Cubs for sale?

[XZero771679666304]

I think it's funny how whenever someone's team goes up for sale no matter the sport everybody immediately clamors for Cube's. When the Blues were for sale I practiacally praying for the man to buy them. What a guy.

 

I rememebr this summer when Cuban said he'd like to own the Cubs....I about fell out of my chair.

 

Big time payroll does NOT equal a good team ala this year's Cubs. I wouldnt mind Cuban being the owner, but you need quality playes, not just big time money players.

 

Big time payroll + smart spending usually does equal a good team.

 

Cuban's a stat geek. He'd be a tremendous owner. He's basically modelled a lot of what he's done with the Mavs off Moneyball. Only problem is there's not equivalent stats for basketball that they've found yet.

I guess you missed the fact that he is a Pirates fan and would like to buy in to his real "hometown" team. Don't base everything you see in a quick interview.

 

And just because we wants to buy the Pirates doesn't mean he wouldn't buy the Cubs if given the opportunity.

[The Voice of Reason]

Neither Wrigley nor the Trib can be blamed with any shred of legitimacy so long as our payroll is competitive with the league's best, as it has been for awhile now.

 

The Cubs payroll is a long way from the Red Sox's and the Yankees and is projected to be the near equivalent of the Cardinals (from a dinkly little town like St. Louis) in 2006.

 

Trib paid $20 million for the Cubs and it's now (20+years later) projected to be worth $500 - $600 million. It's time to put some of that capital gain (not just revenue) back into the product or time for the Tribune conglomerate to cash in their goldmine of an investment.

 

Being competitive in no longer good enough.

 

Don't you understand that there is no capital gain until you sell the asset ??

 

Corporations raise capital all the time by using the unrealized gains from appreciated assets as collateral for various funding arrangements. That's why CFOs are so well paid. To oversimplyfy, it's like when homowners take out home equity loans on their greatly apppreciated homes. They don't sell the asset. Of course, if the Trib wanted to take their $580 milllion dollar profit and cashout I think that could be a positive for the Cubs.

 

Finally, I don't put a lot of stock in the reliability of the Tribune's "net income" numbers. For example, they list broadcast revenue that is less than the White Sox do (which can't be true) and don't list for all the intangible revenue the Cubs bring in.

 

Bottom line - The Tribune conglomerate could have afforded Tejada (instead of Nefi/Nomar) and Beltran (instead of Patterson) and other improvements to the team which ultimately would have paid "dividends" but they chose not to.

[LoneStarCubFan]

Bottom line - The Tribune conglomerate could have afforded Tejada (instead of Nefi/Nomar) and Beltran (instead of Patterson) and other improvements to the team which ultimately would have paid "dividends" but they chose not to.

 

Could not have said it better. If it's possible to spend $100 million and still be cheap the Tribco has done it. Making the signing of Carlos Beltran contingent upon the trading of Sammy Sosa when you have the resources the Trib does is cheap and small-time thinking.

 

But when your only goal is to spend just enough money to entice people to come out to the ballpark this is the kind of team you get.

[cubbieinexile]

Bottom line - The Tribune conglomerate could have afforded Tejada (instead of Nefi/Nomar) and Beltran (instead of Patterson) and other improvements to the team which ultimately would have paid "dividends" but they chose not to.

 

Could not have said it better. If it's possible to spend $100 million and still be cheap the Tribco has done it. Making the signing of Carlos Beltran contingent upon the trading of Sammy Sosa when you have the resources the Trib does is cheap and small-time thinking.

 

But when your only goal is to spend just enough money to entice people to come out to the ballpark this is the kind of team you get.

 

Yeah and they could have gotten JD DRew too, or Jason Giambi or any other number of players that were a bust. If the Cubs had Carlos a lot of people would be howling for his head right now saying how much of a bust he was compared to the salary he was taking.

[The Voice of Reason]

Bottom line - The Tribune conglomerate could have afforded Tejada (instead of Nefi/Nomar) and Beltran (instead of Patterson) and other improvements to the team which ultimately would have paid "dividends" but they chose not to.

 

Could not have said it better. If it's possible to spend $100 million and still be cheap the Tribco has done it. Making the signing of Carlos Beltran contingent upon the trading of Sammy Sosa when you have the resources the Trib does is cheap and small-time thinking.

 

But when your only goal is to spend just enough money to entice people to come out to the ballpark this is the kind of team you get.

 

Yeah and they could have gotten JD DRew too, or Jason Giambi or any other number of players that were a bust. If the Cubs had Carlos a lot of people would be howling for his head right now saying how much of a bust he was compared to the salary he was taking.

 

Valid points but if the Cubs had invested in Beltran, Tejada and another starter (allowing Dempster to be in the bullpen all year), I think they would have beaten out Houston for the wild card this year and be set up pretty good for next year when Wood returns (fingers crossed) healthy.

 

Spending money doesn't guarantee anything but it increases your odds. Case in point - the Yankees. Bad pitcher investments this year but still made the playoffs. Since 1909, the Yankees have won 26 World Championships and countless pennants. The Cubs have one measely pennant. The corrrelation is that historically the Yankees had combined spending money with their share of good personnel decisions. The Cubs have not. :cry:

[hardcorecubfan]

Mark Cuban, please.

 

No, he won't enforce the dress code. I am now planning to put a partnership together to buy the Cubs, on a teacher's salary help from some of you I think we can do it.

 

Any takers?

 

If not me how about Bill Murrey (sp)

[vance_the_cubs_fan]

Mark Cuban, please.

 

No, he won't enforce the dress code. I am now planning to put a partnership together to buy the Cubs, on a teacher's salary help from some of you I think we can do it.

 

Any takers?

 

If not me how about Bill Murrey (sp)

 

If I can win the powerball, I'm in.

[hardcorecubfan]

Mark Cuban, please.

 

No, he won't enforce the dress code. I am now planning to put a partnership together to buy the Cubs, on a teacher's salary help from some of you I think we can do it.

 

Any takers?

 

If not me how about Bill Murrey (sp)

 

If I can win the powerball, I'm in.

 

Wel that's two with a combined total of 1000.00 dollars plus your hope to win the powerball, that should get our foot into the door