Ricketts may contact Sammy Sosa

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    Chicago Cubs owner Tom Ricketts indicated Saturday that he may be open to reaching out to Sammy Sosa and repairing the relationship with the former star.

    Ricketts was asked during the Cubs Convention if he would reach out to Sosa.

    "It's a great question," Ricketts said. "Maybe we should revisit that."

    The Ricketts family bought the Cubs in 2009, long after Sosa played his last game with the Cubs in 2004. Sosa did not leave the team on good terms despite 13 seasons that included historic power numbers. From a corked bat incident to reportedly leaving Wrigley Field early during the last game in '04 to a New York Times story that reported Sosa was on the 2003 list of players who flunked a PED test, Sosa's popularity in Chicago took a hit.

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