Texas Rangers for $593,000,000
FORT WORTH, Texas -- An investment group led by Hall of Fame pitcher and Texas Rangers president Nolan Ryan won a contentious and unusual auction for the team early Thursday, beating back a nearly $600 million offer from outspoken Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban.
Officials in federal bankruptcy court announced the winning bid to cheers and a standing ovation in the packed courtroom, shortly before 1 a.m. CT and some 10 hours after the auction began.
The group led by Ryan and Pittsburgh sports attorney Chuck Greenberg had Major League Baseball's endorsement, and its final $593 million offer included $385 million in cash. The final hearing on the team's bankruptcy plan was scheduled for later Thursday.
If I was going to buy a baseball team I'd at least want one that has/had a shot at the pennant. ;)
@loosecannon67: Yankees fan, I presume? Or just a Rangers hater?
In for three.
Does it work with a Mac? How much is shipping?
Mom?!?
Wow, their site looks so fail even.
Five bucks more for shipping to anywhere in the Continental US :)
Woot Style
@adambenson: I was just bust'in chops. Everyone knows that the only real sport is Football. And by Football I mean the kind where actual men play in pads and helmets and not the kind where players fall down like pansies every time an opponent slightly touches them.
anyone wanna go halfsies?
I'll go 5,930,000thsies.
Refurb?
Amazon has it for $20 less...
all mlb websites are designed the same way by major league baseball advanced media. the team has nothing to do with it.
In for 3!
Maybe if it was refurbished, but it's just used. Not worth it.
Another Bush-affiliated bankruptcy? In for $18 Trillion!
Can I just pick the players I want?
@venizen: He hasn't had anything to do with the team in years. Still, half a billion dollars for a crappy team that has only won one division title in its history? Do not want.
Sometimes it's tough be a Dallas native, we know that no matter how good the Rangers look early in the season, they'll manage to screw it up after the All-Star break.
@loosecannon67: yah, baseball isn't a sport. The dictionary's are keeping the truth from us! wow... just... wow
Three division titles. If you are going to try and make an insult at least get your facts straight. And they are far from a crappy team this year. Past years, yes, pretty crappy.
three division titles, but only one (1!) playoff game win.
Is Chuck Norris (aka Walker) still part of the team? He was always my favorite heavy hitter.
@scootergptx: Not a Refurb, it is a Scratch and Dent.
@twinsky: Yeah, as far as I know Walker is still a Texas Ranger.
Maybe I can swing a 2 for 1 deal with the Pirates and end up with an almost whole MLB team!
can baseball go away for another 4 years with soccer? talk about a boring sport
@loosecannon67: You mean, like one that's a god aweful ammount of games up in their division? Oh wait, yeah, that's the Rangers....
There's a warranty for this, right?
@adambenson: Immediately accuse loosecannon as a Yankees fan, huh. Why not Angels fan?
Yankee Hater™? Or just jealous because the Yankees will never go bankrupt?
Thanks to Marc Cuban I now have channels on my HDTV I didn't even know I had! Its a shame that they didn't let him buy this rugby team.
Don't the Rangers still owe A-Rod a big wad of money? Is that part of the deal -- the monetary liability part? :-)
@almonte96b: The Rangers have an 8 game lead in their division, by far the largest of any of the division leaders. At this point it seems insurmountable considering how they did most of that even before they stole Cliff Lee from the Mariners. The Angels are going nowhere, they're even behind the A's right now.
The Yankees are still the team to beat. They won the World Series last year, have the best record in baseball right now, and their closest competition (the Rays) are still somewhat of an upstart. Sure TB made it to the World Series a couple years ago and beat the Red Sox along the way, but they still don't have the staying power of the Yankees.
@loosecannon67: I think you're talking about handegg
@loosecannon67: The Rangers are first place in their division.
Is there a return policy?
@almonte96b: Every day the Yankees lose is a good day. Sorry buddy, other people like to win too. The Rays are proof you dont need a bank roll to do it.
@mrileyatwoot: You're definitely going to want to get a SquareTrade warranty for this one. God knows you'll never get the Bush-vomit-smell out...
sold out!!! snyway I was short like 20 Millions...
@axis32: The world is full of hate axis, Lord knows there's no shortage of Yankee Haters™
Find somewhere warm and cozy this October, there won't be too many "good days" for you...
Can I bring 'em back where they belong; to DC as the Senators?
Is this the woot! BOC?
If the cheerleaders come with it, I'm in for one.. nah.. make that two.
@iisaic: When's the last time you saw cheerleaders at a baseball game exactly?
I think Obama should buy it and run it even further into the ground. Free front row tickets and beer for anyone that doesn't work. Saturdays are ACORN dayz, the first 10,000 get a Che Guevara t-shirt and Howard Zinn bobble head. Next year, he'll move the team to Portland!
I wonder if they recieved a free bobblehead with their purchase?
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The Rangers ARE a soccer team, right?
@sickboy932: Actually, I think u got some'n dere...
@loosecannon67: "where actual men play in pads and helmets" ... riiiiight. I'm not gonna argue with you that futbol (soccer) players are pansier than ever, but come on... would a real man wear pads to protect his butt? If anything, then Rugby is a man's sport!!
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