Ricketts family identified as second bidder for Cubs

Wring all the money you want out of it. Print media is going nowhere good.

who cares....

I can't wait to see Mark Cuban run onto the field to protest a bad strike call - or a ball at 1st base or a bad call period. He is not the person to whom to entrust the Cubs. I hope Zell and Co. know better than to sell the team to the egomaniac Cuban.

Hey, let's all pitch in, for an LLC, make a group bid, buy the cubs, and ship them to Pakistan!! Introducing your 2009 Karachi Cubs!!!

I'm mixed about this...but either way it's inevitable they will be sold. Both have experience in the sports arena, and both have their pros and cons (Cubans being more obvious to the naked eye).

according to another article i've seen about this, Canning is out and all bidders who were didn't make it out of the first round will not be allowed to make a higher bid in round two. fantastic. get that tightwad out of here and send him back to Milwaukee where he belongs.

one of the Rickett sons lives in Wilmette. Salt of the earth guy, hope they own cubs. Go Cubs, Go Wilmette, Go Trier!

Any truth to the rumor that one group is from the Phillipines. They plan to move the team and rename the Manila Folders.

Back on the banana boat wrote:

one of the Rickett sons lives in Wilmette. Salt of the earth guy, hope they own cubs. Go Cubs, Go Wilmette, Go Trier!

Please, no more north shore silver spoons.

Man with an Idea wrote:

Hey, let's all pitch in, for an LLC, make a group bid, buy the cubs, and ship them to Pakistan!! Introducing your 2009 Karachi Cubs!!!

That supposed to be funny? Because it's not. Dumbass.

Ricketts can be cured with adequate vitamin D intake.

didn't thye get my bid?

Cu-ban! Cu-ban! Cu-ban!

Leo Durocher wrote:

I can't wait to see Mark Cuban run onto the field to protest a bad strike call - or a ball at 1st base or a bad call period. He is not the person to whom to entrust the Cubs. I hope Zell and Co. know better than to sell the team to the egomaniac Cuban.

Yeah. He's done such an awful job with the Mavericks. Idiot.

Oprah's bid was rejected because her lawyers included the condition that if she discovers the Cubs aren't what they claim to be, Cubs management will have to appear on her show to be berated by her like that goofball who wrote the fake drug addict memoir.

All these bidders are hoping the Cubs choke because if they ever win something, all the intrigue will be gone. Why do you think the Tribune company kept them mediocre for so long? Its all about the anticipation. People love the story. Its the story that is worth all that money. And the story is "Lovable Losers"

Remember those Cubs' jerseys that looked like they had "Cuba" written on them?

Mike wrote:

All these bidders are hoping the Cubs choke because if they ever win something, all the intrigue will be gone. Why do you think the Tribune company kept them mediocre for so long? Its all about the anticipation. People love the story. Its the story that is worth all that money. And the story is "Lovable Losers"

Just like the Red Sox? You too are a dumbass.

Bill Murray should buy the Cubbies. Right after he lands from his skydiving stint over the Air & Water show this weekend.

Take the Cubs public and sell shares to the season ticket holders and sell the ballpark to American Invesco they can turn into Condos