 With most of his money tied up in either the Wrigley Company or the Cubs, William was forced to put the Cubs up for sale.In 1981, the Tribune Company purchased the Cubs from the Wrigley family for $20.5 million—a handsome return on William Wrigley, Jr.'s purchase of a stake in the team 65 years earlier—in the middle of another losing season.In 1982, DeJesus, one of the team's better players, was traded to the Philadelphia Phillies for shortstop Larry Bowa and infielder Ryne Sandberg.