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The Wrigley rehab
If you imagine yourself in, say, Section 211, looking out over a bases-loaded bottom of the inning with a cold Old Style in hand, then the artists' renderings of a modernized Wrigley Field look pretty good. That 6,000-square-foot Jumbotron must be...
Tags: Chicago Mayor, Wrigleyville, Thomas Ricketts, Business, United Air Lines
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Rosemont, other Chicago suburbs ready to play ball with Cubs if team moves
Among those in the audience Wednesday morning when Cubs Chairman Tom Ricketts raised the possibility of moving the team from Wrigley Field was one surprised White Sox fan: Rosemont Mayor Bradley Stephens. "I never expected Tom to come out with that,"...
Tags: Wood Dale, Thomas Ricketts, Addison, Chicago Cubs, O'Hare International Airport
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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: Chicago Mayor, Billy Goat Tavern, Thomas Ricketts, Chicago Cubs, Salt
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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: Chicago Mayor, Thomas Ricketts, Baseball, Chicago Cubs, Marlins Park
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Rizzo: Ricketts wants to win 'whether it's at Wrigley or not'
Anthony Rizzo is a major part of the Cubs’ rebuild, though Wednesday he learned that future may not be in Wrigley Field if the $300 million renovation plan doesn’t go through. Chairman Tom Ricketts threatened to look at moving the team if...
Tags: Yankee Stadium, Dale Sveum, Thomas Ricketts, Anthony Rizzo, Chicago Cubs
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Oduya's off-the-glass pass unforgettable
They remember the goals, and they might remember the pass that precipitated the goal, but rare is the pass before the pass that lodges in anyone's memory banks. And then there was Blackhawks defenseman Johnny Oduya's off-the-glass, into-the-ether outlet...Tags: Minnesota Wild, Johnny Oduya, Patrick Kane, Sports, Joel Quenneville
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Bottom line: For Cubs, moving preferable to losing
It was 28 years ago that the Illinois Supreme Court shut the Cubs out from playing night games at Wrigley Field, upholding a state law and city ordinance that banned the use of lights at the ballpark. "We're obviously disappointed in the outcome, and it...
Tags: Dale Sveum, Theo Epstein, Baseball, Thomas Ricketts, Anthony Rizzo
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National gay athlete hall of fame launched in Chicago
Just as Jason Collins, a veteran NBA player, announced he is gay, a hall of fame for gay athletes and allies launched in Chicago. The nonprofit National Gay & Lesbian Sports Hall of Fame will accept nominees beginning this summer. Its goal is to honor...
Tags: Chicago Cubs, Major League Baseball
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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: Thomas Ricketts, City Club of Chicago
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Redmond explains key calls from 15-inning win
MIAMI To pinch-hit or not to pinch-hit? To intentionally walk or not to intentionally walk? Perhaps more so than any other game to date, rookie manager Mike Redmond's gears were grinding during his team's 4-3, 15-inning win over the Mets early Tuesday...Tags: New York Mets, Anthony Recker, Placido Polanco, Jon Rauch, Juan Pierre
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'42' in the Windy City
Chicago Tribune reporterWhen Jackie Robinson and the Brooklyn Dodgers brought their historic roadshow to Chicago a few weeks into the 1947 season, a record crowd of 46,572 people crammed into Wrigley Field, and 20,000 more stood outside wishing they could get in. After the game,...Tags: Jackie Robinson, Baseball, Major League Baseball All-Star Game, Chicago Cubs, Sports
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Homer in 9th wins it for Cubs
MIAMI — The classic paradox of what would happen when an unstoppable force meets an immovable object was not particularly relevant Thursday night when the Cubs and Marlins began a four-game series under a full moon in Miami. Both offenses have been...
Tags: Miami Heat, Baseball, Welington Castillo, Placido Polanco, Chicago Cubs
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