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Tom Ricketts has pretty much been the bizarro world George Steinbrenner.

Q said he talked with Carlos Pena about chasing first pitches last night against rookie Jordan Lyles, making his first big-league start.

“That’s the thing I find ironic about it,” Q said. “He, without question, has been our most disciplined guy, and he got after 3 first pitches. OK, he liked the pitches to hit. I was a little disappointed in the approach. We’ve got some guys who walk and some guys who don’t. We’re third in the league in on-base percentage. I’ll take that all day long.”

Anyone with a good memory will recall that I warned y'all about Ricketts back when this sham of a "bidding process" was happening.  A North Shore popinjay, a rich kid who wants the Cubs as his personal bragging point at the country club dinners.  With some guys like Cuban, the ego compels them to want to win at any cost.  With guys like Ricketts, that will never trump the bottom line.  He's a "responsible businessman", you see.  He'll do everything he can to wring pennies out of the franchise and winning will never be more than a tertiary priority.

That's hilarious, P2.

I'm convinced that Tom Ricketts has to stfu.  Every time he opens his mouth, all hope disappears.  Seriously.  It's totally depressing.

I think you all are going overboard on Ricketts.  What were they supposed to do with this mess they bought?  If everything went LIAB, then they could have made the playoffs.  Cashner and Wells going down didn't help and the crap they trotted out there didn't help.  But in a LIAB world signing Pena to a one year deal was an okay deal.  Who were they going to get to take Soriano, Fukudome, and Zambrano off their hands.  They just had to hold on to the cards they were dealt and hope for the best.

And what do you expect him to say in front of the media about his players.  Don't you think it looks better to prospective players that the owner has your back.  That doesn't mean he's going to re-sign everyone, but as long as they are under contract, by gosh support them.  I'd expect nothing less.  You didn't see Cuban bashing Dirk all those years they couldn't win it. 

Let's wait until after these terrible contracts are off the books and let's see what they can do.  Now if you want to say Hendry has done a terrible job then I'm with you on that.  He has a track record of underwhelming performance.  I just hope he can pull off some trades to bring in some worth while prospects and that the draft has better results as well.

Are there any Hendry defenders left?