Yer outta here, Zell!
Published 2/29/2008 by BY STEFANO ESPOSITO Staff Reporter/sesposito@suntimes.com at Chicago Sun-Times :: Chicago Cubs ::
The rage is building in Cubdom. Even now, a mob clad in Cubbie blue is massing on the North Side, preparing to march to Michigan Avenue and storm Tribune Tower. Well, it at least felt that way this week, after hundreds of furious Cubs fans e-mailed the Chicago Sun-Times in response to Tribune boss Sam Zell's plan to sell naming rights to Wrigley Field.
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