The 2025 Cubs Convention wrapped up on Sunday and there are a few things to unpack. Other than Sammy Sosa’s return, Cubs chairman Tom Ricketts — who took the Sheraton Grand stage to boos — stole the spotlight with his comments about the current payroll situation. That didn’t come during the ownership panel that has been nixed for a while now, but in an interview on 670 The Score that quickly went viral on social media for all the wrong reasons.
“They think somehow we have all these dollars that the Dodgers have or the Mets have or the Yankees have and we just keep it, which isn’t true at all,” Ricketts said when asked what he would say to fans exhorting the team to spend more.