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Cubs Co-Owner Todd Ricketts Suggested Moving Cubs out of Chicago in 2013

Chicago Cubs co-owner Todd Ricketts suggested moving the MLB organization from the Windy City during contentious negotiations with Chicago mayor Rahm Emanuel about Wrigley Field renovations in 2013.

On Tuesday, Molly Osberg of Splinter posted emails obtained from a family discussion about how to handle Emanuel's resistance to using taxpayer money to help upgrade the Friendly Confines.

"I think we should contemplate moving, or at least recognize that we are maybe not the right organization to own the Cubs," Todd Ricketts wrote in an email sent to patriarch Joe Ricketts, team chairman Tom Ricketts, Peter Ricketts and Laura Ricketts, who are also co-owners.