Coolest thing I got out of it was the willingness to spend some money mid-season if need be. Nice to hear Ricketts make that clear.

And sticks to the business side.

… was stated in the interview I did with Ricketts and Kenney three weeks ago.

with the more friendly ownership. I’ll be even more excited around August when all the rumors come crashing into the wall and last minute deals are made.

guess that means Hendry will be around a while.

I think Lou is at the post in his career where he is probably perfectly content to work on a one-year contract from here on out. He could retire at any time, and the only thing keeping him going right now would be the opportunity to win a championship. If the Cubs completely tank this year, I doubt he will even want another year. If they win the World Series, he’ll probably call it a career. If they make the playoffs but come up short, or barely miss the playoffs, that’s the scenario where he might want to come back, but I doubt he would commit for more than one more year.