Then he shouldnt have bought the team. His family couldnt afford it and now he has to make money to pay the debt. Of course its Cub fans luck that an owner has to worry about money over winning buys the team. To me if you own a MLB team it should not be to make money. It should be to win WS and to be a hobby. I want a old rich bastard who dont care about making money.
You're a nice guy. I would advise you to really read the stuff you quote before you go on the #RickettsCheap vendetta. There's only so many times I can point out how they've spent money to improve the organization on the whole.
Looking at the MLB roster as any indication that the Cubs aren't trying to win is shallow and short sighted. It's easy, it's a surface argument that doesn't look at what they're doing on all levels of the org. I'm not listing them anymore. At this point if you continue to ignore it then you just don't want to recognize it as legitimate. It's wasted energy at this point.
Put simply Ricketts and the F/o care more about winning than you ever will. Their reputation is directly staked to the Cubs success. The debt was a known, and that's part of the reason why the Cubs are doing what they're doing. It was obviously not crippling given the money they've spent, but it does make those money decisions very, very important.
Like I said, you want to believe that Ricketts is cheap. So go for it. I'm done talking about that.
Sent from up Mark Teixeira's butt.