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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Letters to the Editor

Ricketts family should sell the Cubs

Seiya Suzuki of the Chicago Cubs celebrates with teammates in the dugout after scoring during the fifth inning of a game against the Pittsburgh Pirates at Wrigley Field on April 23. (Nuccio DiNuzzo/Getty Images)

I am 75 years old and have been a loyal Chicago Cubs fan for close to 70 of those years. I grew up and suffered through the years of the Wrigley family. I saw the collage of coaches, the collapse of ‘69 and the dashed hopes of ‘84, ‘89, ‘98 and into the new century.

When the current ownership came to control the franchise, my first reaction was that this was a family whose sole agenda was to make money. In 2016, the Cubs caught lightning in a bottle and won it all. Shortly after the euphoria wore off, things changed.

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