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Cubs chairman threatens move out of Wrigley
Chicago Cubs chairman Tom Ricketts threatened to move the team if plans for upgrades and renovations of Wrigley Field are not approved. In an address at the City Club of Chicago on Wednesday morning, Ricketts said "we will consider moving out of...Tags: City Club of Chicago, Wrigley Field
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Paying for a loser
Chicago Cubs baseball fans and American cow-calf ranchers have two things in common. First, they can't win for losing and, second, they pay heavily for the right to do just that. For example, on April 15, Tom Ricketts, chairman of the Cubs, announced...Tags: Baseball, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Wrigley Field, Crime, Law and Justice, Sports
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Cubs warn rooftops owners not to threaten lawsuit
The Chicago Cubs downplayed Chairman Tom Ricketts’ threat this morning to move the team if his renovation plan is not passed, but warned the rooftop owners not to threaten a lawsuit. “The question was asked, ‘What would you do if the...
Tags: Lakeview (Chicago, Illinois), Litigation, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System, Trials
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Ads take the field in Wrigley rehab plans
The Chicago Cubs want to restore Wrigley Field in the style of an era long gone by, even as the team ushers aspects of the ballpark into the 21st century, including a large video board and more electronic advertising common at stadiums across the nation....
Tags: Baseball, Wrigley Field, Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Sports, Times Square
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That's your $500 million Cubs news conference?
We know what a happy Tom Ricketts looks like: Day One of family ownership. That wasn't the way he looked or sounded Monday. If the guy was announcing an agreement to renovate Wrigley Field, the joy would’ve been read easily on Ricketts’...
Tags: Wrigley Field, Chicago Mayor, Rahm Emanuel
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Night games re-emerge as Wrigley sticking point, alderman says
Clout StreetLate last week, Ald. Thomas Tunney indicated he was optimistic the framework of a deal between City Hall and the Ricketts family to renovate Wrigley Field would be announced by Monday's home opener. On Wednesday, Wrigleyville's alderman found himself...Tags: Major League Baseball, Baseball, Wrigley Field, Sports, Satellite and Cable Service
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Jacoby Jones discusses Week 4 on 'Dancing with the Stars'
The Times is pleased to have Baltimore Ravens wide receiver Jacoby Jones guest-blogging for us while he competes on "Dancing With the Stars." Each week while he competes on the show, Jones will answer a few questions from Sports Now editor Houston...
Tags: Dance, Entertainment, Entertainment Events
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Dealing with the Wrigley Field deal
And then, suddenly, there was a Wrigley Field deal. To readers wondering how this would affect their visits (or life) in Wrigleyville, the parameters of the deal were a draw in Monday's Chicago Tribune. So were the statements Monday of the deal's...
Tags: Wrigley Field, Chicago Tribune, Wrigleyville
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Cubs tradition: Throwing out ceremonial first discussion of fans' patience
If you believe the 2013 Cubs were built to stink -- spoiler alert: they were -- then you had to like Edwin Jackson’s miserable start in Monday’s home opener and Starlin Castro’s aggravating last out that was a wind shift from turning...
Tags: Baseball, Dale Sveum, Welington Castillo, Jed Hoyer , Darwin Barney
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Man delivers severed goat's head for Cubs owner Tom Ricketts
It was a strange day at Wrigley Field on Wednesday. An unidentified man driving a white van pulled up to a security entrance, parked, got out and wordlessly dropped off a package addressed to Chicago Cubs owner Tom Ricketts before leaving. Security...
Tags: Dale Sveum, Wrigley Field, Detroit Tigers, Chicago Cubs
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Sure, blame the Greek White Sox fan for Wrigley goat head prank
Whenever ethnic profiling raises its ugly head, you can usually count on a great newspaper to express its outrage. Unless the head once belonged to a goat, and said head was sent to Wrigley Field in care of Chicago Cubs owner Tom Ricketts. Then the...
Tags: Billy Goat Tavern, Salt, Wrigley Field, Carlos Marmol, Chicago Cubs
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Ricketts committed to Chicago; is it mutual?
In a dim corridor Monday along the third-base side of Wrigley Field, about 30 feet away from a restroom still equipped with troughs and a wall holding pay phones, Cubs Chairman Tom Ricketts outlined the tentative deal struck to renovate the rickety 99-...
Tags: Major League Baseball, Baseball, Miami Marlins, Target Field, Minnesota Twins
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Apr 15, 2013
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Apr 9, 2013
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Apr 12, 2013
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Apr 12, 2013
|Column| Chicago Tribune
Apr 15, 2013
|Column| Chicago Tribune
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