I found this article to be extremely interesting. Not only to see the raw numbers of franchise purchase price vs. current value, but how that translates to wins & losses. Moreover, I think it's even more interesting to look at the NFL teams. Those owners are making money hand over fist. Anyway I thought this would lead to some good discussion amongst the BCB community. Hope you enjoy. Top 5 MLB Owners: (4 out of 5 teams are in the AL) 5: Stuart Sternberg (Tampa Bay) 4: Steinbrenner Family (New York) 3: William DeWitt (St. Louis) 2: Arturo Moreno (Los Angeles of Anaheim) 1: John Henry/Tom Werner/Larry Lucchino (Boston) Bottom 5: 5: Ted Lerner (Washington) 4: Jeffrey Loria (Florida) 3: David Glass (Kansas City) 2: Tom Hicks (Texas) 1: Peter Angelos (Baltimore)