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Some teams lost money in 2009, baseball commissioner Bud Selig said Thursday after the final owners meeting of the year. "There was no question about that," Selig said. "I don't think the concerns have been ameliorated at all. I think the concerns are...
Tags: Bud Selig, Arturo Moreno, MLB Network, Tom Ricketts, lost money, Chicago, Chone Figgins, Texas Rangers, Commissioner of Baseball, 1994¬タモ95 Major League Baseball strike, Arte Moreno, Major League Baseball, Chicago Cubs, allnews
Sun-Times Media They gave the Cubs' new owners a standing ovation when formally introduced to the other major league owners at a dinner Wednesday night at the O'Hare Hilton. ''I think it is the tradition to get standing ovations,'' said Tom Ricketts,...
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The Chicago Cubs' new owners spent Wednesday scouting new spring training locations by air and land, ending the day with potential suitors who pitched their Mesa properties in a speed-dating-style succession of meetings. The tour was the first trip ever...
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How do you become a millionaire?...But Tom Ricketts, who recently bought the storied franchise and its famous ballpark, Wrigley Field, for almost $900 million — the most ever paid for a baseball team — says he thinks it's going to be "a fair investment...
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As the Ricketts family will speak publicly for the first time Friday after officially taking over the Chicago National League Ball Club this week, a new era of Cubs baseball is being ushered in on the North Side. Team Chairman Tom Ricketts , along with...
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With the news Friday that terms of the sale of the Cubs to the Ricketts family were finalized, one of the next major orders of business followed quickly: Manager Lou Piniella told the Sun-Times he intends to return for the final year of his contract and...
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THE Chicago Cubs, whose century of Major League Baseball championship futility is the longest title drought in American sports history, have been sold for nearly $US900 million ($A1.13 billion), the Chicago Tribune has reported. The unnamed source which...
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A spokesman for Tom Ricketts, who heads his family's nearly $900 million bid to buy the Chicago Cubs from Tribune Co., says the deal is still on. Dennis Culloton, who represents Ricketts, said Wednesday that media reports suggesting otherwise are untrue.
Tags: Tribune Co., Tom Ricketts, Chicago Cubs
But his friends shouldn't start hassling him for tickets yet. Complications in the process, including Tribune's Chapter 11 bankruptcy, should keep the sale from being approved until the heat of this year's pennant race, if then. Sources said Ricketts...
Tags: Tom Ricketts, Chicago Cubs, Tribune Co., Thomas S. Ricketts, Wilmette, Chicago Tribune
scion of the TD Ameritrade Inc. fortune -- is trying to raise $100 million or more through the sale of preferred stock to wealthy individuals. Money raised from investors would reduce the amount the Ricketts family would have to borrow from banks to finance...
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