Jan. 17--Owner Tom Ricketts cheered for Sammy Sosa long before Ricketts and his family bought the Cubs.
But an invitation to return to the organization for the tarnished slugger remains at the bottom of the list of the Cubs' priorities.
"I appreciated him as a great player, a great Cub," Ricketts told a fan Saturday at Cubs Convention. "Certainly he was an important person to this franchise. I'm sure everyone in this room cheered for him at one point.
"But nothing has really changed from the way I really feel about this. At some point, something will happen that will allow us to welcome Sammy back. I look forward to that day. Until that day, I don't have anything to add."
Sosa, who hit 545 of his 602 home runs with the Cubs during an 18-year career, barely remains on the Hall of Fame ballot because of allegations of performance enhancing drugs and his decision to leave before the final game of the 2004 season.
