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by Eamonn Brennan • Nov 1, 2009 6:45 PM EST
This is going to lead to a lot of really bad jokes from White Sox fans — there’s already plenty of homophobia on display in Chicago’s provincial baseball rivalry — but it’s a net positive all the same: Laura Ricketts, one of the Cubs’ new Ricketts family owners, is an openly gay lesbian, apparently the first openly gay owner in pro sports. Though she’s certainly not the first gay owner. Now that’s an interesting bit of trivia. I wonder …
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