INDIANAPOLIS – The work days right now come to a close around 9:00 p.m.
After daily, 13-hour sessions of draft meetings, Chris Ballard heads home where the learning does not stop.
When Ballard gets home at night, he takes out his iPhone, opens up the iBooks application and starts reading a book he finds particularly hard to put down.
The Cubs Way: The Zen of Building the Best Team in Baseball and Braking the Curse
The story, told by long-time baseball writer Tom Verducci, details the construction of the Chicago Cubs, who captured the World Series last year, ending the longest championship drought in professional sports.