Tom Ricketts and his family took ownership of the Chicago Cubs and wasted no time making a promise to the team’s long-suffering fans: They will bring a World Series title to a team that has gone 101 years without one. “I’ll be honest. I think we have a team that can do it next year,” Tom Ricketts said without hesitation Friday at a Wrigley Field news conference.
CHICAGO (AP) — The new owner of the Chicago Cubs knows what fans want to hear and he didn’t wait long to deliver.
There have been two big developments with the Cubs. One is that the team finally has changed hands, from the Tribune Co. to the Ricketts family, headed by Tom Ricketts.
There’s a reason the New England Stars are the defending champs of the International Junior Hockey League Super Elites. They’re a strong team. There’s also a reason the Cape Cod Cubs are undefeated. They’re determined.
It’s your money, and now the push to pull the Chicago Cubs to Collier County for spring training has many people asking how to pay for it.
Philadelphia Phillies reliever in 2nd World Series after Chicago Cubs dumped him NEW YORK — Don’t like the way your job is going? Think the boss is down on you, and your future bleak?
Is Steve Bartman really the only true Cubs fan?
Mike Scioscia wants everyone to slow down on that whole Freeway Series thing. The Angels manager — and former Dodgers catcher — had just eliminated the Boston Red Sox in the playoffs when he was reminded that the other L.A. team had also swept through the first round. So, how would he feel about an all-Los Angeles World Series?
Tony La Russa's not certain he wants to return for a 15th season as St. Louis Cardinals manager. For one thing, he didn't expect to begin so soon the decision-making process that begins every time his contract expires. The Cardinals were the first National League team to clinch a division title, loaded with star power in the lineup and two Cy Young candidates at the top of a strong rotation.
Unemployed in August and a star for the Los Angeles Dodgers in October. Once Vicente Padilla got out of the first inning, he slammed the door on the St. Louis Cardinals' season. The second-chance pitcher kept Albert Pujols and Matt Holliday quiet in a 5-1 victory Saturday night that gave Los Angeles a second straight trip to the National League championship series.