Minor league team offers Lebron James $1,600

[Mr Windy City]

CLEVELAND -- A minor league baseball team is taking a swing at signing LeBron James.

The Lake Erie Crushers plan to offer James a maximum contract under Frontier League rules on "Keep LBJ in the C-L-E Night" next week. The team said the contract is worth $1,600 a month and will include a host family so the NBA superstar won't have the "stress of a potential commute" from Akron. Also available will be a luxury suite.

The Crushers will wear Cavaliers-themed jerseys June 30 and each player will wear No. 6 to honor James' switch from No. 23. The team is renaming its park LeBron James Field at All Pro Freight Stadium for the game. Anyone named LeBron gets free tickets.

James becomes a free agent the next day.

Nice gesture I guess, but really? That's the best Cleveland can do?

[rfr3sh]

this is serious?

[JuicedUp]

[Masu485]

CLEVELAND -- A minor league baseball team is taking a swing at signing LeBron James.

The Lake Erie Crushers plan to offer James a maximum contract under Frontier League rules on "Keep LBJ in the C-L-E Night" next week. The team said the contract is worth $1,600 a month and will include a host family so the NBA superstar won't have the "stress of a potential commute" from Akron. Also available will be a luxury suite.

The Crushers will wear Cavaliers-themed jerseys June 30 and each player will wear No. 6 to honor James' switch from No. 23. The team is renaming its park LeBron James Field at All Pro Freight Stadium for the game. Anyone named LeBron gets free tickets.

James becomes a free agent the next day.

Nice gesture I guess, but really? That's the best Cleveland can do?

that's racist. there are no white people named lebron

[OverUnder]

Minor league baseball is always on another level. Whether it is trading bats for a player, the unbelievable tirades by managers, a pitcher throwing a ball into the stands and hitting a fan, and cowboy monkey rodeos...

[Chi_archie]

that's awesome

[stealthyburrito]

sounds like the best deal lebron can get.

[whatsgood5]

that's racist. there are no white people named lebron

[head_strong]

that's racist. there are no white people named lebron

lol

[HotStreak]

Or LeBron can simply dig some pocket change out from the console of his Maybach and buy the team. Rename the stadium LeBron James Field permanently, make everyone wear #23 Cav's jerseys, change the team nickname to "The Kings", then skip town in free agency, leaving the people of Cleveland something to remember him by.