The Lovable Reunion - Tom Ricketts on breaking Chicago Cubs curse, World Series rain delay & celebration | Ross & Rizzo
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What did Tom Ricketts say about his journey as the owner of the Chicago Cubs?
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Javi, I think Javi sneakily was a lot of people's favorite player on that team. Like, I mean, I cried when we traded him. Like, great story. We're out on a family vacation. And, you know, everybody's getting traded. It's the red wedding that whole week. It was awful.
The red wedding.
I don't know. That's good. That's what Randy Bush called it. And I'm really just down on the whole thing. It's just kind of a bummer. And I walk back to the family and I'm like, hey, we just traded a hobby. And then one of my kids is like, who'd we get? I'm like, oh, this first runner named Pete Armstrong. So my son Nick goes, oh, that dude, that kid slept on my couch. No way. Like, yeah, so it turns out PCA is friends with one of Nick's friends and literally like spent spring break on his couch like the year before. Wait a minute, what was going on that week? We got to nix this trade immediately. Yeah, right, cancel, cancel. Abort. Abort. No shit. That was a good story. You got anywhere to be? No, I'm all good.
Let's go. Let's do it. Let's go. All right. Game on. It's on Riz. Riz has got to run the show. This is going to be the only intro I read off the paper because I can't mess this up because you're too important. Anthony Rizzo, David Ross, Tom Ricketts. Kills me to say Tom.
Welcome back to another episode of the Loveable Reunion. Today we have our most important guests of them all, the man and family who had a vision that started as a dream and along the way built something bigger than baseball. A culture, a family, and a team that people everywhere could believe in and delivered a moment that Cubs fans will never forget. It's hard for me to call you anything other than Mr. Ricketts, but today I'm gonna call you Tom. Hey, thanks, thanks. Welcome Tom Ricketts to the show. Yeah, hoo, hoo, hoo. Beautiful intro, thank you. That was a good one.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What did Tom Ricketts say about his journey as the owner of the Chicago Cubs?
0:00–7:12
2
How did the Cubs break the curse and win the World Series?
7:12–13:53
3
What role did Jon Lester play in the team's success?
13:53–21:42
4
How did the rain delay impact the World Series game?
21:42–30:44
5
What was the atmosphere like during the World Series celebration?
30:44–40:29
6
What personal stories did Tom share about meeting his wife at Wrigley Field?
40:29–47:57
7
How did the Cubs manage their community involvement and charity work?
47:57–56:53
8
What are Tom Ricketts' reflections on the Cubs' winning culture?
56:53–1:23:54
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