It is down to two. That is what our people are telling us regarding the Cubs sale. Thomas Ricketts is still the favorite to be the new owner of the Cubs. Real estate mogul Hersch Klaff is making a late push however. Klaff has the money, but he needs some strong baseball people surrounding him our source says. This deal could still inolve a fifty-fifty partnership with Sam Zell, where Zell would try to transfer more of the ownership at a later date.
The AP is reporting their baseball people tell them Mark Cuban has not been involved in the bidding for months. This time line could confirm our story back in September when we were told Cuban no longer was a player.
Baseball officials do not think Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban has been part of the bidding process for months. Cuban was charged Monday by federal regulators with insider trading for allegedly using confidential information on a stock sale.
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November 24th, 2008 at 4:57 pm
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December 1st, 2008 at 11:49 pm
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