The Chicago Cubs may not have won a World Series since 1907, but they accomplished a first when they completed the team's purchase by the Ricketts Family. That sale was finalized on Oct. 27th, and with that, the Cubs are the first Major League Baseball team to have an openly gay owner.Among the purchasers is Laura Ricketts, an out lesbian who is also on the board of the gay rights organization Lambda Legal. She came out to her family in her 30s. The Ricketts family has 95 percent controlling interest in the team, Wrigley Field and 25 percent of Comcast Sports Net.
Of the Ricketts family, Pete, Todd, Tom and Laura make up the board of directors, with Tom as chairman. Ricketts said
"I think for a long time I wasn't really out to myself growing up in Omaha, Neb., to a Catholic conservative family. It took me a while to come out to myself and not long after that I came out to them. I think that it really couldn't of been a better experience. They were all immediately supportive. ... I have been really really fortunate in that regard."Watch an introductory video for the new ownership:
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Well Among the purchasers is Laura Ricketts, an out lesbian who is also on the board of the gay rights organization Lambda Legal. She came out to her family in her 30s..Interesting information. Thanks
I think that it really couldn't of been a better experience. They were all immediately supportive. ... Thanks for sharing with us...
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Well the Cubs are the first Major League Baseball team to have an openly gay owner.Thanks for sharing with us..
The Ricketts family has 95 percent controlling interest in the team,Thanks for sharing with us..
Among the purchasers is Laura Ricketts, an out lesbian who is also on the board of the gay rights organization Lambda Legal.
It really couldn't of been a better experience. They were all immediately supportive.
She came out to her family in her 30s..Interesting information. Thanks
Great stuff to read.....thanks
Well The Cubs' old pile of bricks stinks of inebriated resignation. It's time for Wrigley Field to be gutted of the past and rebuilt for the future.Thanks
I am shocked after read the Gay benefits...
The Cubs' old pile of bricks stinks of inebriated resignation. It's time for Wrigley Field to be gutted of the past and rebuilt for the future.
Well She came out to her family in her 30s.thanks this is great information
Rush would have only brought St. Louis under a cloud of controversy. He is what they used to call *Box Office Poison*
They really accomplished a first when they completed the team's purchase
Thats cool enough, the Cubs are the first Major League Baseball team to have an openly gay owner....
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