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I'd much much much rather have Wilson and let the Cards have Nevin. That was kind of a joke. ooops...sorry I missed that :P

If he was a Cub, he would be their only representative. What do you think, Barrett will be the lone representative of the Cubs? or will DLee make if he is healthy? Zambrano, and probably Barrett...imo.

I'd much much much rather have Wilson and let the Cards have Nevin.

Here you can launch a match tracker - its in-depth-ish, and there's fan comments on a different tab. Thanks! Of course the server is too busy to load...lol

Where's the best place to follow this online?

This better not happen.

Yep, and I'm not sure that a payroll boost would even be necessary. It just needs to be spent better (obviously).

This is rather hilarious to get worked up about in light of the Grimsley thing.

I think you definitely hit the 3 guys on the head most likely to go elsewhere.

Come join us. It's hard to believe anyone on this Cubs team is using any performance enhancing drugs or chemicals. It's better than giving up on the game completely. Neifi and Bynum are both clearly juicing.

Anyone else think that we'll see legislation over performance enhancers in professional sports before long?

Exactly. The owners might drag feet on approval or heavily scrutinize the finances, but Cuban would get approved. I suspect Cuban would get tagged as a potential Steinbrenner of the NL, and given the oft-argued economic disparity in the league that alone would be sufficient reason to blackball Cuban. The Cubs could only afford four no-votes; the NL Central alone would be able to block the purchase. Pitt, Cincy and Milw are small-market teams - they would be heavily incented to block. On this theory, why would the NL West teams have allowed Frank McCourt to buy the Dodgers? He's obviously going to spend a ton of money on that team, so why wouldn't they block him? SF, SD, aren't exactly small markets, but neither can spend LA money, and surely the Rockies and Diamondbacks would want to block that right?

Well heya, Ubergoober...haven't seen you around much lately. :)

Would that happen quietly? I genuinely don't know the answer, not trying to be sarcastic or anything. Depends on whether the Cubs thought they could drive up the price with a bidding war or not. Or how much either party wanted to keep it a secret. My feeling is any Cubs sale would be somewhat of a surprise when it happens. I don't think you'd see it negotiated in the press for months on end. Corporations are very good at keeping deals quiet if they want to. And it's a lot easier to sell off an entity within a corporation than to sell the entire business, which would require shareholder votes. As I said in the original post on this during the winter, Tribune is probably not the entity who is going to decide to sell the Cubs. A financial buyer will come in and sell off the pieces to strategic buyers. I.e., the TV stations would be sold to a larger TV operater, the newspapers to a media publisher, in order to get premium prices. There will be no "Tribune Corporation" as we now know it. Lefty, I missed that original post during the winter. What's going on at Trib Co that would result in such a mass liquidation? TRB has rallied about 15% since the beginning of April. Someone on Wall St must have liked the stock buyback plan -- in fact Goldman Sachs upgraded the stock just this morning. Here's a pretty good articleabout it. Google News the word "tribune" and you'll find all kinds of articles about the Tribune possibly spinning of it's broadcasting division. Lots of change gonna be happening there.

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I didn't want to laugh.... but I did. :D

http://chicagosports.chicagotribune.com/sports/baseball/cubs/cs-060608greenberg,1,3357502.story?coll=cs-home-headlines Adam signed with the Dodgers.

That's my point. He has to have an opportunity at the big league level to get past whatever mental block he has about pitching in the bigs.

Oh you're hilarious.

He can get it over the plate in AAA. Is that minor league plate smaller? Or could it be that he needs to build confidence in the majors?

I wonder why we got Phil Nevin.

Well I don't think anything will happen while the NBA Finals are going on, that's for sure... :P

"Putting something up for sale" can drive down the price, because potential buyers know the owner wants to get rid of the item. GMs talk all the time about not shopping guys, but they'll listen for offers. Unlike most businesses, a ballclub carries an emotional premium for rich guys who want to compete, and win in full view of the public. In the interview that Mariotti did with Cuban, Cuban said this: Would that happen quietly? I genuinely don't know the answer, not trying to be sarcastic or anything.