During a visit to The White House in late June, Chicago Cubs’ board member, Todd Ricketts, brother of the owner, Tom Ricketts, whose team was in the midst of splitting a four-game set in the nation’s capital, responded to a question about how the Washington Nationals were doing this season by offering a prediction for a potential postseason matchup.
“We’re going to run into these guys in the playoffs,” Ricketts said, “and you’ll come down and you’ll see them crumble.