Ima need a lawyer to weigh in . He made 75 million in his career . He can’t need the money . Can he be forced to sell it as part of a divorce settlement ?

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It aint the six minutes. Its what happens in those six minutes.

Maybe it reminds him of Cruella croaking out his walk up music.

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http://soundcloud.com/darkside124 HOF 2013, MM Champion 2014

Nobody ever listened to Kanye on this shit...smh

Just looked up his ex wife, jesus christ....

He tithed 90% of his earnings to the church. So yeah, he needs the money. You can be ordered to sell pretty much anything as part of a divorce as well.

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When you Google her Ian Happ and pregnant come up...

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Why are only 14 percent of black CPS 11th-graders proficient in English?

Jesus.

Bitches cost a lot.

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Elections have consequences.

Reports are it’s news to Zobrist that he’s selling it.

Happ? I saw Lester as the rumored one.

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That's my purse! I don't know you!

Lester got the Dancing withe Stars one I thought

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Elections have consequences.

Nevermind that’s Ross.

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Elections have consequences.

I had seen the Happ rumor but it was only based in the fact that he got sent to Iowa.

The other rumor was someone in their church.

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Well I’m sure Raffy Palmiero got some then...

Ian Happ's name comes up on Google because there's a million articles saying Happ will be the next Ben Zobrist.

Yes, I know we all want Jorge Soler to be the guy, but it's just not true.

Eureka native Ben Zobrist’s 2016 World Series ring not for sale — one day after auction house said it was

Paul SullivanChicago Tribune (TNS)
Editor's note: This story has been updated with information from Ben Zobrist's agent, who says his client's ring is not for auction.

What’s the value of a Chicago Cubs World Series ring?


When the team doled out 1,908 pieces of jewelry in 2017, the championship rings were valued at $30,000 to $40,000, team sources said.

Four years later, it’s safe to assume they have gone up in price.


The question was broached Friday after a Heritage Auctions tweet that Ben Zobrist’s World Series ring was up for sale, labeled as the first player ring to be made available.

The story quickly went viral, but as it turns out the ring will remain in Zobrist’s hands after all.

Scott Pucino, Zobrist’s agent, on Saturday told the Tribune that Zobrist was surprised to hear the news.

“He’s not selling it,” Pucino said about the Eureka High School graduate. “I had a conversation with him twice — one late (Friday) night and one early in the afternoon.

“I said, ‘Are you sure you’re not selling it?’ He said ‘No, it makes no sense. Why would I sell this ring? It makes no sense. I’m never going to get rid of this ring — never, never, ever.’”

Heritage Auctions communications director Robert Wilonsky told the Kansas City Star it is trying to get to the bottom of the mystery.

“We’re going off what the consigner told us but certainly like I said it got posted several months before the auction,” Wilonsky said Saturday. “So we’re still doing our diligence. There could be any number of answers to the question, so at this point I just don’t know.


“He may have it. I mean until we see Zobrist’s ring, and I’ve asked to see the paperwork from the consigner, it’s possible (Zobrist) had a duplicate ring made. There’s any number of possible answers to the question.”

When Pucino spoke to Zobrist, he told the former Cub, “I’m sure there are a lot of players that want to buy it and give it back to you.”



“He was the (World Series) MVP — there is too much history there,” Pucino said. “He always wanted to be a Cub. He is not getting rid of this ring.”


Zobrist is living in Nashville, Tenn., and taking care of his kids while going through a divorce. He hasn’t played since returning to the Cubs at the end of 2019, and though he is not officially retired Pucino said Zobrist is not coming back to baseball.


“He’s a devoted dad and grabbing the bull by the horns and taking hold of the situation,” he said.

What do those rings mean to the players?

“They’re definitely special,” Cubs first baseman Anthony Rizzo said before Friday’s game against the San Francisco Giants at Oracle Park. “I’m not a big memorabilia guy. I like more pictures in the moment, being able to look at things that take me back to that time.

“A World Series ring is definitely something that does that for me, but I think I’ll probably hold on to mine forever and pass it down.”

Where does Rizzo keep his World Series ring?

“A sock drawer somewhere,” he said.

In truth, Rizzo has the ring in safe place that he wasn’t about to reveal. A heist of a Cubs World Series ring would make for a great Netflix movie, and Rizzo didn’t want to give anyone reason to look for it.

When the Cubs issued the rings, the team was worried about some immediately turning around and selling them on the internet. Most of the recipients had to sign a document that included an agreement to offer the Cubs first right of refusal at $1 if they intended to sell them. But the Cubs said players, manager Joe Maddon and the coaching staff did not have to sign the document.

“Why did we do this?” Cubs spokesman Julian Green said in ’17. “We don’t want rings, 30 days after they receive them, to (have owners) start putting them out on eBay, which reduces the value of what we think is one of the most coveted rings in sports.”

Then Cubs president Theo Epstein and then general manager Jed Hoyer signed the form willingly.

“If people are racing to the market to make a little bit of money, it does kind of drive the rings down in value,” Hoyer said when the news of the forms was revealed. The Cubs later made news by presenting a World Series ring to Steve Bartman, the fan whose brush with a foul ball in the 2003 National League Championship Series made him part of Cubs lore and forced him to avoid publicity the rest of his life.



Bartman issued a statement that day that he was “happy to be reunited with the Cubs family and positively moving forward with my life.” He then disappeared from public life again. Imagine how much the Bartman ring would be worth.

Some people wear their World Series rings on occasion either because they’re proud of the accomplishment or perhaps to let others see what they look like. Washington Nationals president Mike Rizzo had his 2019 championship ring on during a recent trip to Wrigley Field, a ballpark he grew up in.

Cubs outfielder Joc Pederson will be getting his 2020 championship ring later this month when the Cubs go to Los Angeles to play the Dodgers, his former team. The remaining Dodgers received their rings at the home opener in April, and Pederson doesn’t know how his will be presented.

“I hope there is a ceremony,” Pederson said Friday. “We put a lot of hard work into the organization and into winning that World Series. We did not get to celebrate as a team and we didn’t get to have a parade, so I think we got shafted on that. Take advantage of every opportunity we can get to enjoy that moment, because that was something really special for the city and the team.”

Rizzo said he hasn’t spoken with Zobrist recently. Zobrist visited Cubs camp during spring training in Mesa, Ariz., in 2020, and politely declined to talk with the media.

The 2016 Cubs will always have a special bond, and almost every time one of them comes back to Wrigley Field with a different team they’re treated like royalty. There are only seven players from that team currently on the Cubs: Rizzo, Kris Bryant, Javier Báez, Jason Heyward, Willson Contreras, Kyle Hendricks and Jake Arrieta.

“I’m sure five years from now there will be a 10-year reunion,” Rizzo said. “When you’re on a World Series team, a championship team, you’ll have memories that will tide you over forever.”

Rings are just pieces of jewelry that can go up and down in value. Memories are priceless.

Fortunately for Zobrist, he always will have those memories — and the World Series ring, too.

Eureka native Ben Zobrist’s 2016 World Series ring not for sale — one day after auction house said it was

Paul Sullivan Chicago Tribune (TNS)

Editor's note: This story has been updated with information from Ben Zobrist's agent, who says his client's ring is not for auction.

What’s the value of a Chicago Cubs World Series ring?


When the team doled out 1,908 pieces of jewelry in 2017, the championship rings were valued at $30,000 to $40,000, team sources said.

Four years later, it’s safe to assume they have gone up in price.


The question was broached Friday after a Heritage Auctions tweet that Ben Zobrist’s World Series ring was up for sale, labeled as the first player ring to be made available.

The story quickly went viral, but as it turns out the ring will remain in Zobrist’s hands after all.

Scott Pucino, Zobrist’s agent, on Saturday told the Tribune that Zobrist was surprised to hear the news.

“He’s not selling it,” Pucino said about the Eureka High School graduate. “I had a conversation with him twice — one late (Friday) night and one early in the afternoon.

“I said, ‘Are you sure you’re not selling it?’ He said ‘No, it makes no sense. Why would I sell this ring? It makes no sense. I’m never going to get rid of this ring — never, never, ever.’”

Heritage Auctions communications director Robert Wilonsky told the Kansas City Star it is trying to get to the bottom of the mystery.

“We’re going off what the consigner told us but certainly like I said it got posted several months before the auction,” Wilonsky said Saturday. “So we’re still doing our diligence. There could be any number of answers to the question, so at this point I just don’t know.


“He may have it. I mean until we see Zobrist’s ring, and I’ve asked to see the paperwork from the consigner, it’s possible (Zobrist) had a duplicate ring made. There’s any number of possible answers to the question.”

When Pucino spoke to Zobrist, he told the former Cub, “I’m sure there are a lot of players that want to buy it and give it back to you.”



“He was the (World Series) MVP — there is too much history there,” Pucino said. “He always wanted to be a Cub. He is not getting rid of this ring.”

Wasn't this sliz, the one giggling about showing her tits on line, supposed to be a a super devout christian rocker?

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O judgment! Thou art fled to brutish beasts,
And men have lost their reason.

No. It's specifically Julianna Zobrist and Ian Happ.

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Why are only 14 percent of black CPS 11th-graders proficient in English?

Zobrist: Please accept my tithe of 10%.
Church: Oh, we're sorry...at our ministry, a tithe means you get to keep 10%.

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Ex-Cubs star Ben Zobrist claims wife Julianna had affair with their pastor, lawsuit says

Nick Vlahos
Journal Star

About a year after he took a leave of absence from the Chicago Cubs, Ben Zobrist discovered his wife was having an affair with their minister, according to court documents.

The minister was also accused of defrauding Zobrist's charity foundation, for which he worked.

A Eureka High School graduate, the 40-year-old Zobrist made those allegations in a lawsuit filed on his behalf in May in a Tennessee circuit court. Last week, the Journal Star obtained a copy of the lawsuit.


Previously:1 canceled flight and a 350-mile drive later, Ben Zobrist signs autographs

Now retired after a 13-year major-league baseball career, Zobrist is seeking $6 million in damages from Byron Yawn, the CEO of Forrest Crain & Co., a Nashville-area business-consulting firm.

Yawn also is a former pastor and elder at Community Bible Church in Nashville. In that position, Yawn met Zobrist and his wife, the former Julianna Gilmore, about 16 years ago. The Zobrists, who were married in 2005, have three children.

Ben Zobrist paused his 2019 Cubs season for about four months as he and 36-year-old Julianna Zobrist, a contemporary-Christian singer, addressed their marital problems.

During that stretch, Ben Zobrist lost about $8 million in income, according to the lawsuit filed May 6 in Nashville. Two years ago in a neighboring county, he filed for divorce.


When the Journal Star contacted one of of Ben Zobrist's attorneys, Larry Crain, regarding the Nashville lawsuit, he stated he was unable to comment on pending litigation.

Messages were left last week with Yawn and with Julianna Zobrist. A published telephone number for Yawn was disconnected.

Yawn provided the Zobrists pre- and post-marital counseling, the lawsuit stated. He also counseled Ben Zobrist regarding anxiety and depression.

Beginning in August 2018, Yawn talked daily with Julianna Zobrist, the lawsuit stated. It alleged their sexual relationship began in the spring of 2019 and lasted for about a year.

Yawn and Julianna Zobrist used pre-paid mobile telephones to help conceal their relationship. Yawn's wife, Robin Yawn, discovered the phones in May 2019.

Robin Yawn notified Ben Zobrist, but she told him she believed her husband and his wife were engaged in an emotional relationship, not a physical one, the lawsuit stated. The Zobrists then began marital counseling.

Ben Zobrist did not know until June 2020 that his wife and Byron Yawn had a sexual relationship, the lawsuit stated. Julianna Zobrist admitted the nature of the relationship, and that she lied to her husband about it, in responses to written requests for admission in a divorce proceeding.

An internet court-records search revealed Ben Zobrist filed for divorce in May 2019 in Williamson County, Tenn., where he and his wife reside. Julianna Zobrist filed a counter-complaint in March 2020. Those cases are pending.

In May 2019, Julianna Zobrist filed in Chicago for divorce, but that petition was dismissed days later, according to Cook County Circuit Court records.

Also that month, Ben Zobrist left the Cubs after he had played 26 games that season. He did not return until September. Zobrist also missed part of 2019 spring training, for what was called an excused absence.

More:How tiny Eureka came up large at the IHSA Class 2A boys track finals

During that time, as his marriage began to crumble, Zobrist was confiding in Byron Yawn.

Reproduced in the Nashville lawsuit were text messages the men exchanged in February 2019 as Zobrist planned to join the Cubs in Arizona for spring training. That was to be the start of Zobrist's fourth season with Chicago, for whom he was 2016 World Series MVP.

Julianna Zobrist twice had spoken with a divorce lawyer, Ben Zobrist told Byron Yawn.

"She used the words emotional, verbal and spiritual abuse. I was shocked," Ben Zobrist texted. "Can't be 2,000 miles away from her and kids while she's thinking that about me. I have owned every bit of my sin, but I will not own the abuse angle."

Replied Byron Yawn: "I'm sure it's like getting knocked off your feet and into your head. But I can't imagine what it feels like in this moment. Your (sic) a husband and a father first. That's who you are."

Yawn encouraged Zobrist to give his wife some space, the lawsuit alleged.

With those marital problems as a backdrop, Yawn worked himself into a leadership position with Patriot Forward, a not-for-profit group Ben Zobrist founded. Its purpose is to help professional athletes tend to their mental health and prepare for life after their careers.

Yawn drafted his job description as executive director of the charity, the lawsuit stated. But in March 2019, Yawn was terminated.

Still, Yawn continued to draw a $3,500 monthly salary until May 2019. The lawsuit did not explain how Yawn was issued those checks, other than to say it was done fraudulently.

The lawsuit also revealed Ben Zobrist donated significant sums to Community Bible Church. On average, he contributed $10,000 monthly. Zobrist also gave the Yawn family between $10,000 and $15,000 to fund a pastoral trip.

"Mr. Yawn often capitalized on the Plaintiff's celebrity," the lawsuit stated, "asking him to sign autographs for his mother-in-law; requesting tickets to baseball games; hosting 'Guys Night Out' for the church at Mr. Zobrist's home; (requesting) that Mr. Zobrist send personal videos to parishioners who were being baptized; and nominating Mr. Zobrist as a deacon of Community Bible Church in hopes that his celebrity would attract new parishioners and keep current parishioners."

Yawn no longer is associated with the church, its senior pastor, Ryan Haskins, told the Journal Star.

Ben Zobrist graduated in 1999 from Eureka, where he played varsity baseball and basketball.

Thinking his baseball career was over, Zobrist planned to attend a Bible college in Missouri until a scout from Olivet Nazarene University in Bourbonnais saw him at a tryout camp in Brimfield. Thus began a path that led to the big leagues in 2006.

In addition to the Cubs, Zobrist played for Tampa Bay, Oakland and Kansas City, where he was part of the 2015 World Series champions. The following year, the utility player helped lead the Cubs to their first World Series title in 108 years.

Zobrist's RBI double in the 10th inning of World Series Game 7 against the Cleveland Indians gave the Cubs a lasting lead.

The 2019 season was Zobrist's last in the major leagues. He played in 47 games that year.

Earlier this month, reports suggested Zobrist's Cubs World Series ring was being sold at auction. But Zobrist's agent said the ring was not for sale.

Baseball-Reference estimated the total value of Zobrist's major-league contracts at almost $87 million.

Wow how awful.

Dude boinking the mans wife while pretending to give the guy counsel.

He should be hung by his balls somewhere in a field

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"He is a loathsome, offensive brute
--yet I can't look away."

And he was a minister. Pretty sure that is frowned upon in the Bible.

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I just cant believe that Matt Abbattacola isnt involved in this somehow.

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Proud member of the white guy grievance committee

It aint the six minutes. Its what happens in those six minutes.

And stealing his money!

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This Yawn guy landing haymaker after haymaker on Cuck Zobrist. Fucks his wife and steals his money. Good lord!

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so did she convert zobrist to a religious guy? that would be even worse if he only went along with it because his wife made him

You know what it says in the Bible about not forgiving people?