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The First Openly Gay MLB Owner [Greg Laden's Blog]

The Chicago Cubs have become the first major-league team to have an openly gay owner according to the Windy City Times. On Oct. 30, the Ricketts family became the new owners of MLB team, the Chicago Cubs. Full Article at ScienceBlogs

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