CHICAGO -- Almost six years have passed since Tom Ricketts and his president of business operations, Crane Kenney, sat in seats atop the Green Monster at Fenway Park to watch the Cubs drop the opening game of an Interleague series.
They were there on a scouting mission, taking in all the ways that the Red Sox have improved their crown-jewel stadium. Their cover was blown when Kenney grabbed a home run crushed by Jarrod Saltalamacchia.
But these days, it is Ricketts and his staff who are hitting home runs -- not just with the drought-breaking championship last November, but in their transformation of Wrigley Field.