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Mark Cuban in Wrigley Field Bleachers: A First-Hand Account

Posted Sep 19, 2007 9:30AM By PostmanR (RSS feed)

Filed Under: Chicago, Cubs, NL Central, The Word

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I got a phone call from my buddy Monday night.

"Take a guess who's sitting in front of me at the Cubs game right now?"

"Someone sweet I'm guessing."

"Mark Cuban."

"Make sure to get a picture."

And thus it went from there. My friend ended up getting what he called a "great picture." But alas, I have stuck this image, courtesy of TBL in the post. Why you ask? Long story short, someone he was with has the picture on an digital camera in their possession, minus a chord to hook it up to a computer. I suppose that's what I get for relying on a friend's cousin's friend. (Literally.) Instead of sitting on this another day or two, I decided to throw his first-hand account after the jump. Better to keep it fresh and relevant, I suppose. If I ever get a hold of the picture, I'll make sure to update this post. (UPDATE: I have pictures now. The one up top and one more after the jump.)

So follow along after the jump for yet another tale of Cuban being one altogether amicable guy. It's not all that mind-blowing, but hey, it's not everyday you run into a billionaire NBA owner sitting in the bleachers at Wrigley Field, no?
We got into the bleachers about 45 minutes before game time and Cuban sat down maybe 10 minutes later. He was being cool with everyone, signing autographs and taking pictures. He seemed into the game. A couple chants broke out, "Cuban! Cuban!" The better one was "Buy the Cubs! Buy the Cubs!" to which he pumped his fist at one point.

There was a guy from itsgonnahappen.com sitting about five rows in front of him with a big "its gonna happen" sign. At one point, he got up to go to the bathroom and Cuban asked to hold his sign while he was gone, he held it up and everyone went nuts.

I only glanced at him after DeRosa's game winner but he was jumping up and down and cheering like everyone else. Finally we waiting a good ten minutes before we filed out and he was still there signing autographs and taking pictures again. I thought for sure he was going to leave when they were down three in the bottom of the ninth but he stuck around.

Say what you want about Mark Cuban the owner, but it's rather clear, from this account and an experience of my own, that he's a blast to be around. A man of the people, indeed.

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