bleachernation.com - 27 days ago
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During the Dusty Baker era, several Chicago Cubs players - and Baker, himself - obliquely suggested they were the victim of racist vitriol in Chicago. And it was not as if fans necessarily didn’t believe them - it only takes one idiot to write a letter - it was simply that, there was ...
notqualifiedtocomment.com - 26 days ago
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notqualifiedtocomment.com —
Cubs fans are racist. We have heard it
time and again from many different sources, although all
of them have been African-American until now. In recent years Dusty Baker, Latroy Hawkins, Jacque Jones, and now Milton Bradley claimed to have received racist hate mail and racist taunts in the ...
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How Come No One Believes Racism Exists Until a White Guy ...
sports.espn.go.com - 27 days ago
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sports.espn.go.com —
Cleveland Indians closer and ex-Cubs ace Kerry Wood
didn't dismiss the notion that Cubs outfielder Milton Bradley
and other African-American players may have experienced racial insensitivity during their time in Chicago. "I know just from the ...
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Kerry Wood says some African-American Cubs teammates ...
waxpaperbeercup.com - 26 days ago
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waxpaperbeercup.com —
As Cub fans, it is our instinct to
look ahead. So with Tom Ricketts and his family
taking control of the club , it is easy to look ahead to what we hope will be better days for the Northsiders. The reality is none of us have a crystal ball, so that ...
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Cubs Sale: the Tribune’s stewardship of the Cubs
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Ricketts Get the Keys, Spring Training Update and Other Notes
The Cub Reporter (TCR) | A Chicago Cubs Blog —
... decadelong exodus of teams from Florida that will
put 15 of 30 big-league teams in Arizona next spring for the first time.
And considering the Cubs are the jewel of the Cactus League, the
state's biggest spring-training revenue producer, filling stadiums
across the Phoenix valley and owning almost every league attendance
record, Arizona is especially motivated even in a tough economy to
invest in the team's future there.
- Kerry Wood confirms the racist letters sent to some Cubs players. Stop making that shit ...
Ricketts Gets the Keys, Spring Training Update and Other Notes
The Cub Reporter (TCR) | A Chicago Cubs Blog —
... decadelong exodus of teams from Florida that will
put 15 of 30 big-league teams in Arizona next spring for the first time.
And considering the Cubs are the jewel of the Cactus League, the
state's biggest spring-training revenue producer, filling stadiums
across the Phoenix valley and owning almost every league attendance
record, Arizona is especially motivated even in a tough economy to
invest in the team's future there.
- Kerry Wood confirms the racist letters sent to some Cubs players. Stop making that shit ...
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Fans no doubt expect that payroll will increase next year, and it is expected to do ...
TCB All-Decade Project: Reviewing 2008
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First Japanese import Kosuke Fukudome signed a four year ...
Sale of Cubs, Wrigley complete —
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The $845 million sale of the Chicago Cubs, Wrigley Field and other assets from the Tribune Co. to the Ricketts family was completed Tuesday, more than 2 1/2 years after the baseball franchise was put on the market.
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