Tom Ricketts and the Ricketts family are on the verge of becoming the new owners of the Cubs and custodians of all of the team’s fan’s hopes and dreams. According to an article by Bruce Levine of ESPN Chicago, the ownership baton should officially pass from Sam Zell and the Tribune Company sometime next week. Ricketts [...]
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Cubs Try to Lose, But Can’t
August 24, 2009 – 5:24 am
The Cubs did everything they could to throw away yesterday’s game in Los Angeles, but the umpires wouldn’t allow it. A bad throw by Ryan Theriot pulled Mike Fontenot off of second base on a force out, but the umpire called the runner out anyway. Don’t these types of calls usually go against the Cubs? [...]
Cub Lose As Hope Fades
August 21, 2009 – 8:32 am
The Cubs lost, the Cardinals won, yada, yada, yada… With 40 games remaining in the season, the Cubs are now 7.0 games back in the NL Central and 6.0 behind Colorado in the NL Wildcard race. Honestly, there’s not much hope left to hold on to. Maybe if I ignore it, it will just go [...]
