The other owners are just going to tell him no, like they did the last time.

//stupid owners

God I wish he would get it.

/Dodgers would spend sooooo much money
//Phillies, Dodgers, Yankees and Red Sox all Yankee-ing it up? It'd be fun.
///Hell even if they didn't, Cuban would provide some lulz all his own.

Yeah, what would they want with all that money and winning attitude and passion.

The guy is a bit eccentric. You guys could use a little bit of that in the game,.

Apparently Magic's in another group bidding? This process could get all kinds of awesome with two public figures like that involved.

If MLB was smart they'd sell to Cuban. I have a feeling they are either going to welcome O'Malley back to the good ol' boys club, or sell to Magic so they can show minority ownership. Any excuse to not sell to Cuban.

jayhawk88: Apparently Magic's in another group bidding? This process could get all kinds of awesome with two public figures like that involved.

Larry King is in a bidding group as well. All kinds of awesome indeed

He can't possibly do a worse job than McCourt. I kind of wish he'd buy the A's, it would be kind of like having Charlie Finley back. Except without the skinflintery and Raging Asshole Disease™.

The news is somewhat surprising because Cuban recently told the Los Angeles Times he "wasn't interested" in bidding for a team that figures to sell for at least $1 billion

Silly Sporting News, the $1 billion figure is what I believe Matt Kemp will be owed next year..

italie: The other owners are just going to tell him no, like they did the last time.

//stupid owners

They don't have very much leeway, Dodger-wise. Keeping the team with Frank McCourt is not an option. This is a sheriff's sale. You don't get to be picky about the buyer.

What are they scared of with Cuban? Do they think he'll be three rows back of home plate pissing and moaning about balls and strikes? His money is pretty easily traceable, he puts a good deal into his teams (unlike the previous owners) and has half a clue how to market his teams and himself- a necessity in LA.

If the Dodgers score 10 runs or more, everyone gets a free chalupa!!!

FreakinB: italie: jayhawk88: Apparently Magic's in another group bidding? This process could get all kinds of awesome with two public figures like that involved.

Larry King is in a bidding group as well. All kinds of awesome indeed

I once tried to buy a baseball team. Instead I used the money on an private island known for its vicious boars. My 5th wife was not pleased until we made passionate love in a treehouse that had been left by the natives...........Kenosha, Wisconsin! You're on the air!

/Larry King Game'd

I can remember the first time I saw Magic Johnson play in the NBA - it was a regular season game in 1984 against the Knicks. I was at Madison Square with Monty Hall, and Monty was telling me about this Michael Jordan kid who was going to change the face of the NBA. That's something most people don't know about Monty Hall, he's the Nostradamus of basketball. Poughkeepsie, you're on the air!

As a Dodger fan, this is awesome.

ESPN also said Magic Johnson was going to make a bid.

MLB's worst fear?

What, that if sold to Cuban, the Dodgers would be relevant again?

While I disagree with Cuban on some issues, the sad reality is he really didn't make an impact with the NBA. Good owners will spend money, bad owners will sit back and collect the checks.

Gosling: italie: The other owners are just going to tell him no, like they did the last time.

//stupid owners

They don't have very much leeway, Dodger-wise. Keeping the team with Frank McCourt is not an option. This is a sheriff's sale. You don't get to be picky about the buyer.


The Cubs were a bankruptcy sale, and that didn't seem to stop them from being snooty. I believe his bid was also the highest.

Can he also buy the Orioles?

Komplex: Good owners will spend money, bad owners will sit back and collect the checks.

The Dolans spend the most in both the NBA and the NHL and yet the Knicks and Rangers have both been pretty bad until very recently.

Bad owners spend money too.

INeedAName: Can he also buy the Orioles?

Nope, the Baltimore Orioles will be stuck with Peter Angelos for the rest of eternity, a fate sealed when Jim Palmer accidentally opened that tomb on his Egyptian vacation in the 90s.

INeedAName: Can he also buy the Orioles?

You would need a wooden stake and the location of Peter Angelos' coffin first.

I emailed Mark Cuban with my pitch as to why he should buy the Dodgers. I said that throwing baseballs at umpires is way easier than throwing folding chairs at referees.

Ken VeryBigLiar: What are they scared of with Cuban? Do they think he'll be three rows back of home plate pissing and moaning about balls and strikes? His money is pretty easily traceable, he puts a good deal into his teams (unlike the previous owners) and has half a clue how to market his teams and himself- a necessity in LA.

They aren't afraid of him, they just don't like him. Baseball is a game of traditions, and traditionally owners have sat back and been quite and acted conservatively. They let their GM's and managers do all of the crazy talking. Cuban isn't a quite conservative owner, they know that he will be in the press saying something every week. Baseball had enough with Stienbrenner, but couldn't do anything with him because he controlled the most powerful team, they aren't going to let themselves get into that situation with a guy that will be 10x what Steinbrenner was. The only way Cuban gets to be an owner in MLB is if he gets in a group that has a few former players and he takes a minority role in the group.

obeymatt: As a Padre fan, let me just say,
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I've got more awesome news for you!
The Padres just hired Omar Minaya to be Asst. GM.

oh please oh please oh please oh please

italie: Gosling: italie: The other owners are just going to tell him no, like they did the last time.

//stupid owners

They don't have very much leeway, Dodger-wise. Keeping the team with Frank McCourt is not an option. This is a sheriff's sale. You don't get to be picky about the buyer.


The Cubs were a bankruptcy sale, and that didn't seem to stop them from being snooty. I believe his bid was also the highest.

What could've been... Hope he lands you, Dodgers.

/Cubs fan that gives a fark about winning
//am I the only only one?
///don't blow it, Theo

ongbok: They aren't afraid of him, they just don't like him. Baseball is a game of traditions, and traditionally owners have sat back and been quite and acted conservatively. They let their GM's and managers do all of the crazy talking. Cuban isn't a quite conservative owner, they know that he will be in the press saying something every week. Baseball had enough with Stienbrenner, but couldn't do anything with him because he controlled the most powerful team, they aren't going to let themselves get into that situation with a guy that will be 10x what Steinbrenner was. The only way Cuban gets to be an owner in MLB is if he gets in a group that has a few former players and he takes a minority role in the group.

I just find it odd thaty Selig doesn't try to talk to guy up. If any group needed a face for the group it would be baseball owners. Selig came from being a crappy used car salesmen to commish, you'd think he'd want somebody to make baseball a little more relevant for the summer months.

ongbok: Ken VeryBigLiar: What are they scared of with Cuban? Do they think he'll be three rows back of home plate pissing and moaning about balls and strikes? His money is pretty easily traceable, he puts a good deal into his teams (unlike the previous owners) and has half a clue how to market his teams and himself- a necessity in LA.

They aren't afraid of him, they just don't like him. Baseball is a game of traditions, and traditionally owners have sat back and been quite and acted conservatively. They let their GM's and managers do all of the crazy talking. Cuban isn't a quite conservative owner, they know that he will be in the press saying something every week. Baseball had enough with Stienbrenner, but couldn't do anything with him because he controlled the most powerful team, they aren't going to let themselves get into that situation with a guy that will be 10x what Steinbrenner was. The only way Cuban gets to be an owner in MLB is if he gets in a group that has a few former players and he takes a minority role in the group.

Actually they banned Steinbrenner from having anything to do with his team because of his shenanigans for a couple years, didn't they?

jayhawk88: Apparently Magic's in another group bidding? This process could get all kinds of awesome with two public figures like that involved.

Does Magic have any aides helping him in the bidding process?

Dreamy LaTwitch: Actually they banned Steinbrenner from having anything to do with his team because of his shenanigans for a couple years, didn't they?

Fay Vincent banned him. Bud Selig reinstated him a year after Vincent died.

fark that, I hope the Dodgers get bought by someone even worse than McCourt and become the next Pirates. Cuban can buy the Rays or something.

The Magic group has Stan Kasten pulling the baseball strings with a huge pocketbook backing them up.

MLB will bend over backwards to give that group the team.

bulldg4life: The Magic group has Stan Kasten pulling the baseball strings with a huge pocketbook backing them up.

MLB will bend over backwards to give that group the team.

mlb.com already has this as one of their top headlines, so you kinda know what they would like to happen

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Kid Lester: jayhawk88: FreakinB: italie: jayhawk88: Apparently Magic's in another group bidding? This process could get all kinds of awesome with two public figures like that involved.

Larry King is in a bidding group as well. All kinds of awesome indeed

I once tried to buy a baseball team. Instead I used the money on an private island known for its vicious boars. My 5th wife was not pleased until we made passionate love in a treehouse that had been left by the natives...........Kenosha, Wisconsin! You're on the air!

/Larry King Game'd

I can remember the first time I saw Magic Johnson play in the NBA - it was a regular season game in 1984 against the Knicks. I was at Madison Square with Monty Hall, and Monty was telling me about this Michael Jordan kid who was going to change the face of the NBA. That's something most people don't know about Monty Hall, he's the Nostradamus of basketball. Poughkeepsie, you're on the air!

The most flatulent person I've ever met was at a Yankee game in '77. George Plimpton and I had seats behind the plate, and the guy next to us was having eruptions of epic proportions the entire game. By the 5th inning, we couldn't take it any more and found some empty seats next to Bobby Duvall, who was with the most beautiful, purple skinned Nigerian woman I've ever seen. Two months later, Plimpton calls me at 6 in the morning, yelling, "Go get the Times! Go get the Times!" So I go out and grab the paper, and whose picture is staring at me in black and white on the front page above the fold? The guy who had gassed us out at the Yankee game. It was the Son of Sam. Toledo, you're on the air!


Thirty-nine years ago I drank the best wine I've ever had in my life. You can only obtain it via a Himalayan Sherpa in the most secretive of Tibetan black markets. The wine was called Ngima, and I had to trade thirty-three Aftrican Pygmy-Hedgehogs for a 1 liter cask. The wine had the appearance of molasses, and the taste of expired Vagisil. I drank it in one sitting while dining on quail. Oskaloosa, you're on the air!

italie: Kid Lester: jayhawk88: FreakinB: italie: jayhawk88: Apparently Magic's in another group bidding? This process could get all kinds of awesome with two public figures like that involved.

Larry King is in a bidding group as well. All kinds of awesome indeed

I once tried to buy a baseball team. Instead I used the money on an private island known for its vicious boars. My 5th wife was not pleased until we made passionate love in a treehouse that had been left by the natives...........Kenosha, Wisconsin! You're on the air!

/Larry King Game'd

I can remember the first time I saw Magic Johnson play in the NBA - it was a regular season game in 1984 against the Knicks. I was at Madison Square with Monty Hall, and Monty was telling me about this Michael Jordan kid who was going to change the face of the NBA. That's something most people don't know about Monty Hall, he's the Nostradamus of basketball. Poughkeepsie, you're on the air!

The most flatulent person I've ever met was at a Yankee game in '77. George Plimpton and I had seats behind the plate, and the guy next to us was having eruptions of epic proportions the entire game. By the 5th inning, we couldn't take it any more and found some empty seats next to Bobby Duvall, who was with the most beautiful, purple skinned Nigerian woman I've ever seen. Two months later, Plimpton calls me at 6 in the morning, yelling, "Go get the Times! Go get the Times!" So I go out and grab the paper, and whose picture is staring at me in black and white on the front page above the fold? The guy who had gassed us out at the Yankee game. It was the Son of Sam. Toledo, you're on the air!


Thirty-nine years ago I drank the best wine I've ever had in my life. You can only obtain it via a Himalayan Sherpa in the most secretive of Tibetan black markets. The wine was called Ngima, and I had to trade thirty-three Aftrican Pygmy-Hedgehogs for a 1 liter cask. The wine had the appearance of molasses, and the taste of expired Vagisil. I drank it in one sitting while dining on quail. Oskaloosa, you're on the air!

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