If newspapers were a baseball team, they would be the Mets - without the hope for those folks at the very pinnacle of the financial food chain - who average nearly $24 million a year in income - 'next year.'
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I'm looking forward to working for the 'Tribune' because any company that can invest in the Chicago Cubs has a view of the future we cannot begin to comprehend.
Being a Mets fan is like lending someone a lot of money and you just know that you'll never get paid back.
The economics of baseball are the big problem. The big clubs make a lot of money and the little clubs don't.
Baseball has all the money.
My pat line about the Cubs and payroll is that the amount of merchandise the Cubs would sell off a world series championship would more than cover for a big payroll.
Everyone has a budget, I don't care who you are. But they said if we are in a pennant race in the middle of the summer they are going to get some help with added payroll.
It's bad for baseball to have owners who can benefit another business by losing money in baseball.
I like the Mets. I'm interested in the Mets.
I've said this over the years publicly - this is not a lucrative business. My goal every year is to break even with the White Sox.
All ballplayers want to wind up their careers with the Cubs, Giants or Yankees. They just can't help it.