Chicago Cubs Owner Tom Ricketts
Trolled By 6-Year-Old Kid
… You’re Cheap!!!
Published
TMZSports.com
Chicago Cubs proprietor Thomas Ricketts is used to getting an earful from followers about his baseball staff … however now he is even drawing the ire of LITTLE KIDS — ‘trigger a six-year-old baby referred to as him low cost straight to his face!
TMZ Sports obtained the hilarious clip shot final weekend on the staff’s annual fan summit referred to as “Cubs Convention.” In the clip, Ricketts, proprietor and staff chairman, was making the rounds signing autographs and chatting it up with supporters … when he encountered the disgruntled younger boy.
We’re advised the plan was for the child to ask Ricketts to signal a bat inscribed with “The most cost-effective proprietor in Baseball” … although TR clearly did not play alongside.
After ensuring he heard accurately, the 61-year-old proprietor requested who his dad was, figuring out the kid was in all probability advised to do that by his pops. Unfortunately, the video cuts off earlier than we see how the interplay ended.
The younger supporter will not be alone in his criticism of the Cubs honcho. Fans grew aggravated not too long ago when he mentioned they could not spend cash like their New York or L.A. counterparts.
“They assume in some way we’ve all these {dollars} that the Dodgers have or the Mets have or the Yankees have and we simply hold it,” he mentioned. “Which isn’t true in any respect. What occurs is we attempt to break even yearly, and that’s about it.”
Despite the proprietor’s declare, many aren’t shopping for the reason … particularly contemplating the staff is valued at round $4.225 BILLION. According to experiences, Ricketts additionally has a private web value of round $2.3 billion.
We’ll see if the call-out conjures up the Cubs to open up their wallets much more — besides, with many of the big-name free brokers already off the board, followers might have to attend till subsequent season!