Drayton Mcclane selling the Astros

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Mark Cuban?

He tried buying the Cubs to no avail. Now he has the opportunity to stay in Texas. Even better, the chance to stick it to the Cubbies every year.

If you can't beat em, join em. I'm glad they are finally expanding the playoffs but I'm still not a fan of no salary cap. Watching a loaded team like the Yankees attempt to buy another player in Cliff Lee is sickening. At some point, they need to put an end to the Yankees outbidding everyone for the top free agent every single off-season. Teams should suffer the consequences of signing busts like Carl Pavano. Until then, might as well get a billionaire owner that's willing to do the same thing.

Here's to hoping Mark Cuban buys the Astros. :crossfingers:
 
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Keep that clown as far away from MLB as possible.
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lol. I don't think his personality is appealing as an owner. Just the fact that he would throw money around like George Steinbrenner, Dan Snyder, Jerry Jones etc.

Astros aren't anything special right now. If they got someone that was willing to spend ridiculous amounts of money, it's a good start. Cuban seems like the type of person that would do anything to win. With no salary cap, that's a good start.

I will say, he did a solid job of getting the right personnel in place for the Mavericks. They've been winning 50-60 games. I just think it would be interesting to see what he could do in a sport where you can spend as much money as you please.
 
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Didn't take Cuban long to shoot that idea down.

"No interest in buying the Astros," Cuban replied in an e-mail to ESPNDallas.com.

Cuban, the outspoken owner of the NBA's Dallas Mavericks, made strong attempts to buy the Chicago Cubs and Texas Rangers within the past few years. He also said last year that he would be interested in buying the Los Angeles Dodgers if the right deal presented itself.

Cuban's group, which included Houston businessman Jim Crane, made a $598 million bid for the Rangers during an August auction in federal bankruptcy court. The group led by Nolan Ryan and Chuck Greenberg won the auction with a $593 million bid because of how the bids were structured.
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Weird that he was working with someone from Houston and has no interest in the Astros. Hopefully the Astros end up with someone willing to spend money. No more Oswalt and Berkman on the books. I could see this franchise going into the gutter very quickly.
 
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The_Orange_Pearl said:
Mark Cuban?

He tried buying the Cubs to no avail. Now he has the opportunity to stay in Texas. Even better, the chance to stick it to the Cubbies every year.

If you can't beat em, join em. I'm glad they are finally expanding the playoffs but I'm still not a fan of no salary cap. Watching a loaded team like the Yankees attempt to buy another player in Cliff Lee is sickening. At some point, they need to put an end to the Yankees outbidding everyone for the top free agent every single off-season. Teams should suffer the consequences of signing busts like Carl Pavano. Until then, might as well get a billionaire owner that's willing to do the same thing.

Here's to hoping Mark Cuban buys the Astros. :crossfingers:
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Yeah I'd want Cuban to own my favorite team as well. Look at all those titles he brought to the Mavericks.

Oh wait...
 
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VOLinthaATL said:
In the last 10 years how many titles do those 3 have between them as owners?
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Why 10 years? Because it cuts the Yankees off right when they played in four straight championships?

And the Cowboys built their Super Bowl roster prior to the salary cap.

I could have used the Red Sox also. They won a couple of championships buy spending more than everyone but the Yankees.

Point is, if you're willing to spend way more than everyone else, you're probably going to hit pay dirt at some point. If your franchise has never won a championship, putting together a 200 million dollar payroll would probably leave your team better off.
 
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VOLinthaATL said:
Yeah I'd want Cuban to own my favorite team as well. Look at all those titles he brought to the Mavericks.

Oh wait...
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Couldn't be any worse than the Bengals and Reds owners. :whistling:

Regardless, NBA has a salary cap and MLB does not. Billionaires like Cuban wouldn't be restricted to spending 80 million.

I don't really remember but I thought the Mavs were pretty bad before Cuban? They win 50-60 games now and are usually seeded in the top half. That's better than where they were.
 
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The_Orange_Pearl said:
Why 10 years? Because it cuts the Yankees off right when they played in four straight championships?

And the Cowboys built their Super Bowl roster prior to the salary cap.

I could have used the Red Sox also. They won a couple of championships buy spending more than everyone but the Yankees.

Point is, if you're willing to spend way more than everyone else, you're probably going to hit pay dirt at some point. If your franchise has never won a championship, putting together a 200 million dollar payroll would probably leave your team better off.
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You think Cuban would bring a $100M TV deal to the Astros?


It's not all about your owner having money is my point which you do not seem to get.
 
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VOLinthaATL said:
You think Cuban would bring a $100M TV deal to the Astros?


It's not all about your owner having money is my point which you do not seem to get.
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Because every owner is the same?

Have you ever seen the way Mark Cuban acts? He has plenty of money and someone like him cares more about winning. I'm guessing he'd gladly sacrifice a little loss in profit if it meant winning.
 
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The_Orange_Pearl said:
Because every owner is the same?

Have you ever seen the way Mark Cuban acts? He has plenty of money and someone like him cares more about winning. I'm guessing he'd gladly sacrifice a little loss in profit if it meant winning.
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That's right. Dan Snyder and Jerry Jones turn their noses up at winning. My mistake.
 
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