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Quick Hits: Dodgers, Cruz, Cespedes

By Dan Mennella | January 31, 2012 at 8:39pm CDT

A few odds and ends to pass along as Nolan Ryan (65) and Ernie Banks (81) celebrate birthdays. Jackie Robinson would have turned 93 today …

  • The Magic Johnson-Stan Kasten ownership group could be the leader to purchase the Dodgers, according to Jon Heyman of CBSSports.com, as that group will likely procure the financial backing of billionaire Patrick Soon-Shiong. Soon-Shiong is a close friend of Johnson's and once purchased Magic's minority stake in the Lakers.
  • The Rangers and Nelson Cruz are working on avoiding an arbitration hearing, the outfielder tells Enrique Rojas of ESPN.com. Cruz also said that while the sides are negotiating for a one-year agreement, they are leaving open the door to a multiyear pact.
  • Yoenis Cespedes will likely visit the Marlins within the next week, tweets Ken Rosenthal of FOXSports.com. Miami has long been considered among the leaders to sign the 27-year-old outfielder who recently defected from Cuban, although the the Cubs and other teams "remain deeply involved," per Rosenthal.
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  1. vtadave

    13 years ago

    Not a fan of Far East money in the Dodgers, but as long as it’s not a majority stake I guess…

    Reply
    • CAD_Monkey

      13 years ago

      Huh?  I don’t see any Far East bids…unless Burke’s Chinese-backed offer made it past the preliminary round.

      Reply
    • LordBanana

      13 years ago

      People with Asian names are not necessarily citizens of an Asian country. If it’s Soon-Shiong you’re referring to, he’s technically South African and has lived in North America since the 70s.

      Reply
    • LordBanana

      13 years ago

      People with Asian names are not necessarily citizens of an Asian country. If it’s Soon-Shiong you’re referring to, he’s technically South African and has lived in North America since the 70s.

      Reply
  2. parkdav

    13 years ago

    A lot of baseball royalty born on this day.

    Reply
  3. cards2WS

    13 years ago

    Ryan, Banks, AND Robinson! Seems like if your born on January 31st your guaranteed the Hall.

    Reply
    • Lastings

      13 years ago

      Yuniesky Betancourt is going to do a backflip if he ever reads that…

      Reply
  4. cards2WS

    13 years ago

    Ryan, Banks, AND Robinson! Seems like if your born on January 31st your guaranteed the Hall.

    Reply
  5. CaseyBlakeDeWitt

    13 years ago

    Nice. That was my second choice after Cuban. Johnson-Kasten sounds good to me!

    Reply
    • dodgers33dodgers

      13 years ago

      agree…i would love Magic-Kastens running the dodgers!

      Reply
      • CaseyBlakeDeWitt

        13 years ago

        There was an article in the LA Times I think recently that talked about them and how there group had the perfect combination of the local hero (Magic) the baseball smarts (Kasten) and the money (I don’t remember his name but he’s the least important anyway from a baseball standpoint). I’m really excited about getting a new owner who cares and wants to help us win.

        Reply
        • BlueSkyLA

          13 years ago

          I still prefer the Torre-Caruso team, but this one sounds good too. Better days are coming Dodger faithful!

          Reply
    • dodgers33dodgers

      13 years ago

      agree…i would love Magic-Kastens running the dodgers!

      Reply
  6. rsanchez1

    13 years ago

    Report from Chicago: Apparently Cespedes is interested in the Cubs because his agent Adam Katz changed their offer letter to say “Chicago Cuba”.

    Reply
  7. Alex Foster

    13 years ago

    Cespedes is 26

    October 10, 1985 

    Reply
    • Lastings

      13 years ago

      And let the birth date debate begin!

      Reply
  8. Lily

    13 years ago

    Apparently Yoenis Cespedes decided Miami was tolerable after all…

    Reply
  9. Jon Hanford

    13 years ago

    Apparently there’s a Marlins minor leaguer named Ernie Banks, who is 25 years old.

    Reply
  10. ukJaysfan

    13 years ago

    I was wondering why Cespedes needed to defect from Mark Cuban…

    Reply
    • chico65

      13 years ago

      I thought you might have been kicked in the head by an emu when I initially read your post, then realized what you were referring to.

      …and nearly 14hrs after it was initially posted it still isn’t fixed.

      Reply
  11. Rick Springer

    13 years ago

    A happy birthday to Nolan Ryan, easily the greatest pitcher of his generation.

    To Mr Cub too, I’d have loved to have been able to see him play in his day.

    Reply
    • michael

      13 years ago

      Unless you think two years and a couple of months equals a generation gap, Nolan Ryan was not the greatest pitcher of his generation. That would be Tom Seaver. I’d argue for Steve Carlton, too.

      Reply
  12. Craig Burger

    13 years ago

    “Let’s play two”

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