Mark Cuban Meeting With Cubs Owners Today

by McCarron on Sep 26, 2008 2:15 PM CDT Comment 29 comments

The SunTimes is reporting that Mark Cuban is currently in town and meeting with the Tribune Co. today about the purcahse of the Cubs.

SunTime Article "The Sail Of The Century" Link

As you read this, Mark Cuban will be in Chicago, doing his thing one more time for the purchase. People may have thought the brash and eager Cuban was out of the running, but that's not so.

Kenney isn't discussing particulars -- in a sense he is participating in his own potential demise -- but Cuban is the guy who understands what the Cubs are truly worth.

Previous reports saying he was out, were obviously premature. I'm glad to hear he's still in the running.

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Cuban was on either CNN or Fox the other night

answering questions abou the economy—obviously ~~-no dummy~~-they finished by asking him if this was a good time to buy a MLB team…he busted out laughing.

Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him.

by cubfever7 on Sep 26, 2008 2:18 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

his responce was...

“Its always a good time to buy a good baseball team”

by JPetey on Sep 26, 2008 2:25 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

and that was of course...

a good answer

Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him.

by cubfever7 on Sep 26, 2008 2:34 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Ha, ha! I like that guy...

Don’t know if he’d be a good owner, but he’d be better than many others….like the lame Nats and Orioles’ owners that we have here in DC.

"I'm not much of a chemistry guy, you know. Chemistry to me is a pinch-hit double with the bases loaded"--Jim Frey, Chicago Tribune, 1985.

by zevkalman on Sep 26, 2008 3:38 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

He took a bit of a controversial stance on the economy

But I still want him to own the Cubs.

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by AceCubbie on Sep 27, 2008 10:20 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Here's a clip I just found on accident of it

He had posted it to Facebook.

http://gretawire.foxnews.com/2008/09/25/mark-cuban-on-the-financial-crisis-on-the-record/

Says it in the last 30 seconds of the clip

by McCarron on Sep 26, 2008 4:07 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I like the guy

by mlern on Sep 27, 2008 8:43 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

by the way--for ince in my life--i was first!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him.

by cubfever7 on Sep 26, 2008 2:22 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

at what?

by JPetey on Sep 26, 2008 2:26 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

First at second maybe?

by McCarron on Sep 26, 2008 2:32 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

and I am a tool

Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him.

by cubfever7 on Sep 26, 2008 2:24 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

That was yesterday's word.

Can we drop that now, please?

"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx

by Al on Sep 26, 2008 2:24 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yes I decided NOT to carry that onto today.

by McCarron on Sep 26, 2008 2:31 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Only if we can stop talking about Cuban

by Chodes on Sep 26, 2008 2:32 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

On my toe?

ok uncle Al.

Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him.

by cubfever7 on Sep 26, 2008 2:33 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Why does that make me think of the line...

….“We can talk about burying the hatchet. You know what a hatchet is, don’t you, Bug?”

by Flatley on Sep 26, 2008 2:47 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Sharp enough to shave a gnat...

….you know what a gnat is dont you Bug? Wait a minute Bug-Gnat do I see a little similarity

Dearly missed actor.

"Hey.....Cubs win!!!" ---Harry
"Swung on belted!!!"---Chip

by Hammer on Sep 26, 2008 2:51 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Amen to that.

I may follow up the Presidential Debates with a little Uncle Buck tonight. The Godfather will have to be pushed back in the rotation.

by Flatley on Sep 26, 2008 2:52 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

"Who's this, the Grass Roots?

Me and my best friend always say that to each other when a group comes on we’ve never heard before.

Never, but NEVER, put ketchup on a hot dog.

by CaliCub on Sep 26, 2008 4:34 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

"Come on out to my car and I'll show it to you...

..i like to keep mine nice and sharp."

Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him.

by cubfever7 on Sep 26, 2008 2:55 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

What does Deep Goat say on the team sale front Al?

As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.

by santoswoodenlegs on Sep 26, 2008 2:44 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I know some stuff.

But I can’t say.

"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx

by Al on Sep 27, 2008 4:09 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Drop it like it's hot?

Proud recipient of a hot dog shot from the Iowa Cubs hot dog gun.

by IowaCubs- on Sep 26, 2008 2:47 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Drop the MC and thats one cool guy.

"Hey.....Cubs win!!!" ---Harry
"Swung on belted!!!"---Chip

by Hammer on Sep 26, 2008 2:44 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Second coming of Veck

All the good and the bad… mostly good of course

Cubs Karma: Don't take anything for granted.....

by Andre Fonseca on Sep 26, 2008 2:24 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

But with MONEY.

That is what Veeck never had and why he could never compete with his teams.

"I am not ashamed to say I love Greg Maddux" - Jim Hendry

by Doggie Stalker on Sep 26, 2008 3:07 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Reading that headline I thought the Cubs were scouting Cuban baseball players...

Really? The Tribune Co. is meeting with Raul Castro?

Proud recipient of a hot dog shot from the Iowa Cubs hot dog gun.

by IowaCubs- on Sep 26, 2008 2:42 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

In hindsight I should have added Mark to it.

by McCarron on Sep 26, 2008 2:50 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

It's down to Mark Cuban and the Ricketts in my opinion

Both parties can do a cash deal with zero financing if they want to. Ricketts have a $3.5 billion cash position in all their holdings right now. The current Wall Street and LaSalle Street private equity types can’t and will be especially pinned in given the nation’s current financial crisis.

Bud Selig and Jerry Reinsdorf are going to have to acquiesce quite a bit to allow Cuban into the fraternity. That’s why I think it will be the Ricketts in the end.

by MDBNIU on Sep 26, 2008 4:05 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs