Mark Cuban pulls a Martha

[DickerJames]

The Securities and Exchange Commission has charged Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban with insider trading related to the sale of 600,000 shares of Internet search engine Mamma.com.

[George S. Patton]

I pray to God baseball keeps him out of its game and blocks the sale of the Cubs to him.

[LA_Mustang]

I pray to God baseball keeps him out of its game and blocks the sale of the Cubs to him.

Of course. Why would baseball want a passionate owner who will spend money, try to win and push for changes to improve the game?? Let's keep the old guys who sit around and line their pockets with revenue sharing while making their fans suffer with pathetic teams.

[One Trick Pony]

I pray to God baseball keeps him out of its game and blocks the sale of the Cubs to him.

Of course. Why would baseball want a passionate owner who will spend money, try to win and push for changes to improve the game?? Let's keep the old guys who sit around and line their pockets with revenue sharing while making their fans suffer with pathetic teams.

Ranger Fan?

[mr. pony]

Cuban is an idiot and I hope he gets frog-marched to jail.....

[ponyboy]

I'm with LA. Cuban is a model for sports owners.

[ponyboy]

And you gotta enjoy his response filed today:

Mark Cuban today responded to a civil complaint filed by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission in the United States District for the Northern District of Texas, Dallas Division. In its complaint, the Commission charges that Mr. Cuban engaged in violations of the federal securities laws in connection with transactions in the securities of Mamma.com Inc.

This matter, which has been pending before the Commission for nearly two years, has no merit and is a product of gross abuse of prosecutorial discretion. Mr. Cuban intends to contest the allegations and to demonstrate that the Commission's claims are infected by the misconduct of the staff of its Enforcement Division.

Mr. Cuban stated, "I am disappointed that the Commission chose to bring this case based upon its Enforcement staff's win-at-any-cost ambitions. The staff's process was result-oriented, facts be damned. The government's claims are false and they will be proven to be so."

[regis]

As a Cardinals fan, I shudder to think how good the Cubs would be with a passionate, interested owner.

Of course, he may just up and move the Cubs to downtown Dallas.

[DiamondM75]

As a Cardinals fan, I shudder to think how good the Cubs would be with a passionate, interested owner.

Of course, he may just up and move the Cubs to downtown Dallas.

SWEEEEEEEEEEEET

[LA_Mustang]

Of course, he may just up and move the Cubs to downtown Dallas.

As crazy as that sounds, I think those discussions will surface over the next ten years.....not moving the Cubs here, but moving another NL franchise to downtown Dallas. DFW is currently the largest market without two teams.

[DiamondM75]

Of course, he may just up and move the Cubs to downtown Dallas.

As crazy as that sounds, I think those discussions will surface over the next ten years.....not moving the Cubs here, but moving another NL franchise to downtown Dallas. DFW is currently the largest market without two teams.

Do you count the Rangers as a team? This is the worst franchise in baseball history. They haven't won since they moved to Dallas, and they didn't set the world on fire in Washington.

[03Mustang]

Of course, he may just up and move the Cubs to downtown Dallas.

As crazy as that sounds, I think those discussions will surface over the next ten years.....not moving the Cubs here, but moving another NL franchise to downtown Dallas. DFW is currently the largest market without two teams.

That would friggin' rule - talk about a way to resurrect downtown...81 home games a year will do it.

The Rangers are the worst franchise in baseball, hands down. They can move to Wasilia, AK for all I care.

[LA_Mustang]

That would friggin' rule - talk about a way to resurrect downtown...81 home games a year will do it.

The Rangers are the worst franchise in baseball, hands down. They can move to Wasilia, AK for all I care.

Let the Rangers continue to be Tarrant Co.'s team and a future team based in downtown will be Dallas' team. I've been a lifelong Dallas sports fan but the Rangers are the one team I feel very little allegiance to - losing, bad leadership, bad ownership and ignoring the city of Dallas until recently has weakened the Dallas fan base IMO. Not to mention it is impossible to make it to a game from North Dallas or Collin Co. on a weekday.

[EastStang]

The Washington Senators were the team that coined the infamous phrase, "First in War, First in Peace, and last in the American League." I watched the Senators with racist Calvin Griffith lose and then the year before they left for Minnesota, brought up a kid named Killebrew, Camilio Pascual, Donny Allison, and a kid named Zoilo Verseilles and they formed the nucleus of a pennant winning Twins team in 1965. The "new" Washington Senators were horrific. They nearly beat out the 1961 Mets for the worst team ever. They had old pitchers, hitters who couldn't hit and a first baseman who checked his glove after catching each ball just to see if he was successful. Then in 1971 they showed some signs of life. So, Bob Short the new owner with eyes on DFW, trades away the left side of his infield (two gold gloves) and his best starting pitcher to Detroit for warn out Denny McLain (who proceeded to lose 22 games). Some sports writers felt that was a bribe to ensure Detroit would vote for the move. I was at the last game at RFK which the Yankees won by forfeit. The Washington/Texas franchise has not won a pennant since 1933 and no World Series since 1924. So at least that experience has groomed me to be an SMU fan.

[Oldmins]

Of course, he may just up and move the Cubs to downtown Dallas.

As crazy as that sounds, I think those discussions will surface over the next ten years.....not moving the Cubs here, but moving another NL franchise to downtown Dallas. DFW is currently the largest market without two teams.

No, if a move like this is made, it will be to downtown Fort Worth. The city center there is already alive, and there's space down by the river. So, Ft. worth, what shall we name your new team?