| The Leap Year (2/29/08) Edition |
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| Sam Zell current, but soon-to-be former, Chicago Cubs owner |
Under normal circumstances, being the owner of one of the most storied franchises in professional
sports would be enough to elevate you to "cool" status and would not relegate you to the doldrums of
d-baggery. Well, the bald & bearded troll you see pictured above is a living exception to the rule. Though the
fact that he wants to sell naming rights to Wrigley Field is not a new concept, ESPN finally got ahold of it a
couple days ago. Here is their report:
CHICAGO -- The chief executive officer of the Tribune Company said Wednesday he won't hesitate to sell the
naming rights to Wrigley Field -- even if baseball purists don't like the idea.
During an interview on CNBC, Sam Zell said despite Wrigley Field being known worldwide, he didn't get a
discount because he wasn't going to use the naming rights that the field represents.
Zell said he plans to sell the Cubs and Wrigley separately and in his own time frame. He also disclosed that
Major League Baseball has approved "four or six" potential ownership groups and that any one of them would
be fine.
The sale of the team has been delayed by Zell's plan to sell the team and the stadium separately, and to have
a state agency acquire and renovate Wrigley.
Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press
You can't really be upset about a cat wanting to get a little more scratch, but when said cat is already a
multi-billionaire, you have to kind of wonder if he really needs it. And if the above information isn't enough for
you to consider him a d-bag, consider this: he's also a part-owner of the Chicago White Sox and is friends
with Sox owner Jerry Reinsdorf. Not enough, you say. The dude rocks a moustache-less beard! That's just
fundamentally wrong on multiple levels. And what about that hand-on-chin senior-picture pose? I would bet
that even White Sox fans would think this guy's a bag; now, if we could only find some of them to ask....
sports would be enough to elevate you to "cool" status and would not relegate you to the doldrums of
d-baggery. Well, the bald & bearded troll you see pictured above is a living exception to the rule. Though the
fact that he wants to sell naming rights to Wrigley Field is not a new concept, ESPN finally got ahold of it a
couple days ago. Here is their report:
CHICAGO -- The chief executive officer of the Tribune Company said Wednesday he won't hesitate to sell the
naming rights to Wrigley Field -- even if baseball purists don't like the idea.
During an interview on CNBC, Sam Zell said despite Wrigley Field being known worldwide, he didn't get a
discount because he wasn't going to use the naming rights that the field represents.
Zell said he plans to sell the Cubs and Wrigley separately and in his own time frame. He also disclosed that
Major League Baseball has approved "four or six" potential ownership groups and that any one of them would
be fine.
The sale of the team has been delayed by Zell's plan to sell the team and the stadium separately, and to have
a state agency acquire and renovate Wrigley.
Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press
You can't really be upset about a cat wanting to get a little more scratch, but when said cat is already a
multi-billionaire, you have to kind of wonder if he really needs it. And if the above information isn't enough for
you to consider him a d-bag, consider this: he's also a part-owner of the Chicago White Sox and is friends
with Sox owner Jerry Reinsdorf. Not enough, you say. The dude rocks a moustache-less beard! That's just
fundamentally wrong on multiple levels. And what about that hand-on-chin senior-picture pose? I would bet
that even White Sox fans would think this guy's a bag; now, if we could only find some of them to ask....