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The Cubs already spend a boatload of money. But why is it ok for other teams and not the Cubs? I'm an A's fan, and it angers me to see the money the big market teams spend, but that's the nature of the beast. And, I'm sorry, but if the Cubs want to spend like the Yankees, let them. If ANYBODY deserves a title in baseball, it's the Cubs.

"...some owners might fear that a free-spending Cuban would ratchet up the marketplace. " Are you kidding me? The Yankees have been doing this for years and nobody says a thing. Now there is fear that Mark Cuban may spend too much if he gets the team? That's insane!

Hey, baseball already has a loudmouth moron owner handing out multi-year, nine-figure contracts to washed up outfielders and middle relievers.

Sincerely

Hank and Hal Steinbrenner

Please! Let Cuban buy them, we don't want him in Texas anymore.

He's gotta buy the damn Cubs first, and that could take a while. We could still be talking about this next August.

Cuban probably wants to turn the Cubs into another Yankers type team. Build your club with ringers with a budget of $300+ million and then watch as the prima donnas self-destruct and can't make the playoffs.

The first thing he should do is tell Piniella to stop batting Soriano leadoff.

hey tenringsSTL i really agree with you there....and madhatter...yeah im afraid of that one too but you also got to realize we're not going for as old of people as the yankees are....

you people want a shake up?? you people want something that not only will make sense in the long run, but just fills gaps and gives everyone what they want...

The Yanks can have 2 japanese players on their team, thats in Fukudome and Matsui....so you could trade Fukudome to the yanks, some other players here and ther ein the farm system, and a whole lotta cash to yanks for rodriguez, move A-rod back to 2nd, DeRosa in the outfield, and that would let you be able to use Fontenot as purely a pinch hitter, which improves that position past Daryle Ward, and then you stil have a great bench with hoffpauir and all that...

id be willing to give up a couple pitchers and lets say Felix Pie with cash...what say you?

I'd love to see Mark Cuban buy the Cubs.
He's their only chance to break The Curse of the Goat!

Only Selig's close buddy Mr. Canning or a similar consortium of faceless suits will be ALLOWED to buy the Cubs. Cuban won't be allowed. The death blow will be from Reinsdorf. When he asks Bud to jump, Bud asks "How high, sir?" Everyone in Chicago knows this. Here endeth the lesson.

Reinsdorf needs to stay the **** out of this. He should have NO say in who buys this club. Although sadly, Selig will listen to him anyway. Hell, he's already trying to install his butt buddy Canning as the owner. Now there's a horrible choice. A minority owner of the Brewers. Yeah, THAT'S what we really need. *Rolls eyes*

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Originally posted 10:03 AM ET  10.13 by Meteora16

hey tenringsSTL i really agree with you there....and madhatter...yeah im afraid of that one too but you also got to realize we're not going for as old of people as the yankees are....you people want a shake up?? you people want something that not only will make sense in the long run, but just fills gaps and gives everyone what they want...The Yanks can have 2 japanese players on their team, thats in Fukudome and Matsui....so you could trade Fukudome to the yanks, some other players here and ther ein the farm system, and a whole lotta cash to yanks for rodriguez, move A-rod back to 2nd, DeRosa in the outfield, and that would let you be able to use Fontenot as purely a pinch hitter, which improves that position past Daryle Ward, and then you stil have a great bench with hoffpauir and all that...id be willing to give up a couple pitchers and lets say Felix Pie with cash...what say you?

meteora,

that was one of the most stupid posts ive ever read on this site (and that says a lot). so youre saying if you were in charge of the yankees you would okay a trade of a-rod for a guy that was benched in the ALDS and a random group of minor leaguers? and a-rod has never played 2B. get your facts straight ****

If Cuban buys the team, he needs to explicitly exclude the curse from the sale in the contract :-)

selig doesn't have as much control as he thinks he does its really up to zell and id be surprised if he went with anyone but the highest bidder

Cubs deserve a title? Since when? The last 9 playoff game losses have proved they don't.
The Cubs will eventually win one - law of averages kind of makes it that way. But in the meantime they (and fans) have to stop blaming everything under the sun for their futility in the post-season.

i'm for Cuban becoming a MLB owner if it eventually means the end of bud selig's incompetence as commissioner

This storyline is getting old anyways. I cannot stand the Cubs and its fans but Mark Cuban as an owner...of any MLB team would be a good thing. It's time to shake up the "good ole boys club" of owners MLB has.

well.... at least the Cubs fans aren't as bad as the Red Sox fans... After the Red Sox finally won in 2004, they made movies, songs, and everything else they wanted to make sure the world knew that the Sox won (and what's up with the Nation)... at least when the Cubs finally win it - it won't be as bad.

If they win it...I hope they reshoot "Rookie of the Year."
But the songs have already been made...see Eddie Vedder.
Hmmm - maybe he should be blamed for the continued curse?

Zizou, do you know absolutely anything about us? Anything at all? Your comments make it sound as if you don't.