Who will buy the Cubs?

[TheSportsPredictor]

Michael Jordan.

 

[proudpittsburgher]

Make Cuban the morning-line favorite.

If for no other reason than to stick it to the Nuttings/McClatchy for not letting him buy in on the Pirates when he inquired. Of course, past history has proven that spending bunches of money in Chicago doesn;t get the job done.

 

[Hammer Pants]

Someone with a ****load of money who is willing to give those fans the winner they deserve ... hopefully.

 

[Bubbler]

Someone with a ****load of money who is willing to give those fans the winner they deserve ... hopefully.

Ehh. Screw 'em.

Maybe Bud Selig should get back in the ownership biz.

 

[Hammer Pants]

Someone with a ****load of money who is willing to give those fans the winner they deserve ... hopefully.

Ehh. Screw 'em.

Maybe Bud Selig should get back in the ownership biz.

The Brew Crew ain't got **** on the Lou Crew.

 

[Cousin Jeffrey]

It's Sam Zell, not Steve, that's buying the Trib. No way Cubes buys the Cubs. If he does, he'll have the preservationists screaming because there's no way he'd let the shabby confines stay as is.

 

[wickedwritah]

I heard John Henry is franchise-shopping again. Doesn't he swap teams every five years or so?

 

[Chi City 81]

I don't care who buys them. Nothing will change. The Cubs will always lose.

I hate this ****ing team. [/A_QB]

 

[Armchair_QB]

I've said this before, but I don't care if the Cuban in question is Fidel Castro as long as he can get this sack of **** franchise to win a World Series.

 

[Oz]

Make Cuban the morning-line favorite.

That's what I read, too. He would be a great owner for MLB, whichever team he buys. I only wish it could be the Bucs.

 

[Chi City 81]

Does Cuban have the money to buy the Cubs? I realize he's a billionaire, but with already owning the Mavs and sinking so much money into them, does he have enough to spend $500+ million on the Cubs, plus whatever he'd have to spend to make them competitive?

 

[Armchair_QB]

Does Cuban have the money to buy the Cubs? I realize he's a billionaire, but with already owning the Mavs and sinking so much money into them, does he have enough to spend $500+ million on the Cubs, plus whatever he'd have to spend to make them competitive?

I'd guess he'd have a few investors going in on it with him. There are going to be a lot of folks coming out of the woodwork looking to buy into this.

 

[Bob Cook]

I believe the stoner fan base is rooting for Don Levin, owner of the AHL's Chicago Wolves, to follow through on his professed interest in the Cubs. Levin made his fortune, in part, through a company that sells rolling papers.

 

[Chi City 81]

Rick Morrissey with a nice tweak of the Sun-Times in his Cubs ownership column:

The Sun-Times: I'm not sure how the paper will be able to carry on, now that it's [sic] reason for living--criticizing the Tribune--will soon be gone. Maybe it could put together a group of Canadian investors and buy the team.

 

[slappy4428]

Rick Morrissey with a nice tweak of the Sun-Times in his Cubs ownership column:

The Sun-Times: I'm not sure how the paper will be able to carry on, now that it's [sic] reason for living--criticizing the Tribune--will soon be gone. Maybe it could put together a group of Canadian investors and buy the team.

Nice and subtle...

 

[Cousin Jeffrey]

Four words: Big Time Jew Lawyers.

 

[2muchcoffeeman]

Does Cuban have the money to buy the Cubs? I realize he's a billionaire, but with already owning the Mavs and sinking so much money into them, does he have enough to spend $500+ million on the Cubs, plus whatever he'd have to spend to make them competitive?

Cuban's net worth runs about $1.8 billion, compared to Zell's $4.5 billion.

Half a bill might be a bit much for Cuban to swing right now, considering the number of different projects he's involved in.

 

[BYH]

MLB's not going to let a rock-the-boat type like Cuban buy the Cubs.

The Henry thing is surrealistic enough to make a ****load of sense. He wouldn't even have to re-write the media guide. "Playing at historic Wrigley Field, we are committed to breaking the Curse of the Billy Goat and bringing a championship to the upper midwest. And Armchair_QB."

 

[John]

I gotta big-ass jar of pennies at home.

 

[slappy4428]

I gotta big-ass jar of pennies at home.

Whose size ass?