Published 10/31/2009
by BY NEIL HAYES nhayes@suntimes.com
at Chicago Sun-Times :: Chicago Cubs ::
Laura Ricketts met a friend for lunch in Wrigleyville the same August day her family signed an agreement with Tribune Co. to purchase the Cubs. Her friend suggested they take a Wrigley Field tour to celebrate. They were sitting in the bleachers when the news reached another member of the tour via his BlackBerry. The deal was done, he announced. The Ricketts family had officially purchased the Cubs.
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