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Will we recognize Wrigley anymore?
For RedEyeIt's the kind of story you might see on a "Real Housewives" reality show. Rich Guy isn't satisfied with his wife anymore. She's aging naturally and the wrinkles are setting in. Sure, she's popular and most people love her just the way she is, warts...Tags: Wrigleyville, Wrigley Field, Botox (drug)
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Man delivers severed goat's head for Cubs owner Tom Ricketts
It was a strange day at Wrigley Field on Wednesday. An unidentified man driving a white van pulled up to a security entrance, parked, got out and wordlessly dropped off a package addressed to Chicago Cubs owner Tom Ricketts before leaving. Security...
Tags: Dale Sveum, Chicago Cubs, Detroit Tigers, Wrigley Field
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Sure, blame the Greek White Sox fan for Wrigley goat head prank
Whenever ethnic profiling raises its ugly head, you can usually count on a great newspaper to express its outrage. Unless the head once belonged to a goat, and said head was sent to Wrigley Field in care of Chicago Cubs owner Tom Ricketts. Then the...
Tags: Chicago Cubs, Chicago White Sox, Billy Goat Tavern, Salt, Wrigley Field
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Cubs warn rooftops owners not to threaten lawsuit
The Chicago Cubs downplayed Chairman Tom Ricketts’ threat this morning to move the team if his renovation plan is not passed, but warned the rooftop owners not to threaten a lawsuit. “The question was asked, ‘What would you do if the...
Tags: Litigation, Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, Trials, Lakeview (Chicago, Illinois)
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Ads take the field in Wrigley rehab plans
The Chicago Cubs want to restore Wrigley Field in the style of an era long gone by, even as the team ushers aspects of the ballpark into the 21st century, including a large video board and more electronic advertising common at stadiums across the nation....Tags: Renovation, Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Times Square, Wrigley Field, Chicago Mayor
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Rooftop owner optimistic on agreement with Cubs
The Cubs met with Wrigley Field rooftop owners and neighbors Wednesday to show their plans for the $300 million ballpark renovation. Rooftop owner Beth Murphy said the Cubs were successful in persuading many that they aren’t out to block the views...
Tags: Wrigley Field
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It's about time Cubs played a little hardball
Hearing Cubs Chairman Tom Ricketts publicly threaten to move the team out of Wrigley Field for the first time Wednesday if his restoration plan meets resistance immediately raised an obvious question. What took so long? Ricketts told the City Club...
Tags: City Club of Chicago, Wrigley Field, Chicago Mayor, Alfonso Soriano, Baseball
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Wrigley Field would make a great coliseum
If Cubs owner Tom Ricketts actually made good on his threat to leave Wrigley Field for a more baseball-friendly neighborhood, what would be the best use of the site at Clark and Addison? My plan? Flatten and grade it, then enclose it in cyclone fence and...
Tags: Chicago Cubs, Barack Obama, Chicago Mayor, Game of Thrones (tv program), Sports
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A Cubs ultimatum or just a wild pitch?
Tribune reportersCubs Chairman Tom Ricketts caused a stir Wednesday when he said publicly for the first time that he would consider moving the team if moneymaking outfield signs central to his Wrigley Field renovation plan failed to win the city's blessing. The surprise...Tags: Chicago Cubs, Minnesota Twins, New York Yankees, Miami Marlins, Thomas M. Tunney
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The Wrigley rehab
If you imagine yourself in, say, Section 211, looking out over a bases-loaded bottom of the inning with a cold Old Style in hand, then the artists' renderings of a modernized Wrigley Field look pretty good. That 6,000-square-foot Jumbotron must be...
Tags: Wrigleyville, Thomas M. Tunney, Times Square, United Air Lines, Wrigley Field
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Rosemont, other Chicago suburbs ready to play ball with Cubs if team moves
Among those in the audience Wednesday morning when Cubs Chairman Tom Ricketts raised the possibility of moving the team from Wrigley Field was one surprised White Sox fan: Rosemont Mayor Bradley Stephens. "I never expected Tom to come out with that,"...
Tags: Chicago Cubs, Soldier Field, Illinois General Assembly, Addison, Local Government
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Ricketts committed to Chicago; is it mutual?
In a dim corridor Monday along the third-base side of Wrigley Field, about 30 feet away from a restroom still equipped with troughs and a wall holding pay phones, Cubs Chairman Tom Ricketts outlined the tentative deal struck to renovate the rickety 99-...
Tags: Minnesota Twins, Chicago Cubs, Miami Marlins, Chicago Mayor, Sports
Apr 15, 2013
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Apr 15, 2013
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