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It's about time Cubs played a little hardball
Hearing Cubs Chairman Tom Ricketts publicly threaten to move the team out of Wrigley Field for the first time Wednesday if his restoration plan meets resistance immediately raised an obvious question. What took so long? Ricketts told the City Club...
Tags: Chicago Mayor, Sports, Rahm Emanuel, City Club of Chicago, Baseball
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Wrigley Field would make a great coliseum
If Cubs owner Tom Ricketts actually made good on his threat to leave Wrigley Field for a more baseball-friendly neighborhood, what would be the best use of the site at Clark and Addison? My plan? Flatten and grade it, then enclose it in cyclone fence and...
Tags: Sports, Chicago Cubs, Chicago White Sox, World Series, Chicago Mayor
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Cubs without Wrigley
Does Tom Ricketts really believe that fans will pour into a new stadium in the suburbs to watch the Cubs lose? People go because of Wrigley Field and the experience of being there.Who would care about the Rosemont Cubs? — John Empfield, ChicagoTags: Wrigley Field
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A Cubs ultimatum or just a wild pitch?
Tribune reportersCubs Chairman Tom Ricketts caused a stir Wednesday when he said publicly for the first time that he would consider moving the team if moneymaking outfield signs central to his Wrigley Field renovation plan failed to win the city's blessing. The surprise...Tags: Sports, Tribune Company, University of Chicago, Chicago Cubs, New York Yankees
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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, United Air Lines, Advertising, Rahm Emanuel, Thomas M. Tunney
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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: George Halas, Richard M. Daley, Local Government, Chicago Cubs, O'Hare International Airport
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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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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: Sports, University of Chicago, Miami Marlins, Chicago Cubs, World Series
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Cubs' latest loss won't help Sveum's mood
CINCINNATI — Dale Sveum can look disheveled standing in the Cubs' dugout with his perpetual five o'clock shadow. During the Cubs Convention, a fan complained to Chairman Tom Ricketts that Sveum looked like he "slept under a bridge." "I think...
Tags: Brandon Phillips, Jay Bruce, Chicago Cubs, Anthony Rizzo, Luis Valbuena
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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: Chicago Tribune, Wrigley Field, Wrigleyville
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Wrigleyville alderman optimistic about ballpark talks
Wrigleyville’s alderman expressed optimism Thursday that several key issues surrounding the costly renovation of the aging ballpark could be resolved by the Cubs’ home opener on Monday, but the dispute over signs outside Wrigley Field...
Tags: Sports, Tribune Company, Rahm Emanuel, Thomas M. Tunney, Baseball
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Cubs' interests far afield from Pittsburgh
PITTSBURGH — No, you couldn't have gone ice fishing Wednesday in Pittsburgh. That season has come and gone. It's time for baseball, even if it didn't seem like it at PNC Park, along the banks of the Allegheny River. After a pitch shattered his...
Tags: Albert Almora, Sports, Richard M. Daley, Chicago Cubs, PNC Park
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Apr 3, 2013
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