Miscellany

Posted on May 16, 2008 by Andy

Great game by Dempster yesterday. He was so difficult to watch as a reliever last year, so this year he has been such a pleasant surprise as a starter.

Edmonds was okay yesterday. The at bat that he had with the bases loaded was terrible, however. He took some of the most awkward swings I’ve seen in a long time, but I suppose that swings like that could be a combination of being rusty and trying too hard to produce some runs.

Also, buried in a recent MLB.com story about the sale of the Cubs is this piece of information:

“The Cubs and Wrigley Field packaged together could sell for $1 billion, based on recent sales of professional teams. Major League Baseball has approved prospective buyers, which include a partnership headed by John Canning Jr., chairman of Madison Dearborn Partners LLC, and Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban.”

Mark Cuban?!? I can see it now: “Well folks we’ve got another fan on the field…er wait… that’s new Cubs owner Mark Cuban, and he’s punched the umpire in the face!”

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2 Responses to “Miscellany”

  1. Corey, on May 16th, 2008 at 1:58 pm Said:

    Cuban was at a game two or three weeks ago. Matt Veto sat near him in the bleachers at the end of last season. This courtship has been going on a while. I’d be pretty surprised if it happened. It’s my understanding that the sale of an MLB must be approved by a certain percentage of existing MLB team owners and I really doubt these guys want Cuban joining their ranks.

  2. manstrength, on May 16th, 2008 at 3:24 pm Said:

    Yeah.. baseball is extremely incestuous.. they pretty much only approve previous baseball guys.. so the likelyhood of Cuban getting it is slim, however.. if he did, you know he’ll field a good team every year. He came out and said that if he got the team, he’d only sit in the bleachers though, and I’ve got respect for that..

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