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The Final Five
Ivy Chat — Crain's Chicago Business has identified the Final Five bidders for the Cubs. They are: Mark Cuban Tom Ricketts Hersch Klaff Leo Hindery Michael Tokarz/Fred Malek The final two on the list are combining their previously individual bids. Unless something outlandish occurs, the Cubs new owner is likely on the above list. It's just too bad none of them look like Tricia Helfer.

Uncle Lou must drive like an old lady
Siberian Baseball — ... to drink and pop the collars on their polo shirts. If I'm a bar owner in the neighborhood, I'm not a big fan of losing roughly 5 hours of prime drinking time, especially when everyone leaves the park primed for a party. When strange things start to happen in the request process, it's not a stretch to assume that the bars are stepping in. * Mark Cuban appears to be a frontrunner in the race to buy the Cubs. Not worth an entire post, but worth keeping an eye on. The final five are: Real estate executive Hersch Klaff and media investor Leo Hindery ...