A very interesting, behind-the-scenes piece from Mark Cuban on his attempt to buy the Cubs:
“My sense of the entire situation was that whoever the new owner of the Cubs would be, it was in the Sox best interest for things to stay business as usual. Published TV ratings and other published measures showed that the Cubs were more popular than the Sox, yet before I even started looking at the Cubs, I knew from my discussions with people in the NBA that the Cubs and Sox were treated as equals in their business dealings. That was great for the Sox, not so good for the Cubs. Im guessing the people in the Sox organization knew, that if I bought the team, particularly at the price point that was being suggested in the papers, there was no way I would just accept parity in future business dealings. I was going to have to try to negotiate the very best deals possible for the Cubs, even if it was at the expense of the White Sox.”
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Yeah it would be bad for the Sox had he bought the Cubs. Not just in the fact he would shank the Cubs at every chance to get more from community.
The Cubs would have had a chance to can you imagine…………..win the World Series.
BUT, he won’t own them so it will be bussiness as usual at 1060 West Adison.
The home team stinks, the fans are drunken college aged band wagoners.
And State Police and Neo Nazis keep looking for those damn Blues Brothers!