Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A watan Oktoba na 2009, dangin Ricketts sun sami kashi 95 cikin dari na kula da sha'awar Major League Baseball na Chicago Cubs da Wrigley Field, da kuma kashi 20 cikin dari na Comcast Sportsnet Chicago. Iyalin Ricketts suna wakiltar rukunin mallaka na takwas a cikin tarihin shekaru 133 na ƙungiyar. Duk da yake Ricketts ba shi da hannu kai tsaye a cikin ayyukan ƙungiyar, dansa, Tom Ricketts, shine shugaban Cubs kuma sauran yaransa uku (Pete, Laura da Todd) suna cikin kwamitin gudanarwa. A shekara ta 2016, shekaru bakwai bayan sayen Cubs, sun lashe gasar cin kofin duniya
kawo karshen shekaru 108 da fari ba tare da wani gasar.