Get To Know Your Owner: Mark Cuban Edition

Well, it looks like Mark Cuban may buy the Cubs. His bid is the highest, he showed up at Kerry Wood's charity bowling event, and he can't quite seem to win a championship, even when he has a good squad on paper (see: Dallas Mavericks). If he's not a good match for the Cubs, I don't know who is. Anyways, if he's going to be our new owner, maybe we should get to know him a little better. Here are a few quotes gleaned from Baseball Prospectus that summarize what kind of a guy Cuban is:

"If there's a hooker you want, it all comes down to price, right? And I think that's a better analogy."—Mark Cuban, a bidder to buy the Cubs on his desire to purchase the franchise.

"He's been outspoken on issues, but we've had owners who are outspoken as well. I've not heard of him referred to as a loudmouth."—MLB vice president Bob DePuy, on Cuban.

"He would be an effective owner in most businesses."—NBA commissioner David Stern

"It was the way he presented himself to us in the interview, wearing jeans and sneakers, and turning his nose up and acting like he was the smartest guy in the room. He was a smart-aleck kid."—Former NBA executive Dave Checketts, on Mark Cuban. (Richard Sandomir, The New York Times)

Sounds like my kind of guy. A guy in jeans and sneakers overpaying for high-price hookers? Sign him up.