CHICAGO (AP) — Cubs chairman Tom Ricketts says he’ll have no problem spending on free agents, and adds that general manager Jim Hendry and manager Mike Quade are safe.
Ricketts touched on a number of other subjects Wednesday, including Carlos Zambrano’s recent comments in which he compared the Cubs to a Triple-A team and called them “embarrassing” while criticizing closer Carlos Marmol.
He says “there were a couple things in there” he didn’t like, but he’s not too concerned about it.
Ricketts also took issue with baseball analyst Peter Gammons calling Wrigley Field a dump during a recent Chicago radio interview, even though the club is looking into improvements in and around the old ballpark.
