No matter how much you love or hate Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig, any way you slice it he will be the key to who the Cubs' new owner will be. Players in other baseball team sales indicate conclusively that knowing Bud, having ties to baseball (especially locally), and a potential bidder's stand on Bud's pet issues are crucial to the politics of baseball ownership. Lurking behind the scenes in the Cubs sale is none other than crosstown rival owner, Jerry Reinsdorf. News accounts state that no one is closer to Bud than Jerry. Aside from his informal influence, Reinsdorf sits on baseball's executive council (the equivalent to the Trilateral Commission) and on four other committees. Whatever Reinsdorf's overt or covert influence, no matter how hard you look, chances are you won't find a transparent process. The Sox might just blow a fastball by the Cubs, Chicago-style.
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I'm wondering if Reinsdorf will somehow manipulate the sale so that all of the good Cub players will be traded for lowly paid prospects before the sale is done.
I'm somewhat unsure of the premise of this post. Are you saying that Reinsdorf will have some undue influence in a malicious way to screw the Cubs? Let's hope that is not the case. Let Mark Cuban buy the team, that's my vote.
obviously that could be the case with resinsdorf in such a key position. why not do everything possible to make the sox the fan favorite in chicago.
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