generic or not, all of these things have blown up in his face will possibly hamper the team's success and growth going forward. Nothing has "blown up in his face." Basically your arguments are ridiculous, because they hinge on the idea of the Ricketts family being complete idiots who just bought a baseball team and were somehow clueless of very basic, obvious things that you, questionmarkgrace, realize but that they somehow unaware of when it comes to the financial status of the Cubs and Wrigley and what type of investment they were getting in to. Think about it for a few minutes. Well said. Nobody here knows the ins and outs of the Cubs' finances better than the Ricketts, and to suggest otherwise is just laughable. It's reminiscent of when the armchair GMs think they are better talent evaluators and would make better trades/signings/draft picks etc. than the actual scouts and GMs that have apparently somehow managed to rise to the very top of their profession despite being totally inept and clueless. Davearm found the slope