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Cubs 101 - Pt. 72 - The Sale of the Cubs to the Ricketts Family 
GoatRiders of the Apocalypse | by Kurt | Mon, Sep 28
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But when the sale of the Tribune to Sam Zell was announced in April, 2007, the Cubs had a new defacto owner who pledged immediately to sell off his billion-dollar asset as quickly as possible. Naturally, I thought that meant '07 would be a lost season -- after all, with a new owner the Cubs per...
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