Comments on: Why is everyone afraid of Mark Cuban?

By: Kevin S.

Kevin S. — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 19:17:38 +0000

When Cuban was bidding on the Cubs, he said he’d sit in the right field bleachers.

By: Utley's hair

Utley's hair — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 16:14:23 +0000

“A new generation of baseball fans will be indoctrinated.”
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See, Craig? The Hall of Fame will be saved after all.

By: RichardInBigD

RichardInBigD — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 16:06:27 +0000

His ownwership, if nothing else, would bring a whole new group of money spending people in to the Ballpark. Hordes of $30,000.00 millionaires in Dallas LOVE this guy and will support whatever he does. A new generation of baseball fans will be indoctrinated. There will be legions of people wearing the T-Shirts they got on Opening Day, proclaiming “RFFL” (Rangers Fan For Life). He MIGHT even do something like have Dirk Nowitski go and pitch a game for the Rough Riders (AA affiliate just up the road a piece). There’s even the possibility he will be ejected from the park for being the loudest heckler in the stands. But most importantly, people will come, Ray. They most certainly will come.

By: Scott

Scott — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 14:07:24 +0000

Die-hard NBA fan, and can tell you some of what he WILL do: Spend money, hire lots of smart people so he makes informed decisions (scouts and quantitative analysts), berate his team in the media when they play poorly over a long stretch, and remain fiercely loyal to those who play hard/play well for him.
Oh, and he’ll criticize league officials, i.e. Bud and ESPECIALLY the umps. I’d love it, and I see Bud hating it.
Aside from that point, he’s gotta be a net positive. He’ll spend a lot and field a competitive club. He’ll be a net positive for the league while being a headache for the commissioner’s office. I call that a win-win.

By: JBerardi

JBerardi — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 13:00:49 +0000

I do worry that Cuban would be the type of guy to meddle with his GM/Baseball Operations staff, which pretty much never works out well.

By: Utley's hair

Utley's hair — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 12:50:17 +0000

Can the owner be ejected for arguing balls and strikes from the stands? Or would he have his own spot in the dugout?

By: Ditto65

Ditto65 — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 12:46:29 +0000

It would be nice if a free-spending loud-mouth came into the league and distracted all the Yankee haters for a while. Of course there would be all the comparisons to the Yankees – Cuban doesn’t fire managers enough; Cuban doesn’t waste money on over-the-hill veterans; and Cuban doesn’t ruin baseball as well as the late GMS did.

By: CJ

CJ — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 12:42:43 +0000

I’d think the opposite. With no cap, he could be this generation’s Steinbrenner. A lot of the big pieces are in place if he can keep them ( an ace in Lee, a cleanup hitter in Hamilton, etc.) and he’s not one to back down from spending. If it weren’t for the cap, there’s no doubt in my mind the Mavs would have won a championship already.