Timeline Of Cubs Ownership
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25 days ago
Al
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The thing that jumps out at me:
$20.5 million (‘81) vs. ~$845 million (’09)
"It's hard to win 97 games, it's hard to win the division. Our attitude is if you get in every year, you get in most of the time, sooner or later you are going to knock that door down." -- Jim Hendry
by EJThunder on Oct 27, 2009 6:00 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
And that $845 million...
… could have been more if Zell hadn’t dithered so long… the original estimated asking price was ~ $1 billion.
"You can observe a lot just by watching." ~ Yogi Berra
by Al on Oct 27, 2009 6:04 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
It is a small point but it really was $23 million
I know 20.5 is the official figure and I don’t know why. I owned one share , there were 10,000 shares over 90% owned by
Wrigley. When the deal was finalized my share of the just under 23 million sale was just about $2300. I used it later to finance a trip to Europe. Again I have no clue why there was a difference , I recall something about the initial price and final closing price but the only thing I have left if my stock certificate and a final letter from " Chicago National League Ball Club" as the company was called.
"I am not ashamed to say I love Greg Maddux" - Jim Hendry
Me either Jim
by Doggie Stalker on Oct 27, 2009 6:16 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
So you used to own the Cubs -- cool!
I'm singing, "GO CUBS GO! GO CUBS GO!" -- DrCrawdad on Jun 12, 2009 7:23 AM CDT
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by Shanghai Badger on Oct 28, 2009 2:46 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Very cool - thanks for posting!
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by dat cubfan daver on Oct 28, 2009 10:06 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
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