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Jan. 28, 2008, 10:42PM

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Cubs vs. St. Louis Cardinals photos, Ryne Sandberg Day pics

Cubs fans TV listings

Of all the Cubs' players having big Septembers, Matt Murton's has probably been the quietest. Yet, since I wrote that Murton was continuing to have a disappointing season on August 23, Murton is hitting .428/.478/.652 in 16 games after today's 3-for-4 with 2 doubles performance. The Cubs have been seeing more lefthanded pitchers, Piniella has put Murton in opportunities to succeed, and Murton is delivering in a big way. I believe the Cubs' refusal to trade him earlier this year after his demotion will pay long-term dividends.

More potential buyers are emerging for the Cubs organization, and the results of the bidding for the Tribune Company lead some to think that the chance of a private buyout of just the team (or the team and the TV network) has increased. The bids did not contain a hoped for eye-popping offer for the stock of the Company. Thus Crain's Chicago Business and other sources report the chance of a selected asset sale are greatly increased. Local wire and cable magnate Jim Anixter is now in the mix, along with Don Levin and others, as possible Cub owners. (Hey guys, are your egos compatible?? After all the White Sox ownership is really by a small group.)

Yours truly's Tribune stock went bye-bye under a stop-loss order in effect over the holidays. The Tribune story today says the Chandler family (the insiders who started this rumble for a sale) now assert the stock is overpriced. (Could that be because they low-balled an offer themselves??)

Anyone wishing to ponder this further may check out the following link to Crains: http://www.chicagobusiness.com/cgi-bin/n...

First let me say that I am not Don Levin, I never met Don Levin, and I have no business or other connections with Don Levin.
So Who is Don Levin? Levin is a Chicago native Cub Fan with enough money to buy the Cubs himself, enough smarts to get Mike Downey to do an article about him in today's Sunday Tribune sportspage, and enough heart to take on the task of making the Cubbies into the team every true Cub fan wants to see.
Levin founded and owns the Chicago Wolves, a family oriented successful hockey team. He is going to call John McDonough to tell him that what Downey says in today's paper is true. He is not phased by a more than half-billion dollar asking price, and he wants to keep the Cubs at Wrigley and make them winners. Downey's column link.

The Quillian art group, from Tulsa,Ok. has a painting called "Sweet Summer Chicago", We are in search of a Chicago Cub promotions and or marketing group who would be interested in the sale of prints for this piece. "Sweet Summer Chicago" painting can be seen at this web site. www.jq-art.com
Any interested parties interested in discussing this further please e-mail tytantra10@yahoo.com

Regina at the Woman's Eye on Sports blog points out the the official White Sox website has posted the Grinder Ball Rules - 2006.

I don't know the history of this phrase, but the link offered some interesting reading. Enjoy!

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Photos from Ryne Sandberg Day at Wrigley Field

Meet Ronnie the Collie

Ivy Chat picked up a statement from the CEO of Ariel Capital Management, the 5th largest shareholder of the Tribune Co., suggesting that the Tribune sell the Chicago Cubs to focus on its core businesses: "Selling (the Cubs and their Food Network investment) would be the intelligent thing to do. It's time for them to focus on what they do best." 1060west also comments. See related poll question.

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