Baseball makes another bad call

who cares, baseball has gotten to expesive to take the kids to anyway

MLB didn't like what happened to the Red Sox? Selling to a younger group...remodeling the park...WINNING two World Series...no, don't sell to the person who might have enough passion for the sport to revitalize it. Well...their loss. Back in Fenway, we're having a great time! Meanwhile...don't miss Homestead It's likely to be a great race.

I'm not sure what the reasons are for Cuban not having a chance at owning the Cubs. I'm sure it's more than what we are being told. As far as Nascar goes, I used to be a big fan. I'd go to about 5 races per year, affectionately watch every other on TV. Now it's ZERO. When Dale died, they blackballed Jimmy Spencer, and the sport took a turn to have 43 perfect yuppie drivers finishing the race in 43 perfect shinny cars. It's not your Daddy's Nascar, and it's no longer mine. I still occasionally tune in, but not for long. It's gotten boring, they've taken the racing edge away, removed the 'personalities'. I'm not disrespecting others who are still fans, but the post Dale era is boring. PS, and I wasn't even a Dale fan.

Spot on Rafer. If only the "lords" of baseball would read and heed your take on this, yet another sad situation in professional sports in general and baseball in particular. And another thing.......how much longer will the Selig despotism continue to "anchor" the sport and cause it to remain in the harbor of blindly believing that "what has worked will now work"?

It's interesting to know that with the millions that some of these players get while "playing a game". They still want more money after they retire. Baseball has lost my interest in these multi-million salaries. In fact I have lost interest in most if not all sports for these multi-million dollar salaries the players receive even though a few of them haven't even played a professional game in their life. The cost is completely passed onto the fans and taxpayers (new stadiums). The owners have caused the start of the problem of multi-million dollar salaries and the players have caused the continuous esclation of the problem. Don't get me wrong, I occassionally enjoy a good game but I won't spend hundreds of dollars to see it or get the merchanise for it.

The only way to enjoy baseball the "old time" way is to go to minor league games. Double A and triple A ball is still affordable, fun and best of all devoid of the monster ego stroking that's in the majors.
Oh, and Hank is absolutely right about NASCAR. Winston Cup racing was full of excitment and personality. Nextel racing is a homogenized version of a sport with a grand history.

base ball has gotten to the some spot as basketball.
big $ babies.
the tickets should be free after the cities build the place thay work sorry play there game
It a sport has to have the tax-payers build the house then the tax-payer should set the price for the for the seats and the players there. or like with my house any team should pay the money back in 20 years and only then could thay charge 5$ for a hot-dog.

I think Cuban would be a nice "shot in the arm" for a franchise that is in need of a different vibe around the clubhouse. We all know he will do whatever it takes to bring a championship to the Cubs, and honestly he fires up the Mavericks fans at their games–Cubs fans take note of that–he would have Wrigley jumpin' for joy!!!

If he has the money they should sell it to him. If the fans like him that would be good for business and that is what it is all about

I dont understand why the goverment continiues to feed the big finance company when they tighten up the standards on loans.
Pepople still cant get loans without having perpect credit!!.The big problems is people are losing jobs and cant find one to support there family and the finance company are still spending like the have the money. We need to save our jobs going over sea !. let them them fail, some other company will buy them up.

Rafer,

Have you ever covered or seen a Dallas Mavs game? Cuban is usually featured in the lowlights under heading of "Bufoon" or "Clown". He represents the obnoxious fan who ruins it for the people who go to games to actually see the games, not to be distracted by 'entertainment'. If the baseball owners are near unanimous in their rejection of this guy, then maybe he doesn't represent the 'everyday fan' as you might think.

interesting story Rafe'

what people got to understand is this is an analogy of what CNN is doing to Robin right now. Theyre CENSORING her.

shes popular enough and almost everyone absolutey loves what shes doing and her style, but because of a few top ones up there (a la Selig-at CNN) theyre not allowing it. they are going to make it all serious and just like every OTHER news show out theyre. and fewer are going to want to watch it anymore. its actually quite sad. she is the best flat out.

what CNN doesnt understand is they need to market her correctly. you need to have the proper commercials to fit her audience...OF COURSE if you put all serious/more mature audience advertising on theyre not going to be pleased with the show...thats why they need to take a hint from shows like Colbert Report, Man Show etc and adhere to PROPER commercials for the demagraphic. its all about the demagraphic. these top CNN execs dont get it.......

theyve gotten tons of response already and still are refusing to make any leeway but i would Suggest that if you love her too and appreciate all she does and how she delivers the news, to WRITE CNN asap, shoot them an email and tell them how you feel and that you DONT want Robin censored!!

we dont have long but maybe, theres a slight possibility that if even more people speak out then they will get a clear picture of what they should (or shouldnt be doing). very foolish

CNN you need to attract new sponors for her and keep the format as is!!!!!

I could care less what happens to major league baseball. After two strikes and allowing juiced up steroid junkies like Mark McGwire take away records from people that legitimately earned them I am finished with baseball forever.

i think that bud seling and the major league base baseball should let dallas mavericks owner mark cuban to own the chicago cubs.

"Cuban’s also a reminder that the American dream is still alive—that any goofball in this country who works hard enough can make it big."

I so RESENT this statement; and am sick unto death of its usage. People do work hard; indeed, they work quite hard enough. Alas, just because one's chosen field from teaching, nursing, and emergency rescue, to postal worker, farmer, or seamstress, doesn't afford one the opportunity to amass wealth, does not mean people don't work hard, or, indeed, hard enough.

Amassing wealth is a very different thing from 'working hard'. Mark Cuban doesn't work any harder than any other person I mentioned above. He's just more interested in amassing wealth is all. To assume that ALL or MOST Americans want to amass wealth is more revealing of you and your mind-set than the actual reality of what most working people desire. It is a gross projection of gargantuan proportion on your part, and the part of those who keep repeating the same sentiment, 'if you only work hard, you too, can be rich'. The fact is, YOU wish you could amass wealth, and so project that EVERYBODY does... that it IS the American dream.

Well, you're wrong... utterly and unequivocally wrong. The vast majority of hard-working Americans are not interested in amassing wealth. They are interested in making a DECENT LIVING WAGE. They are interested in UNIVERSAL HEALTHCARE. They are interested in paying their fair-share of taxes and having those taxes, their investment in America, used to provide better working and living conditions for them and their children. They are interested in not getting screwed by the very companies they work for. And they are interested in being able to maintain their integrity, dignity, and pride-of-place-and-person as being an integral part of a greater whole.

If all it took was 'hard work' to amass wealth, dang-near ALL Americans would already be wealthy. That you and others continually profess this ridiculous sentiment over and over again only goes to show just how brainwashed YOU are by your delusions-of-grandeur, and how contemptuous of you are of the 'hard-work' of American labourers since such labour doesn't bring the 'grandeur-of-amassed-wealth' YOU so desire.

It's people like you who share such a mind-set that are the THE PROBLEM with this country.

It is obviously cliche' to say that MLB only cares about the money angle. That is why it's such a surprise that they don't want Cuban in the game. Bad enough that they turned their backs on fans by doing away with the Hall of Fame Game. That game was taking away too much money from the baseball parks that the taxpayers built, but from which the owners reap the rewards. It is owner control of the game that will kill it. I already can't afford to go let along take my sons out to a game.

David from mi has hit the nail on the head. Professional sports is all about the money. It used to be you could take the family to a game four or five times a season. Not any more. Players get rediculous salaries for poor performance. Take your Cubies for instance. I'm a Sox fan but I was rooting for the Cubs to go to the World Series. I guess those multi-million dollar players could care less. They still get their money and the fans get nothing. I stopped watching professional sports on a regular basis. I would much rather watch college baseball, softball and football. These athetes play for the sport. Most of these kids know they won't make it to the big time, but they'er out there busting their butt anyway.

WE NEED TO HELP THE AUTO INDUSTRY. THINK OF THE JOBS LOST AND WHAT IT COULD DO TO OUR ECONOMY WE SPEND MORE ON WORTHLESS JUNK, THAT WE DON'T EVEN REALIZE. GET RID OF THE CEO'S AND THEIR PRIVATE JETS AND PERKS AND THINK OF ALL THE EMPLOYEES AND THE THOUGHT OF HAVING ONLY FOREIGN AUTO CO MAKING THEIR MONEY IN OUR COUNTRY. COME ON PEOPLE DO THE RIGHT THING

Cuban in Selig out !!! GO CUBS

Mark Cuban is a jerk evrybody knows it, but he does have the money, and the cubs and the fans of Chicago could probably use the change of pace. If your willing to give Pacman Jones chance after chance, why not give Cuban a chance, lighten up MLB.

You have to be fair when it comes to Citibank and the Mets. Citibank has to pay the money for the naming rights to the new Stadium becuase they are already in a contract situation to do so that goes back a few years. The only way Citibank could get out of paying the naming rights fee is to declare bankruptcy which is what the gov't is trying to avoid. I agree with this and I am a Yankees fan .

COOL-ANYOnE PLaY RS

OK, we, the taxpayers, spent WHAT??!! on a TURKEY??!!

Posh hotel, first class plane ride to Disney, and we're getting on AIG,Citibank & the auto makers ???.....

Maybe the turkey could go to a spa, on a private jet and we can name the new stadium Citibank-Taxpayers & "theTurkey"!

Taxpayers- let's AUDIT the GOVERNMENT!!!

I think that and I'm almost sure that this attack in India is a TOTAL distraction to keep our eyes off America. If a bunch of -how many- young men brainwashed into hatred so much so that they can take over an entire city of 18 million or so, they must have a whole other agenda. They know for sure that there is supposed to be around a 4 million turn out at the inauguration, it's old news. Like shooting fish in a barrel isn't it? I'll stay in Lake Havasu AZ, thank you, and fish for bass or striper. Eyes wide open if your going I'd say.
Thank you,
Lara

BUD SELIG is not a very nice person anyway He thinks he can do what ever he wants to do I think it is time for baseball to get a brand new head of baseball and time to fire Bud Selig as Mark Cuban is the perfect owner for the cubs