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Trump + Ricketts = Don't Buy Tickets
Formula checks out.
I went to the Trump Tower protest 10/28/19, and took a few snapshots of the crowd and of various signs. Trump was in town to besmirch Chicago, make fun of people who have died of gun violence, and then fundraise with his buddy Todd Ricketts, owner of the Chicago Cubs. Trump wasn't welcomed as much as he was jeered.
Dahleen Glanton of the Chicago Tribune:
The people outside Trump's comfort zone were as different as America allows each of us to be. And they were united in a single goal — to let Trump know that he's not welcome in Chicago. Even if he didn't see it, maybe, at least, he sensed it.
It is obvious that Trump doesn't like Chicago. He has no use for voters here. In 2016, Trump won only 38% of the vote in Illinois, compared to Hillary Clinton's 55%. Buoyed by Chicago, Clinton got a whopping 74% of the vote in Cook County, compared to Trump's embarrassing 21%.
There is no way he can count on Chicago in 2020, so he's resigned to making our city a punching bag.
On his first visit to Chicago since becoming president, Trump wasted no time trashing our city. Speaking to a gathering of international chiefs of police, he again compared Chicago to Afghanistan, saying that the war-torn nation is a "safe place by comparison" and declaring that Chicago is "embarrassing to us as a nation."
Mayor Lori Lightfoot struck back, calling his attack "insulting, ignorant buffoonery."
That was mild, though, compared to what other Chicagoans were saying.
The overwhelming sentiment at the rally, which turned into an impromptu march through downtown picking up cheering bystanders along the way, was not only that Trump should be impeached, but also that he needs to be in jail.
The chants were loud and fierce, often accompanied by a drumbeat.
"Lock him up!" "This is what democracy looks like!" "Hey, Hey, Ho Ho, Donald Trump has got to go!" "Democracy is under attack. What do we do? Stand up, fight back!"
(click here to continue reading Column: Chicago threw a great protest rally for Donald Trump. Unfortunately, he didn't get to see it. – Chicago Tribune.)
AP reports:
While in Chicago, Trump headlined a campaign luncheon at his hotel in the city, raising approximately $4 million for a joint fundraising committee benefiting Trump's reelection effort and the Republican National Committee, according to the GOP.
Thousands of demonstrators rallied outside the hotel, waving colorful signs that said "Impeach Trump Now" and "Quid Pro Quo Trump Must Go." They also shouted chants such as "Lock him up" and "Trump must go."
Some said they came to protest out of a fear for the country they have never felt before.
"It will take decades to put things back in place," said Caroline Mooney, a 61-year-old marketing analyst from the Chicago suburb of Tinley Park.
"If something doesn't happen next November, we may not recover," said her friend Steve Schaibley, who drove 2-1 / 2 hours from Livingston County.
(click here to continue reading Trump calls Chicago an embarrassment to U.S. | State News | news-gazette.com.)
Lynn Sweet, Chicago Sun-Times:
Cubs co-owner Todd Ricketts, the Republican National Committee finance chair, will oversee fundraising for President Donald Trump's re-election campaign as the two organizations merge their 2020 efforts, the RNC announced Friday.
Ricketts, a Wilmette resident, took over RNC fundraising duties in January 2018. The RNC appointment came after Ricketts withdrew his name to be deputy commerce secretary because it was too complicated to untangle his finances.
Under Trump, the RNC and the Trump bid for a second term will fundraise under a unified joint flag called the Trump Victory Committee.
"I am honored to continue to support President Trump and the Republican Party through the Trump Victory Committee," Ricketts said in a statement. "As we head toward 2020, I will work to ensure President Trump and his campaign have the resources they need
(click here to continue reading Cubs co-owner Todd Ricketts to run President Trump's re-election fundraising.)
Some other of my photos of the protest:
Trump – Black Lives Matter
Traitor Go Back To Moscow
Great Impeachment, Robin! Batman and Robin showed up to protest the Dotard
Impeach Trump
Get Out Trump
Make America Great Again – Deport Trump
Ricketts family Screws Up
Chicago Cubs
Talk about stupid moves: the New York Times reported today that Joe Ricketts, founder of TD Ameritrade, and patriarch of the family that owns Wrigley Field, is planning to spend at least $10,000,000 on attack ads targeting President Obama, bringing up old smears, and doing whatever nasty tricks the PAC can come up with to defeat Obama.
Except that the Chicago Cubs are trying to get money from former Obama Chief of Staff, and current Chicago Mayor, Rahm Emanuel, to pay for renovations on Wrigley Field. Ooops.
The Cubs are trying to work out a deal with the city that would involve using $150 million in city amusement taxes for a $300 million renovation of Wrigley Field.
The presidential campaign issue was widely viewed as threatening to upend the delicate talks between the family and city and state government. A mayoral aide said Emanuel was furious when he read about the anti-Obama ad proposal.
At City Hall, it did not go unnoticed that part of the Ricketts family is asking for taxpayer support while gearing up to spend millions on a presidential campaign. The mayoral aide described that as hypocritical.
The Emanuel aide said the Ricketts family has tried to contact Emanuel to discuss the situation, but the mayor declined the overture. Publicly, Emanuel did not have an immediate comment on how the effort by Joe Ricketts might affect those talks. "I'll have some conversations on that later — comments rather," Emanuel said.
(click here to continue reading Ricketts family moves to control fallout on Obama attack ad – chicagotribune.com.)
Assholes. I hope they don't get a single dime of taxpayer money. In fact, the city ought to use the power of eminent domain, and seize control of the stadium until the Ricketts divest from it. Sell the Cubs to Mark Cuban, he's much smarter than these tone-deaf idiots.
The media buy for the proposal (source document here – PDF) includes advertising on Meet the Press, Face the Nation, the History Channel, the Weather Channel, TNT, Anderson Cooper's show on CNN, Fox and Friends, of course, aerial banners to fly over the Democratic Convention in Charlotte, blanketing the Charlotte airport with 15 screens running this clap-trap four times an hour, full page 4-Color newspapers ads, and more.
more from the NYT on the Rickett plan:
Timed to upend the Democratic National Convention in September, the plan would "do exactly what John McCain would not let us do," the strategists wrote.
The plan, which is awaiting approval, calls for running commercials linking Mr. Obama to incendiary comments by his former spiritual adviser, the Rev. Jeremiah A. Wright Jr., whose race-related sermons made him a highly charged figure in the 2008 campaign.
"The world is about to see Jeremiah Wright and understand his influence on Barack Obama for the first time in a big, attention-arresting way," says the proposal, which was overseen by Fred Davis and commissioned by Joe Ricketts, the founder of the brokerage firm TD Ameritrade. Mr. Ricketts is increasingly putting his fortune to work in conservative politics.
The $10 million plan, one of several being studied by Mr. Ricketts, includes preparations for how to respond to the charges of race-baiting it envisions if it highlights Mr. Obama's former ties to Mr. Wright, who espouses what is known as "black liberation theology."
The group suggested hiring as a spokesman an "extremely literate conservative African-American" who can argue that Mr. Obama misled the nation by presenting himself as what the proposal calls a "metrosexual, black Abe Lincoln."
A copy of a detailed advertising plan was obtained by The New York Times through a person not connected to the proposal who was alarmed by its tone. It is titled "The Defeat of Barack Hussein Obama: The Ricketts Plan to End His Spending for Good."
The document, which was written by former advisers to Mr. McCain, is critical of his decision in 2008 not to aggressively pursue Mr. Obama's relationship with Mr. Wright. In the opening paragraphs of the proposal, the Republican strategists refer to Mr. McCain as "a crusty old politician who often seemed confused, burdened with a campaign just as confused."
"Our plan is to do exactly what John McCain would not let us do: Show the world how Barack Obama's opinions of America and the world were formed," the proposal says. "And why the influence of that misguided mentor and our president's formative years among left-wing intellectuals has brought our country to its knees."
The plan is designed for maximum impact, far beyond a typical $10 million television advertising campaign. It calls for full-page newspaper advertisements featuring a comment Mr. Wright made the Sunday after the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. "America's chickens are coming home to roost," he said.
The plan is for the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C., to be "jolted." The advertising campaign would include television ads, outdoor advertisements and huge aerial banners flying over the convention site for four hours one afternoon.
The strategists grappled with the quandary of running against Mr. Obama that other Republicans have cited this year: "How to inflame their questions on his character and competency, while allowing themselves to still somewhat 'like' the man becomes the challenge."
Lamenting that voters "still aren't ready to hate this president," the document concludes that the campaign should "explain how forces out of Obama's control, that shaped the man, have made him completely the wrong choice as president in these days and times."
(click here to continue reading G.O.P. 'Super PAC' Weighs Hard-Line Attack on Obama – NYTimes.com.)
Look, if Papa Ricketts wants to attack the president with his own TD Ameritrade money, well, I don't like it, nor their moronic intentions, but I don't object. However, the Ricketts simultaneously having their hands out to take my tax money is just wrong, and I hope Mayor Emanuel tells them to fuck off, in those words. If I had a TD Ameritrade account, I'd close it right away. You should close yours right away.
SEC targets MLB shady business
Don't know which is worse: the major league sports stadium boondoggle, or the corporate welfare boondoggle? They might be tied.
Jeff Passan reports:
For two decades now, Major League Baseball has funded its rise from corporate slacker to gilded cash cow on the backs of taxpayers bullied into building new stadiums. It's a marvel the government took so long to sniff out the rot that emanates from these deals, though not much of a surprise that the Miami Marlins were the target when they did.
The Security and Exchange Commission on Thursday launched guided warheads at the Marlins, requesting the team's financial records, communications with MLB officials including commissioner Bud Selig, minutes of meetings with local government leaders and political campaign-contribution information, according to a report in the Miami Herald.
While the subpoenas issued by the SEC do not explicitly detail the purpose of the investigation, the feds' motives are evident: They want to understand how, exactly, a group of county commissioners agreed to fund 80 percent of the Marlins new stadium, which cost more than $600 million, without ever seeing the team's financial records – and whether bribes had anything to do with it.
The Marlins pushed the limits on exactly how much a team can hold its city hostage. They cried poverty and threatened to move unless they got a new stadium while refusing to disclose their financial records – records that were later leaked and showed a team swimming in tens of millions of dollars in profits and funneled millions more to a corporation run by team owner Jeffrey Loria. Miami-Dade County commissioners nevertheless voted 9-4 in favor of taking out loans that will cost the county $2.4 billion over 40 years to help build the stadium in Little Havana, about two miles west of the city.
(click here to continue reading SEC targets Marlins' shady business – MLB – Yahoo! Sports.)
Hey, the 1% wants to own sports teams? Fine, but either the city that funds the team gets a say in personnel decisions, or the owners have to pay for their own hobby out of their own pockets.
The Electric Dock Ellis Acid Test
A.J. Daulerio of Deadspin tried to recreate Dock Ellis' famous no-hitter, albeit on a video game, but the LSD was real.
"Can we get some pizza now?"
But in order to get that type of nourishment one must go
I had been instructed not to go outside by people who were more accustomed to these types of activities than I was. The cozy confines of the apartment were the only place for a 37-year-old first-timer like me, they said. It only took a few brisk steps to realize what they had been talking about. The normally straight sidewalk on Court Street between Union and Sackett started to tilt to the left in a comical, funhouse way. The storefront signs were more vivid than usual; the swooping cursive letters on Italian bakeries were now a menacing Satan font. Couples pushing strollers passed by me and I looked the other way because I was ashamed and too paranoid that they'd see my eyes bouncing or that I'd stare too long at their kicking babies and they'd call the cops.
By the time we arrived at the pizza parlor things were threatening to go haywire. That ricotta pie was clearly agitated by my presence. Toder relayed my order for me and handled the money transaction with the counterperson, because I could not possibly participate in such activities with the dickhead pizza being all mouthy and with the fearsome heat of that big oven so close by. Toder handed me my large cup of Dr Pepper and we were soon outside again on the crooked sidewalk, headed back to the ballpark inside my TV to accomplish greatness. The Dr Pepper was so good. So, so good. Why this was not the beverage of choice for all when life goes awry was unfathomable. Hey, look, the sidewalk is back to normal. Everything's coming up me. I needed to hug something.
(click here to continue reading The Electric Dock Ellis Acid Test: An Attempt To Recreate His Drug-Addled No-Hitter, On Xbox.)
Amusing, though A.J. Daulerio doesn't actually succeed in throwing a no-hitter, but you should read his explanation of the experience.
Actual footage of Dock Ellis on LSD don't seem to be available, but this YouTube creation by James Blagden and No Mas is pretty good. Excellent, in fact.
In celebration of the greatest athletic achievement by a man on a psychedelic journey, No Mas and artist James Blagden proudly present the animated tale of Dock Ellis' legendary LSD no-hitter. In the past few years we've heard all too much about performance enhancing drugs from greenies to tetrahydrogestrinone, and not enough about performance inhibiting drugs. If our evaluation of the records of athletes like Mark McGwire, Roger Clemens, Marion Jones, and Barry Bonds needs to be revised downwards with an asterisk, we submit that that Dock Ellis record deserves a giant exclamation point. Of the 263 no-hitters ever thrown in the Big Leagues, we can only guess how many were aided by steroids, but we can say without question that only one was ever thrown on acid.
Sadly, the great Dock Ellis died last December at 63. A year before, radio producers Donnell Alexander and Neille Ilel, had recorded an interview with Ellis in which the former Pirate right hander gave a moment by moment account of June 12, 1970, the day he no-hit the San Diego Padres. Alexander and Ilels original four minute piece appeared March 29, 2008 on NPRs Weekend America. When we stumbled across that piece this past June, Blagden and Isenberg were inspired to create a short animated film around the original audio.
Frank McCourt and the Demise of the Dodgers
Buzz Bissinger is not going to be invited to Frank McCourt's Christmas party this year.
There is simply no way to say with any degree of artfulness so I won't even try: Los Angeles Dodgers' owner Frank McCourt is a vile piece of shit who not only ruined what was once the classiest franchise in all of sports but should also face legal consequences if allegations are true that he did reportedly not pay any taxes on $105 million he siphoned from the Dodgers' for his own personal use. Co-owners Frank and Jamie McCourt have recently divorced, causing the team to suffer.
Ruthless. Litigious. Nasty. Dishonest. That's just a small smattering of the descriptions that the media have applied to McCourt, prima facie proof that all professional sports teams, like the Green Bay Packers, should be community-owned so fans don't have to witness the destruction of an institution they love.
Some are saying they are shocked by Wednesday's news of Major League Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig appointing a trustee to take over operations of the Dodgers. Given McCourt's track record, I have no idea why. Perhaps the most vigorous defense in his favor comes from Tommy Lasorda, a profane clown when he managed the Dodgers and even more of a profane clown on the talk circuit. Lasorda says McCourt really loves the Dodgers, which is like saying that Hannibal Lecter really loved his victims before he ate their livers.
(click here to continue reading Frank McCourt and the Demise of the Dodgers – The Daily Beast.)
I strongly support the idea of more teams owned by the community, like the Green Bay Packers. The owners cry poverty whenever a new stadium is required, but when they want to move franchises to another city a few years later, nobody seems to be able to stop them.
And, for the record, I wouldn't want to be invited to Frank McCourt's Christmas party either, he seems like a real jerk, especially if you read Buzz Bissinger's whole rant.
Reading Around on March 2nd through March 6th
A few interesting links collected March 2nd through March 6th:
- Rispondere al telefono in bicicletta costa caro, la multa di Milano – Foto | Polizia a Chicago, swanksalot by Flickr
- Ted Williams on Jim Bunning | Richard Adams | World news | guardian.co.uk – Ted Williams, when he was still playing, would psyche himself up for a game during batting practice, usually early practice before the fans or reporters got there…hen he'd say, "Here comes Jim Bunning. Jim fucking Bunning and that little shit slider of his." Wham!
- "He doesn't really think he's gonna get me out with that shit." Blam!
Bunning is an Ass
You already knew that Jim Bunning (R-loser) is an ass, but it's been confirmed, by no less a personage than Ted Williams:.
Aside from being a politician of eccentric views, and not highly popular among Republicans, Bunning is best known as a skilled major league baseball pitcher of the 1950s and 1960s. He may not have been one of the great pitchers – measured by the standards of Warren Spahn or Bob Gibson, say – but he has the distinction of being one of the few players to ever pitch a perfect game in the majors. (A perfect game being one where no opposing batter reaches first base.)
There are more details of Bunning's baseball career here – including Bunning's appearance in the best book about baseball ever written, Ball Four, by Jim Bouton:
Ted Williams, when he was still playing, would psyche himself up for a game during batting practice, usually early practice before the fans or reporters got there.
He'd go into the cage, wave his bat at the pitcher and start screaming at the top of his voice, "My name is Ted fucking Williams and I'm the greatest hitter in baseball."
He'd swing and hit a line drive.
"Jesus H Christ Himself couldn't get me out."
And he'd hit another.
Then he'd say, "Here comes Jim Bunning. Jim fucking Bunning and that little shit slider of his."
"He doesn't really think he's gonna get me out with that shit."
[Click to continue reading Ted Williams on Jim Bunning | Richard Adams | guardian.co.uk]
Seems like the Democrats are calling Bunning's bluff, and forcing him to really filibuster, or shut up.
Although no final decisions have been made, Democrats confirmed it is increasingly likely that Democrats will force Bunning into an actual filibuster of unemployment insurance extension Tuesday night by repeatedly offering up unanimous consent agreements to bring the bill to a vote.
Although Members often threaten actual filibusters, they rarely materialize. Instead, lawmakers tend to rely on "Cadillac filibusters," essentially stalling procedures that can be used to block legislation without having to actually stay put on the Senate floor.
Democrats on Tuesday signaled they have the resolve to remain in session throughout the night to force Bunning to abandon his cause. The American people "want an end to these games. And I hope that today we'll see the end. If we don't, we're going to have to have a long, long night ahead of us to make the point that it's wrong for one Senator to stop our people, our American people, from getting the help they deserve," Environment and Public Works Chairman Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) said Tuesday.
[Click to continue reading Democrats May Force All-Night Session – Roll Call]
Jim Bunning has theoretically caved
Under increasing pressure from Democrats and members of his own party, Sen. Jim Bunning (R-Ky.) Tuesday night abandoned his one-man filibuster of a one-month extension to unemployment benefits and other programs.
In the end Bunning agreed to a deal allowing him one vote on an amendment to pay for the bill's $10 billion cost. That proposal was offered by Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) last Thursday at the start of his filibuster, but Bunning rejected it because he feared his amendment would not pass.
[Click to continue reading Bunning Accepts Deal Allowing Benefits Bill to Advance – Roll Call]
Wouldn't it be nice if the Democrats in the Senate learned from this? And forced all the obstructionist Republicans who are threatening to filibuster to actually filibuster?
Eamus Catuli – AC0063100
Eamus Catuli – AC0063100, originally uploaded by swanksalot.
I've never actually been to Wrigley Field before, so had to look up both of these signs. Luckily, my iPhone got reception, and was able to find the Wikipedia entry:
The Lakeview Baseball Club, which sits across Sheffield Avenue (right-field) from the stadium displays a sign that reads, "Eamus Catuli!" (roughly Latin for "Let's Go Cubs!"—catuli translating to "whelps", the nearest Latin equivalent), flanked by a counter indicating the Cubs' long legacy of futility. The counter is labeled "AC," for "Anno Catuli," or "In the Year of the Cubs." The first two digits indicate the number of years since the Cubs' last division championship as of the end of the previous season (2008), the next two digits indicate the number of years since the Cubs' last trip to the World Series (1945), and the last three digits indicate the number of years since their last World Series win (1908).
Moguls Steal Home While Companies Strike Out
Has Bill Moyers been reading our blog? Ridiculous question, but he comes to the same conclusion as us regarding the new Yankee's stadium – it is a boondoggle.
Yankee star Alex Rodriguez had a better year than [Babe Ruth or New York Governor Al Smith]. This season, A-Rod is making $28 million, just part of an annual Yankee payroll of $209 million, the richest in baseball. Their owner, George Steinbrenner, is among the Forbes 400, one of the country's richest tycoons.
But when it came to paying for the new, $1.3 billion pleasure dome, the millionaires on the field and King Midas in his skybox came up with some razzle-dazzle plays to finance their new wealth machine – tax-free bonds, requiring ordinary citizens to subsidize the construction, and hundreds of millions more for new parking garages, a train station and parks that supposedly will replace the ones seized by the city to make room for the new stadium. The Little League games that used to flourish on sandlots just outside the old ballpark have been moved miles away, sent down to the minors on a long road trip.
That's okay, you may think, there will be plenty of room in the new stadium for the tax-paying public to come root, root, root for the home team – even the Coliseum in ancient Rome had bleachers for the commoners. But, in fact, there will be 5,000 fewer seats in the stands. And while the Yankees reportedly promise that half of what's left will cost $45 or less, those seats that used to cost $250, right behind the dugout, will now cost you $850. And if you want to be near home plate, you'll have to cough up $2500 – per game.
Meanwhile there will be more luxury suites and party rooms where fat cats can gather, safely removed from the sweaty masses. Corporations and wealthy individuals will be able to rent the luxury suites for anywhere from $600,000-$850,000 a year – tax deductible – assuming they haven't filed for bankruptcy this week.
Why aren't the fans and taxpayers giving the Yankees a Bronx cheer? They did, but city officials rolled over them while making sure local politicians stay in the lineup. The pols are getting their own luxury suite at the new stadium for free – and first shot at buying the best available seats.
The new colossus will cast its majestic shadow across the South Bronx, one of the nation's poorest neighborhoods. The residents will watch from the outside as suburban drivers avail themselves of 9,000 new or refurbished parking spaces. Never mind all the exhaust, even though in this part of New York City, respiratory disease is already so high they call it "Asthma Alley."
Not that the well to do in the infield seats will have to hear the wheezing. They'll have exclusive access to a private club, a private entrance and a private elevator, totems of this gilded age. Let the games begin.
[From Bill Moyers Journal: Bill Moyers & Michael Winship: Moguls Steal Home While Companies Strike Out]
Owners of sporting teams should have deep enough pockets to pay for their own damn stadiums, and not depend upon taxpayers to fund their profits for them. We should nationalize the teams instead of insurance companies like AIG.
Yankees screw New Yorkers
Surprising to nobody, really, sports stadiums are one of the biggest swindles of the 21st century.
New York Assemblyman Richard Brodsky, D-Westchester, released a report Tuesday that said the city of New York played games with the assessed value of the new Yankee Stadium to get tax breaks for the team.
A legislative report says the public is paying up and getting nothing in return but higher ticket prices. City and team: It's not true
The report, by the Assembly Corporations, Authorities and Commissions Committee, which Brodsky chairs, also says the city promised the stadium project would create 1,000 permanent new jobs in order to win approval for massive public subsidies, and that the actual number of permanent new jobs being created is 15.
The report says the taxpayer price tag for building the stadium is somewhere between $550 million and $850 million. In exchange, Brodsky points out, the Yankees have raised ticket prices by orders of magnitude, something the city has made no effort to stop.
"The price of tickets to the new Yankee Stadium is a matter of legitimate public concern, given the enormous public subsidies involved," Brodsky wrote.
[From Yankee Stadium shocker: Taxpayers fleeced? – King Kaufman's Sports Daily – Salon]
The swindle works so well because there is always a second-string city somewhere who can be used as leverage (like when the Seattle Sonics got moved to BFE Oklahoma ). If city governments stood strong, the owners of the teams would end up financing the stadiums: the owners want to own a team, owners shouldn't depend upon taxpayer largesse to fund the team's building.
In this case, Mayor Bloomberg (and Rudy 9-11 before him) and the Yankees made all sorts of grandiose claims that the stadium would be a boon to the economy, and of course, it isn't, and won't be much different than the previous stadium, other than making more money for the owners.
[Sin Will Find You Out, somewhere near 54th Street, Hells Kitchen, who really remembers anymore. Scanned 35mm print, circa 1995]
I like this quote too:
Denny Hocking, who was an all-talk, no-hit utility infielder for the Minnesota Twins in 2002 when Forbes magazine published a report calling into question the claims of commissioner Bud Selig that Major League Baseball was losing money hand over fist.
"Gee," Hocking said, "should I believe a magazine that spends 365 days a year researching finances, or a guy who has zero credibility?"
Some of the principals have changed in this case, but the principle is the same.
Cuban and the Cubs, Redux
I am already on record supporting Cuban as the new owner of the Cubs, even though baseball bores me, and I haven't watched a baseball game in Chicago since 2005.
[Las Vegas Showgirls at Wrigley Field]
Think of it: Mark Cuban as the Chicago Cubs' owner, bonding with the Bleacher Bums at Wrigley Field, splurging for rounds of Old Style beer and screaming at umpires. The concept is almost Veeckian, as if Bill Veeck, the populist former owner of the Browns, the Indians and the White Sox, had had zillions of dollars.
Buying the Cubs is the latest project for Cuban, the owner of the N.B.A.'s Dallas Mavericks, but he is not alone in the expensive quest. Four other individuals and groups have given the debt-laden Tribune Company nonbinding offers of at least $1 billion for the team, its stake in Comcast SportsNet Chicago, and 92-year-old Wrigley Field.
Cuban is reported to be the top bidder, at nearly $1.3 billion
[From Cuban Wants Cubs, but Will Baseball Want Him? – NYTimes.com]
Richard Sandomir of the NYT keeps harping on the dollar amount of fines Cuban has gotten from the NBA, but there is a clear pattern of decline there, and Cuban has been less publicly inflammatory in recent years. I follow the NBA very closely, and Cuban has been a boon for the Dallas Mavs. The Cubs, and Chicago, would be well served to have an owner as activist as Mark Cuban.
Cuban and the Cubs
[Baseball and Beer – click for full version]
I am not a baseball fan (although I've been to a dozen or more games over the years), but I think the Chicago Tribune would do well to sell the Cubs to Mark Cuban.
Billionaire entrepreneur Mark Cuban, one of the Major League Baseball-approved bidders for the Chicago Cubs, expects to receive confidential financial data on the team any day now and said Friday on a Chicago radio show that it is his "job" to convince everyone he is the best choice to own the franchise.
Cuban also told WMVP-AM 1000 hosts Marc Silverman and Tom Waddle he "definitely would want Wrigley Field to be part of the deal," despite the fact Tribune Co., which is parent of the Chicago Cubs, has considered selling it separately, either to the Illinois Sports Facilities Authority or a private buyer.
[From Cuban says he will 'pull out all the stops' in bid to buy Cubs]
The genius of Mark Cuban is that he is sincere in his dedication to the improvements of his teams, and the city that supports that team. From all that I've read, Dallas has benefitted from Cuban's ownership of the Dallas Mavericks.
"My job is to convince everybody involved that not only is it a good financial move to sell to Mark Cuban, but it's also, you know, a good partnership move, that I can add value beyond just my checkbook to not just the Cubs, to not just the city of Chicago, but also to Major League Baseball," he said.
"It's about being a good citizen. It's about contributing to the community, and to me that's viewed to be just as important as Major League Baseball or the Tribune Co. You know, what can I do for Wrigleyville? What can I do for the community? And what are the ways that I fit in and add value? … There are a lot of things we can do communitywise that can enhance my chances, and so I'm gonna pull out all the stops."
Asked if he believed he could rely on the support of Chicago White Sox owner Jerry Reinsdorf, who also owns the NBA's Chicago Bulls, Cuban said they "get along pretty well" and "we're actually on the same side of issues probably 99.99 percent" of the time.
"If you talk to any of the folks in the NBA, they'll tell you that I'm a great partner, that I bust my butt to try to do what's best for the league," Cuban said. "That's not always what's portrayed in the media. But those who know, know, and I think that will pay off. And if I can come up with a competitive bid for the Cubs, then I think I've got a shot.
"If talking to Jerry is something I need to do, then certainly I will and, you know, knowing Jerry he'd be wide open to it. He's just that good of a guy."
I hope it works out for Cuban and the Cubs.


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Johnson, a 6-foot-10, 250-pound forward/center, averaged 25.0 points, 13.0 rebounds, 6.0 assists and 5.0 blocked shots this past season while playing for head coach Whit Lesure at Bridgton (Maine) Academy. He played one season at Bridgton and helped the team to a 25-7 record. Johnson was considered to be the most dominant player among all New England Prep School Class A players last season.
"He's a dominant, physical, inside kid," said Lesure. "He has the ability to step out to the 3-point line and make plays by scoring, putting it on the floor and passing. You can say he is a power forward, but he's such a physical player he can play center."
Johnson was one of the nation's top high school recruits as a senior at Dougherty High School in Albany, Ga. He was named the Class 4A Player of the Year in the state of Georgia as a senior in high school in leading Dougherty to the state championship. The Sporting News ranked him as the nation's 14th-best prep prospect as a high school senior. Johnson was also ranked No. 21 in the nation by RivalsHoops.com, No. 26 by cnnsi.com and BlueChipHoops.com and No. 34 by CBS.Sportline.com.
"We are excited about the announcement of Alexander Johnson signing his letter of intent to attend Florida State University," said Hamilton. "He's the type of youngster we like to have in our post position. Alexander is a guy who is versatile enough to play at the high post, to play in the low post, pick and pop on the wing and step in the short corner. He's versatile enough in that he gives us an opportunity to utilize our offense a little better."
Johnson selected Florida State over Cincinnati and Connecticut. He originally signed with the University of Georgia in the fall of 2001 but never enrolled.
Johnson becomes the fourth member of one of the nation's top recruiting classes at Florida State. The class currently includes Vaketon Wafer, a Parade All-American third-team selection from Lisbon, La., Diego Romero from Lon Morris College in Texas and Antonio Griffin from Scottsdale Community College in Arizona.


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Dallas Stars
Amount Under - $1,086,389
Will They Get There? - The Stars will get there easily because Jamie Benn is looking for a new contract. Benn had a breakout season and is looking for a contract in the range of $5-6 million per year.
Ottawa Senators
Amount Under - $2,991,667
Will They Get There? - The Sens have a fully signed roster. It will be a challenge to reach the cap floor.
Winnipeg Jets
Amount Under - $3,331,042
Will They Get There? - Evander Kane is negotiating a new contract in the range of $5-6 million per year, and they have a couple other RFAs to sign. They will be well above the cap floor soon.
New York Islanders
Amount Under - $6,427,667
Will They Get There? - Matt Martin and Marcinko are the only two RFAs they have left to sign, I do not see them reaching the cap floor.
Phoenix Coyotes
Amount Under - $9,363,417
Will They Get There? - Unlikely. If they lose Shane Doan, no way they will make it.
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