With the announcement that the Chicago Cubs will be put on the auction block at the end of the 2007 season coming on the morning of opening day last week, I'm surprised it took eight days for someone to ask Mark Cuban about his interest in the team. Here's what Cuban had to say about buying the Cubs: "They're not for sale yet, so I don't know," Cuban said Monday, one week after the announcement of the planned sale by Sam Zell, the real estate magnate who is buying the team's parent company.
"I don't even know what is for sale when they do try to sell, so there's nothing really to comment on. There's nothing to speculate on until they put it up for sale."
Luckily for you guys, I've got my handy-dandy "Mark Cuban comment translator"* right here on my desk. Here's what Cubes meant:
If Cuban doesn't make a bid on the Cubs, I'll be absolutely shocked.Yeah, I want to buy the Cubs. But if I tell you that right now, I get to hear all summer what a crappy owner I'd be while people fight over whether or not I get to own a baseball team. On top of that, Pirate fans will commit ritual suicide when the announcement comes that I've bought a franchise that isn't theirs and being from Pittsburgh, I kinda feel sad for them. So for now, I'm gonna sit here and be quiet and pretend like I'm not interested, but Jim Hendry, if you don't sign Zambrano to an extension before I get there, you're the first to go.
*- This device may or may not actually exist. And by that I mean it exists in my head only.
Previously at the Fanhouse
The Cubs Are For Sale
