Dodgers manager Dave Roberts sends Tom Ricketts and the Cubs a clear message

Luke Hales/GettyImagesMad about the Los Angeles Dodgers 'buying' another ticket to the World Series? Don't be. The team's ownership, Guggenhim Baseball Management, has turned Chavez Ravine into a cash-printing operation and has created a global baseball empire - granting Andrew Friedman and the front office unprecedented financial muscle to flex each offseason.

But if you're sharpening the pitchforks, angry over the Dodgers advancing to the Fall Classic with a chance to become the sport's first back-to-back champs since the New York Yankees a quarter-century ago, Dave Roberts made it clear who you should aim those pitchforks toward: owners like Tom Ricketts.

"I can't speak to what revenue…