Things That Told Us what we wanted to hear!	Signs and Portents of the 2008 Cub Juggernaut!	Things That Affirmed what we already knew!
Portent #1 if everybody's always talking about your team. . . it's a good sign!	Sam Zell Buys Trib Cubs Still For Sale! The Trib may sell ballpark separately from team! . . . may get State of Illinois to pay for repairs! . . . may sell naming rights first, then sell the park! . . . may be unable to sell club if players and free. . . . . . agents aren't signed soon enough for potential. . . . . . buyers to know what their expenses will be! Lots of rumors / Cubs always in the news	MORE PORTENTS 1 Cubs Still For Sale          2 Playing Field Re-make    3 Free Agent Fukudome    4 Ernie Banks Statue         5 Sports Illustrated Cover 6 Timely Acquisitions        7 Dempster and Wood      8 Sweeping Up the Sox     9 Nine Straight Series        10 Zambrano No-hitter
DID YOU KNOW . . .	That Sam Zell bought the Tribune Company without having any background in journalism, radio/TV     administration, or sports management? His experience is in real estate! He's a mogul! A tycoon! A genius!        That at the end of the 2008 championship season, nobody knew any more about the Cubs' future than            they did at the end of the 2007 season? Would we hear once again all the same rumors about the park,     the team, the potential buyers?
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