This winter, Ricketts showed he was willing to make bold moves, dumping manager Rick Renteria for proven skipper Joe Maddon and greenlighting a $155 million, six-year deal to land pitcher Jon Lester, the richest contract in the history of Chicago sports. But he’ll need patience when it comes to his perpetually delayed $375 million Wrigley Field renovation.
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