Pssst! The latest batch of dugout dirt from the frozen tundra at Wrigley Field: Sneed hears rumbles the Tribune Company may choose to sell Wrigley Field before the media giant's sale to Sam Zell goes through!
• • Background: Zell, who is poised to become chairman of Cubs' owner Tribune Company after it goes private, told the press last October owning a baseball team was a business he didn't understand and he was going to pass the risk on to somebody else. Stay tuned.
• • Back up: For months, potential buyers have lining up to purchase the Cubs as a package with Wrigley Field. But Zell's team has reportedly been examining each of the assets separately.
-- Chicago Sun-Times
Field sale? Tipsville? . . . :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Michael Sneed