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Tribune Co. picks billionaire Ricketts to buy Cubs (AP)

January 23, 2009 by TheRainMaker  
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In this Oct. 1, 2008, file photo, the Chicago Cubs and the Los Angeles Dodgers line up at Wrigley Field before Game 1 of baseball's National League division series in Chicago. The billionaire Ricketts family has been selected by Tribune Co. as the winning bidder for the Chicago Cubs. The bid is worth about $900 million, said Dennis Culloton, a spokesman for Tom Ricketts. The sale would include Wrigley Field and a 25 percent interest in a regional sports network. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)AP – A billionaire family of Chicago Cubs fans ? including one who first met his wife in the bleachers at Wrigley Field ? is set to purchase the team and ballpark from Tribune Co.

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