The Sam Zell-owned Tribune Co. is selling its prized baseball team, the Chicago Cubs, and opening bids are due today.Reuters reports that 10 parties have been approved by Major League Baseball to make bids, and the team could fetch over $1 billion. Potential bidders include a group led by taxi tycoon Andew Murstein, including Hank Aaron and Jack Kemp, and the usual band of moguls. But if you want to see some passion restored to baseball, you have to be routing for internet billionaire Mark Cuban, the flamboyant owner of the Dallas Mavericks.
Cuban has the cash and he's the one guy who would probably be willing to commit the resources to make the company a champion for the first time since 1909.
Murstein's, who is vice chairman of Sports Properties Acquisition Corp. (AMEX: HMR) told Reuters that "We're not going to chase the deal. With us, it's not going to be an ego buy."
For disenchatned Cubs fans, a billionaire on an ego trip would be the best buyer.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
7-18-2008 @ 5:15PM
Mark Murrell said...
Bring Mark Cuban to Chicago, http://www.cubanandthecubs.com
7-20-2008 @ 3:22PM
Mark Murrell said...
Bring Cuban to Chicago: http://www.cubanandthecubs.com/