reuters.com - 9/5/2008
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(Repeats to additional subscribers) By Megan Davies and Ben Klayman NEW YORK/CHICAGO, Sept 4 (Reuters) - Final bids for the Chicago Cubs will likely be due late September or early October, two sources said on Thursday, as owner Tribune Co seeks to sell the storied baseball team by the year end. The next stage in the drawn-out sale of the team, its landmark stadium and a cable TV network stake ...
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Is canning in or out?
waxpaperbeercup —
Regardless of how the Cubs do this September and October this will be a Fall to remember for Chicago Cubs fans. It looks like final bids will be made by the five finalists around the time the Cubs start the playoffs. Here is the link to the Reuters story. Bud Selig's pal John Canning has become a mystery in all of this. When the bids were originally taken for the team, we heard his bid was too low and he didn't make the cut. Recently it looked like they had made their way back into the picture. Just last week Canning was on the list reported in ...
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Cuban and the Cubs —
... but Canning, despite his hand-holding with Selig, is highly doubtful. I predict that it will be Ricketts and Cuban as the two finalists.
Barry, I offer this; call Mark, set up an interview and then write a 1.5 version of this article. Your disdain for Cuban’s strategy is prominent and you need to do some more research.
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