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A few thoughts about Sammy Sosa and the Cubs

News item: At the recent Cubs Convention, Chairman Tom Ricketts said Sammy Sosa won’t be welcomed back until...

“I just think we need to put everything on the table and move forward,” Ricketts said of Sosa and others who played in the steroid era.

Ricketts has remained firm in his stance regarding Sosa, who played 13 seasons for the Cubs but wore out his welcome after the 2004 season.

”I think we have to be sympathetic to that era,” Ricketts told the audience. “But the players owe us some honesty too.