Articles filed under MLB
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Cubs next owner won't meddle like Steinbrenner, but he will be focusedJan 24, 2009 10:00 pm - OK Cubs fans, we know virtually everything there is to know concerning the background of Tom Ricketts, the last man bidding for ownership of the Cubs and Wrigley Field. ...
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Change in ownership won't change Cubs' historyJan 24, 2009 10:00 pm - Hopefully Tom Ricketts knows what he's getting into. Unless the presumed next Cubs owner intends to rename them the Chicago Ricketts, they'll still be the Cubs. That set...
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Cubs' Tribune era good or bad?Jan 23, 2009 10:00 pm - When the Tribune Co. bought the Cubs for $21.1 million in 1981, it was taking over a sleepy family business in an industry shut down by a historic players strike. News a...
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What Cubs fans should know about Tom RickettsJan 23, 2009 10:00 pm - The Ricketts file Age: 43 Currently: Chairman and CEO of Incapital LLC, a technology-oriented investment bank he co-founded in 1999. Education: Holds bachelor's degree a...
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Ricketts can get Peavy, make history on North SideJan 22, 2009 10:00 pm - To say that the Tribune Co. was a bad owner would be, at best, an oversimplification and, at worst, simply wrong. For the most part, the people involved were excellent c...
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Canseco to enter boxing ringJan 22, 2009 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Jose Canseco might want to dust off that muscled-up "Bash Brother" moniker one more time. He needs a colorful nickname for his introduction as he enters the ...
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McGwire's brother: Slugger used steroidsJan 22, 2009 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Mark McGwire's youngest brother says in a book proposal that he injected the former baseball star with steroids, according to Deadspin.com. Jay McGwire is ci...
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Sox have another fan in high place(s)Jan 21, 2009 10:00 pm - You couldn't help but know that the 44th president of the United States is a White Sox fan. And, of course, the same is true for the mayor of Chicago, whose allegiance i...
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President Obama doesn't hide his allegiance to SoxJan 21, 2009 10:00 pm - Often overshadowed by the Cubs in their own city, the White Sox now can officially lay claim as being America's No. 1 baseball team thanks to new President Barack Obama....
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Ex-Cub catcher Blanco to join PadresJan 21, 2009 10:00 pm - SAN DIEGO -- Coming with a recommendation from Greg Maddux, catcher Henry Blanco agreed to a $750,000, one-year contract with the San Diego Padres on Wednesday to back u...