by the end of the year because he still hasn't reached his goal of narrowing the field from five bidders to two. And sources close to commissioner Bud Selig sounded an alarm this week during the annual general managers meetings: Forget about Mark Cuban buying the Cubs.
Cuban, the Dallas Mavericks' owner, was the fan favorite, the guy who liked to drink beer, watch the game from the bleachers and spend money. He was the most appealing bidder to Zell's group, who knew Cuban could swing the quickest transaction for a team and ballpark that at one time figured to fetch $1 billion.
Global financial crisis or not, baseball's old guard plans to stand firm against letting Cuban into the club. ''There's no way Bud and the owners are going to let that happen,'' a Major League Baseball source said this week. ''Zero chance.''
This would be a blow to Zell and Cubs fans who are eager to get finality on a team that's in limbo.
Re: Cuban has "zero chance" to own Cubs
Posted: Fri Nov 7, 2008 6:42 am
by Howling Mad
Reinsdorf needs to shove it.
Re: Cuban has "zero chance" to own Cubs
Posted: Fri Nov 7, 2008 5:07 pm
by MickeyDavis
According to the WSJ, Zell might actually keep a majority stake in the team and sell a minority interest only.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1226014 ... lenews_wsj
Re: Cuban has "zero chance" to own Cubs
Posted: Fri Nov 7, 2008 5:34 pm
by hermes
lighten up Bud, let him sell it to Mark
Re: Cuban has "zero chance" to own Cubs
Posted: Fri Nov 7, 2008 6:20 pm
by MickeyDavis
It's not Buds decision, it's the owners, and they don't want him.
Re: Cuban has "zero chance" to own Cubs
Posted: Fri Nov 7, 2008 7:31 pm
by Howling Mad
Interesting article, thanks for the read Mickey. Sounds like Zell over valued his asss et.
Re: Cuban has "zero chance" to own Cubs
Posted: Fri Nov 7, 2008 9:24 pm
by SportsWorld
MickeyDavis wrote:It's not Buds decision, it's the owners, and they don't want him.
Yeah MLB might fail if we had an owner with a loud mouth and likes to spend money. Oh wait the Steinbrennar's own the Yankees.
Re: Cuban has "zero chance" to own Cubs
Posted: Sat Nov 8, 2008 12:18 am
by MetroDrugUnit
SportsWorld wrote:MickeyDavis wrote:It's not Buds decision, it's the owners, and they don't want him.
Yeah MLB might fail if we had an owner with a loud mouth and likes to spend money. Oh wait the Steinbrennar's own the Yankees.
Maybe the rest of the owners think one Steinbrennar's enough, oh wait, there's two of them. I'm a Brewers fan but when I saw this headline I wanted to see what you guys were saying about it. I know the credit crunch is one thing but the fact that they would block a sale to the highest bidder doesn't sound right at all, it kind of goes against the whole "Free Enterprise" idea. I think Bud does have an overwhelming influence in this and wants nothing to do with a guy who will use the media as a channel to direct negativity towards Bud and some of his questionable decisions.
Re: Cuban has "zero chance" to own Cubs
Posted: Sat Nov 8, 2008 4:11 am
by SportsWorld
ESPN bottomline: MLB will allow Mark Cuban to buy the Cubs.
Fail Chicago Sun Times again.
Re: Cuban has "zero chance" to own Cubs
Posted: Sat Nov 8, 2008 4:33 am
by Ruben Douglas
You have to remember that Zell is a hardcore business man. He will put up a fight to make sure that he receives the highest bid for the Cubs. If the MLB owners force him to take an offer for less than the highest bidder (possibly Cuban) the MLB owners may be in for more than the bargained for, and I think they know that.
Re: Cuban has "zero chance" to own Cubs
Posted: Sat Nov 8, 2008 4:42 pm
by hermes
SportsWorld wrote:ESPN bottomline: MLB will allow Mark Cuban to buy the Cubs.
Fail Chicago Sun Times again.
