Choosing Sides

As readers of this blog will know, billionaire Sam Zell is in talks to buy the Tribune Company and its associated assets (read: the Chicago Cubs). Zell does have a problem in owning the Cubs. It's that he owns a part of the Chicago White Sox as well.

Clearly, MLB would not allow Zell to own pieces of both clubs. That's where the Wall Street Journal starts asking questions:

Now Zell already is part owner of the cross-town rival White Sox and Major League Baseball rules prohibit ownership stakes in more than one team. So, we leave it to our readers, using the financials vs. heartache metric, in the event Zell were to buy Tribune, which team should he sell off?

The guess here is that Zells sells his interest in the Cubs because he’s already tied up with Jerry Reisdorf though the Sox AND Bulls.

Anyone else care to guess?