CHICAGO _ We would all shudder to think of our personal emails leaking out to the public, as happened to the Cubs owners Tuesday when a website printed a trove of their emails and family documents.
And certainly the Rickettses are no different from you or me, only much, much richer.
While I feel their pain, it was hard to turn away from the emails leaked to Splinter. Like a rubbernecker staring at a highway wreck, I scrolled through them all, searching for their inner thoughts on Sammy Sosa, Lou Piniella, Mike Quade and, well, some of the Cubs beat writers.
Instead I saw emails about a decision to serve warm bison at a mediation with IRS agents and about what game to play at the next family get-together, along with attachments relating to a "vast left-wing conspiracy" and one urging the family members to bolt Wrigley Field and play in another city.
It wasn't as juicy as I'd hoped but fascinating nonetheless.
Focusing only on emails and documents related to the Ricketts family's ownership of the Cubs, here are three takeaways from the Splinter leak:
