Friday, June 24, 2011

MARK CUBAN AND BASEBALL?!


Should Mark Cuban own a major league baseball team? Some say the time is now, while managers across the league, as well as league executives, feel it is not such a good idea.

In my opinion, give the man a team. Mark Cuban is exactly what the sport of Major League Baseball needs. Look at how Cuban has changed the face of the Dallas Mavericks. Why should that stop at basketball?  Before Cuban, the Mavericks were the New Jersey Nets of today. When Cuban came into play, Dallas had the luxuries and benefits that the Los Angeles Lakers did. Every team member was treated like a king, and every fan could be proud of his or her team. It took a number of years, but look where they are now… the current champions of the NBA. 

     If he wasn’t revamping the locker rooms to have personal lockers for every player, then he was on the floor screaming at the referees and making his face known across the nation. Even if you have never been to Dallas or didn’t like the team, you knew of Mark Cuban. This is what Major League Baseball need. Teams like the Houston Astros, Toronto Blue Jays and New York Mets, to name a few, could really use a manager with motive, enthusiasm, and life to give the team a memorable physical appearance and face behind the scenes. Wait a minute; the Houston Astros just did that! Recently the Astros were bought by Jim Crane who has a lot of work to do, but Crane is no Cuban.

 So who to buy? The Los Angeles Dodgers sure seem like a good fit. Frank McCourt left one hell of a mess to clean up in Los Angeles. Cuban was apparently tired of “chasing” baseball teams in search of new ownership. But recently, talks of new Dodgers ownership have sparked everyone’s interest, and what could be better for baseball than Cuban’s highly energetic and over-excited personality?

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