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Paul Sullivan: Criticize the Cubs? Not on Marquee Sports Network’s ‘The Reporters’ show.

The Marquee Sports Network booth during a Cubs game at Wrigley Field on Aug. 16, 2020, in Chicago.

CHICAGO — When the Chicago Cubs announced they were leaving their old TV home to start their own network, it was viewed by some as a prudent business decision that would create another vital revenue stream.

With more revenue streams, the Cubs theoretically would be contenders for years.

That of course, hasn’t happened.

The Cubs are in the early stages of a rebuild of undetermined length. In the middle of the first full season of Marquee Sports Network in 2021, Cubs president of baseball operations Jed Hoyer came to the conclusion he could

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