Per media reports, Chicago Cubs ownership (namely, Tom Ricketts, who has been the face of the ownership family) will not be holding their annual question and answer session with fans at the $125 per ticket Cubs Convention this weekend.
Given the angst of Cubs’ fans mired in a hopelessly long offseason, as well as some weighty, divisive and salient topics fans would undoubtedly like to hear about, it’s a bad look for an ownership group who has done almost everything right since purchasing the Cubs.
Maybe the Ricketts are feeling political heat due to ongoing issues with local Chicago government or their ties to the White House amidst a government shutdown; perhaps they don’t want to bring their (or anyone else’s) politics into the fray at CubsCon this weekend and take attention away from the team.