Yeah that headline reads right.  I stumbled across Mariotti’s two cents on the Cubs sale on the web this morning (I just can’t make myself directly read Mariotti’s garbage anymore).  Apparently, Mariotti thinks that the fact that Ricketts’ daughter is a lesbian is some huge twist in the sale of the Cubs.  Here’s the excerpt from his Fanhouse post:

But there is this twist: One of Joe Ricketts’ kids, Laura, is a lesbian. Technically, then, she will be one of the Cubs owners. “If that’s not enough of a reason to buy a bleacher seat to a Cubs game, I don’t know what is,” wrote Trish Bendix as part of her “L-Blog” page on Chicago Now, the Tribune’s blog site.

At this point, Cubdom doesn’t really care who owns the ballclub. If Laura Ricketts can produce a championship, hundreds of thousands of fans surely will show up for the next Gay and Lesbian Pride parade.

Wait what?  This quote is not being taken out of context, trust me.  He was literally talking about whether the Cubs would spend money on good free agents now and went right into this crazy “twist”.  So is the point that Cubs fans will keep coming to Wrigley because the daughter of the owner is a lesbian?  And when is Laura Ricketts going to start producing championships?  Does she have a controlling interest in the team?  Will she be running day to day operations?

h/t: Wrigleyville23