I don't get why the new thing is to blame Ricketts every time something goes wrong. By all accounts, Hendry was in on this until the end, meaning they weren't just "sitting on their hands." It's not Ricketts' fault he inherited a bloated payroll full of mediocre players and an old, small stadium that was falling apart. Long-term, he's doing the right things by trying to improve Wrigley (and maximize revenue) while diverting resources to the farm system. Of course, he's totally responsible for not firing Hendry. Leading up to Ricketts buying the team it was all "Hey, I'm one of you guys, I love the Cubs, I'm going to make us better!" Now its just business as usual. There has been no change, he seems happy with the former regime who put us in this mess, and he refuses to open his wallet. While I agree that freeing payroll is one way to make us better in the future, the right move right now and back when he bought the team is to fire Hendry. The fact he still has a job infuriates me. Oh yeah, he's also trying to bend over the taxpayers now. Not exactly the way to win over a fan base.