{"id":76929,"date":"2019-03-03T19:53:57","date_gmt":"2019-03-04T01:53:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/?p=76929"},"modified":"2019-03-03T19:53:57","modified_gmt":"2019-03-04T01:53:57","slug":"wrigleyville-sports-takes-a-stand-by-keeping-addison-russell-merchandise-off-the-shelves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/wrigleyville-sports-takes-a-stand-by-keeping-addison-russell-merchandise-off-the-shelves\/","title":{"rendered":"Wrigleyville Sports takes a stand by keeping Addison Russell merchandise off the shelves"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Ben Friedl<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Medill Reports<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Although the Chicago Cubs decided to bring back infielder Addison Russell for the 2019 season, Wrigleyville Sports will not bring back its Russell merchandise, according to a store manager.<\/p>\n<p>Russell, 25, was suspended 40 games on October 3 for violating Major League Baseball\u2019s domestic violence policy. As a result, Wrigleyville Sports has taken a stance by removing any merchandise that says \u201cRussell\u201d from their stores.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUltimately everyone made a decision to send it all back to the warehouse. Even if people come in looking for it, it becomes a question of should we sell it?\u201d said Rhiannon Foard, one of the managers of Wrigleyville Sports.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->\u200bWhile Wrigleyville Sports removed all Russell merchandise last season, the official Cubs Team Store continues to sell Addison Russell jerseys at full price.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is company policy to continue selling a player\u2019s jersey until they either retire or are traded from the team,\u201d store supervisor Angela Maldonado said.<\/p>\n<p>The Chicago Cubs did not reply to a request from Medill Reports for comment regarding Wrigleyville Sports&#8217; exclusion of Russell\u2019s merchandise from sales.<\/p>\n<p>Get caught up with the chronology of Russell\u2019s recent suspension in the timeline below:<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/cdn.knightlab.com\/libs\/timeline3\/latest\/embed\/index.html?source=18D4m5Ivk8L4FhPqC1rr_P-o1MAeTAe9LQtWhuaC0Nl4\/edit#gid=0&amp;font=Default&amp;lang=en&amp;initial_zoom=2&amp;height=650\" width=\"100%\" height=\"650\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div class=\"featurecaption\">Photo at top: A selection of Cubs merchandise. 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