Todd Ricketts on Undercover Boss

That guy you see in the video isn't just a Wrigley Field hot dog vendor; he's brother of Cubs chairman Tom Ricketts.  As part of the ownership group that bought the Cubs in October 2009, Todd is a well-known face around the Wrigley premises.  Thus the facial hair and glasses.  This episode of CBS' show Undercover Boss aired last fall and can be watched here.

If this is significant of anything, I think one thing that should be noticed is the remark made by Todd's 'boss' at the end of this promo.  "His handling of money was subpar."  Obviously, he's referring to dishing out change to hot dog-hungry fans at the park and not the dishing out of millions to free agents, but maybe it's a metaphor for Todd's skills with money in business.  Maybe now we know why it's Tom, not Todd, who's the leader of the ownership group that owns the Cubs.  Of course, just a metaphorical theory.

I think the fact that CBS chose the Cubs to be their first sports franchise episode (and so far, only) says plenty about this franchise.  If the Tribune still owned the Cubs, there's no way CBS does this.  With the Ricketts, we actually have real people as owners of the Cubs.  When the Tribune owned the Cubs, there wasn't a single figure that Cub fans could point to as owner of their team.  And that's because the Tribune didn't provide one.  Now Cub fans can point to four people as the main owners of the Cubs: Tom, Todd, Pete, and Laura Ricketts.  It's good that Todd got public exposure by doing show because Cub fans have not seen much of Todd, Pete, or Laura.  So here's 43 minutes of entertainment, courtesy of a Cubs ownership partner.