I have no opinion on this,but I'm sure the floodgates of poor taste will open soon about this connection!



http://www.chicagonow.com/blogs/the-l-b ... -cubs.html
I admit, I've never been big into baseball or riding the red line on game day, but now I have good reason to support one of the city's home teams: A lesbian is part owner.
An entire family, The Ricketts, have purchased the Chicago Cubs for $845 million dollars. Among the father and sons is out daughter, Laura, who is a Southside resident and founder of Ecotravel, a nature-friendly travel company.

Not only is Laura Ricketts a lesbian, but she serves on the board of directors of Lambda Legal and campaigns heavily for marriage rights. In fact, she and her partner, Heidi, are marrying in 2013. She's also a huge donor to LGBT organizations like the Howard Brown Health Center and Center on Halsted.

If that's not reason enough to buy a bleacher seat to a Cubs game, I don't know what is.
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http://ballhype.com/story/ricketts_lesb ... gives_jay/


Yeah that headline reads right. I stumbled across Mariotti’s two cents on the Cubs sale on the web this morning (I just can’t make myself directly read Mariotti’s garbage anymore). Apparently, Mariotti thinks that the fact that Ricketts’ daughter is a lesbian is some huge twist in the sale of the Cubs. Here’s the excerpt from his Fanhouse post:

But there is this twist: One of Joe Ricketts’ kids, Laura, is a lesbian. Technically, then, she will be one of the Cubs owners. “If that’s not enough of a reason to buy a bleacher seat to a Cubs game, I don’t know what is,” wrote Trish Bendix as part of her “L-Blog” page on Chicago Now, the Tribune’s blog site.

At this point, Cubdom doesn’t really care who owns the ballclub. If Laura Ricketts can produce a championship, hundreds of thousands of fans surely will show up for the next Gay and Lesbian Pride parade.

Wait what? This quote is not being taken out of context, trust me. He was literally talking about whether the Cubs would spend money on good free agents now and went right into this crazy “twist”. So is the point that Cubs fans will keep coming to Wrigley because the daughter of the owner is a lesbian? And when is Laura Ricketts going to start producing championships? Does she have a controlling interest in the team? Will she be running day to day operations?

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favrefan said:"Chris Coghlan isn't gonna pay your rent, Jimmy."

The Cubs alternate jersey will be rainbow colored.


That explains the pants suit she wore yesterday. But hey I love ghey woman..

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Oh. She's a lesbian. That did cross my mind. No way somebody as wealthy as her shouldn't be married by now. Ok. That's better for Cubs fans. No ass hole husband will have a say in the ownership decisions. Lesbians make better owners. That's a well known fact. Just hope she doesn't hook up with Rosie O'Donnell as a life partner. That would be bad for the Cubs.

This will be a problem though. Tom Ricketts was scared about "personal attacks". He said so in his press conference. She'll hear some "bull dyke" chants from the drunks at Wrigley if they're losing. And other bad things.

Just read the article. Laura Ricketts is gonna marry a girl named Heidi in 2013. That's a long engagement.

Coverage of the wedding will interrupt the end of the Jets / Raiders game.

This is just going to encourage meatball fans like we have here on the board. Hey you Cubs fans have something in common with your owner.

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+1!!!!!!

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WOO LIFE!!!!

This is a well known fact? Examples? I didnt realize Hank Steinbrenner was a lesbian.

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Yup, gonna get ugly

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"That's what the internet is for. Slandering others anonymously." Banky
“Been that way since one monkey looked at the sun and told the other monkey ‘He said for you to give me your fuckin’ share.’”

Maybe they can get married in the outfield at Wrigley-- or whatever corporation will have the naming rights in '13.

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Who cares? She is not the GM (who makes BASEBALL decisions), or even the CEO. So her input will probably not be very significant. But even if it were, who's to say that her judgement would be good or bad? Much ado about nothing.

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Go Cubs!!!!