Monday, Monday

Eric Bowser at Pirates Ownership Must Go says that an anonymous Pirates official has said that the leak that the Pirates are for sale (which started the Cuban rumors) came straight from the Comissioner's Office. He goes on to say that the league wants the team sold after the All-Star break next year. As per Cuban's "interview" with Smizik yesterday (it pains me to link to Smizik, but since this is actually relevant I'll break my long standing boycott of him and Cook just this once) Cuban is interested in buying the Pittsburgh Pirates, not just any baseball team, and would still be around if the For Sale sign went up some time next year. Of course, as Bowser says on his blog, Mean Old Bud and his cronies will probably want nothing to do with Mark Cuban.