MLB Gets It Wrong Again

It is no secret that Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban is interested in purchasing the Chicago Cubs from current owner Sam Zell.

A source close to the higher-ups in Major League Baseball has reported that the MLB and its owners will block the sale of the Cubs to Cuban.

This is a horrible move by MLB and its owners.  Cuban is a lot of things, some good, some bad, but mainly he is a great owner.

The Dallas Mavericks were a team that was dead in the water before Cuban came along. Now, they are a fixture in the NBA postseason, as well as in the headlines. Cuban took a football city and gave them a passion for basketball.

In owning the Chicago Cubs, Cuban would do the same thing for baseball's lovable losers. The Cubs already have a national following, but with Cuban's backing the Cubs could gain the same amount of publicity and prominence as the Red Sox and Yankees.

Cuban is a win-first owner who cares about making money second. He wants to have winning teams and he will do whatever it takes to get his teams over the hump.

It is unclear what the fear is over allowing Cuban to own an MLB team. Baseball is a traditional game, and of course the old guard does not want to be shaken up.

However, the days of Cuban's excessive on-court antics have passed. Outside of a hot press conference, he has been quiet of late. 

The only reason to keep Cuban from owning an MLB team is the fear that he will help to expose the flaws in the current system.

Cuban would be good for baseball. He would be the man to bring MLB into the 21st century.