Posted on 10/09/2015 2:11:15 PM PDT by EBH
Donald Trump wants America to believe he's the best deal maker on the planet. But it was the deal Trump couldn't seal that probably saved Cleveland its baseball team.
In a Feb. 15, 1983 letter to Indians President Gabe Paul, Trump's lawyer offered to buy the team for $13 million.
Had the deal gone through, many believed at the time -- and still do -- that the front-runner for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination would have wasted little or no time moving the team to another city, most likely Tampa.
Longtime Plain Dealer sportswriter Russ Schneider, whose 30-year career at the newspaper included 14 as the Indians beat writer, discovered the letter among some files left him by the late Ted Bonda, the team's principal owner from 1975-78 and a shareholder both before and after.
Kenneth Molloy, a prominent New York attorney and later a judge, wrote to Gabe Paul:
"My client, Donald J. Trump, is interested in purchasing the Cleveland Indians Baseball team.
"I am authorized to offer Thirteen Million dollars for same free from debt and subject to usual review and acceptance of all contracts in effect.
"Your early advice would be appreciated. I am certain a two-day visit to Cleveland will provide adequate time to make our examinations and finalize this matter."
(Excerpt) Read more at cleveland.com ...
I am not a Trump supporter, but this article and placement really is beyond the pale.
Trump is leading in all the polls, and they can't stop him, even Cruz's handlers are trying and it just isn't working...
this article and placement really is beyond the pale.Then why did you post it?
Cleveland has a basebal
Had the deal gone through, many believed at the time -- and still do -- that the front-runner for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination would have wasted little or no time moving the team to another city, most likely Tampa.
Many believe...
Many didn't...
Who cares...
Worst case scenario..., he moved the team.
That makes him not presidential now? Seriously?
This is what passed for logic?
Well, that does it. I just can’t support Trump anymore after this devastating information. Sheeesh.
Why? Because they are talking about something that happened in 1983! They are demeaning an entrepreneur who was willing to take a risk. The speculation in the article is some liberal wet dream about a business they know nothing about!
AND IT FREAKING MADE THE FRONT PAGE ABOVE THE FOLD AS NEWS, not editorial.
Have we heard from his governess and nanny yet?
Trump is not an unusually successful business man. The landscape is littered with businesses he started that went nowhere, and then he abandoned.
What he is, rather, is persistent. And in the long run, that’s what makes a businessman successful.
It isn’t about hitting home runs at every at-bat. It’s about getting enough base hits to put together a good score. Trump has done that.
fu·tile
As I understand it, only 31 years ago it rained one day, Trump walked by two earthworms that had been washed up and were still wiggling, and he didn’t help them.
Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
He’ll never get my vote!!!! /s
Cleveland has a baseball team?! Who knew?! LOL
He's lost the worm-lover's vote. He's done!
Donald Trump's failed bid to buy the Cleveland IndiansHe better thank god he didn't get a team with the racist insensitive title "Indians".
The Cleveland Trumps
The Tampa Bay Donald’s
The Atlantic City Yuuuge’s
oh no! Sigh, I loath establishment turd bags. Its almost sad how desperate they are.
The free spending Jacobs brothers brought glory in the 90s but the tight fisted Dolans haven’t been so successful.
Now that Cablevision has been sold off, I wonder what the Dolans do?
I expect them to push USFL stories soon.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA! It’s sad when the msm has to go back 32 years to find something to complain about. Could have, may have, yada, yada.
Cute article is it not?
Sports writers are sports writers for a reason.
But it is kinda cute.
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