That’s actually great news. I come from the Chicago area and my #1 team is the Cubs (Rangers #2). And no I am not a poser, but am a real lifelong Cubs fan (50 years).

I was relieved that Cuban was not able to purchase the Cubs. And do not think for a moment that this insider trading stuff he is facing is not the direct result of his tactics with the baseball owners. The baseball owners good old boys club has little use for Cuban’s irreverence for the game. There is no way Reinsdorf would permit Cuban to buy into a major league franchise—not then and not now.

This is payback for Cuban’s lack of respect and his unwillingness to do what is necessary to gain memebership into an extremely tight and exclusive club. Cuban thinks he is so cool by making his presentation in blue jeans and a tee shirt instead of a suit—showing no respect.

Lastly, I hope everything Mark Cuban does fails. He is a classless anti-American leftist who dug his own hole. They ask why is Maverick TV viewership down? Announcers? Team? Schedule? No it because many folks like me will not do one thing to put a nickle into the pocket of an anti-American like Cuban— thanks to his disgrace of a movie. Cuban can have any political opinion he wants, but once it is foisted publicly then all bets are off. Cuban has shown me that he has extreme leftist and Marxist values and I respect those values by NOT watching or atttending the product he puts out.

Glad he won’t be involved weith the Rangers.

I’d like to see cuban as the owner, simply b/c we’d see an owner who was passionate about his product. But at the same time, i would hate for him to come in and become the next Steinbrenner and buy all the players. Baseball and basketball operations and player structures are completely different.

Yeah, Cuban is a real anti-American: http://www.fallenpatriotfund.org/

The baseball good-old-boy club is one reason steroids and other p.e.d’s became such an out of control issue. And the fact they keep Bud Selig as commissioner further tells how badly they need new blood.

Cuban would be an outstanding owner to have for the Rangers.

Greg, Please read the comments before you post. I called Cuban a leftist not anti-American—that’s what makes the country great—we can chose our own road to follow no matter the belief. He can still do kind things but be extremly left wing orientated. Whether or not Cuban would make a good owner in baseball is not even debatable because this self centered narcissist was not smart enough to play the game to receive the invitation to join the club. My what a cool dude he is—he is just so much the individual in his tee shirt and blue jeans! So if I have this right, he had the highest bid for the Cubs and was still shot down— I wonder why.Therefore there is no debate because he is not in the club nor will he ever be. For the record, I think his forward thinking on certain issues would invigorate the ownership clique in baseball, but being as self absorbed as he is he couldn’t lower himself to play along to gain entrance. So to sum up, “Sorry about his damn luck!” And by the way keep drinking the Kool Aid. The Mavericks have won how many championships? And can you tell me, has the team regressed or progressed to elite status after the Miami debacle? Oh yeah and is Cuban a catalyst for the negative officating we see in almost every Mavs game or does his all arounf model behaviorbehavior have the refs blowing less whistles? He is a self absorbed show boat who cannot stay out of the spotlight and is an impediment to the team every time he shows his goofy mug and bad haircut sitting behind the bench. Give me a break on this guy. You need to de-tox off the Kool Aid.

So when you said, “Lastly, I hope everything Mark Cuban does fails. He is a classless anti-American leftist who dug his own hole.” You were only saying that he is a leftist?

but jeans get too hot in the summer time. he wouldn’t be able to make it to many games since all he wears is jeans and tshirts. maybe he can get classy and try shorts if he ever gains interest in buying the franchise.

Not interested in Cuban being the Rangers owner. He is classless, nothing but a big T-baby. Doesn’t even have the courage to apologize to someone’s mother and family in person but posts on his “blog” at 1:30 am while hiding in his house. How childish. This guy would bring nothing but grief to the Rangers. Current players are classy, respectful yet passionate about their game. They don’t admonish others when they don’t win they take it upon themselves to work harder to make themselves better and stand up like men and take the blam themselves for mistakes they make.

As for Mac…get a life and make your comments relevant to the topic, not simply a political rant.

I’d love to see Cuban with the Rangers…….he might not be your classic baseball owner but I would trade Hicks for him in a heart beat…..

Yep, I would hate to have an owner who trully cared about his teams success more than anything. I would hate to have an owner who has deeps pockets and is willing to go get the big names. Yep, that would suck to start having a winning culture here that expects championships and gets upset when their team only reaches the playoffs 9 straight years.

No, I will stick with our current owner and hopefully we can see if Matt Kata is available as a free agent because he is cheap and I love to watch cheap journeyman ball players and a 90 loss baseball team year after year!

@Mac the UNABOMBER: SHUTTTT UP!

Hey MactheKnife–please don’t demean us on the political left by saying that Cuban is one of us! And by the way, I hope you are not saying that all those on the left are ‘un-American’.

I don’t think Mark Cuban has actually done much for the Mavericks.

They get into the NBA playoff every year but that isn’t that tough to do and get bumped in the first or second round.

Baseball is a different animal with the minors and developing a baseball team takes a different mentality.

Gee, I wonder if I should talk to my wife. If Tom Hicks is ready to sell we’ve got some cash. Maybe he’d sell to us.