Ricketts Family Annoyance Thread

[Saul Goodman]

Todd's gonna Todd.

Fuck the Mets. Sylvie and Todd are OK by me.

If you don't enjoy watching the Mets lose, there's something wrong with you.

That's fine for fans but it sounded pretty unprofessional for an owner.

[Chuck to Chuck]

Todd's gonna Todd.

Fuck the Mets. Sylvie and Todd are OK by me.

If you don't enjoy watching the Mets lose, there's something wrong with you.

That's fine for fans but it sounded pretty unprofessional for an owner.

It sounded dead on for a guy whose dad has major plans for all his kids, but only runs a bike shop.

[CT III]

Todd's gonna Todd.

Fuck the Mets. Sylvie and Todd are OK by me.

If you don't enjoy watching the Mets lose, there's something wrong with you.

That's fine for fans but it sounded pretty unprofessional for an owner.

It sounded dead on for a guy whose dad has major plans for all his kids, but only runs a bike shop.

It's almost like parents shouldn't plan out their kids lives in advance for them.

[Chuck to Chuck]

Todd's gonna Todd.

Fuck the Mets. Sylvie and Todd are OK by me.

If you don't enjoy watching the Mets lose, there's something wrong with you.

That's fine for fans but it sounded pretty unprofessional for an owner.

It sounded dead on for a guy whose dad has major plans for all his kids, but only runs a bike shop.

It's almost like parents shouldn't plan out their kids lives in advance for them.

Pretty sure only Pete is living up to dad's standards.

[InternetApex]

Todd's gonna Todd.

Fuck the Mets. Sylvie and Todd are OK by me.

If you don't enjoy watching the Mets lose, there's something wrong with you.

That's fine for fans but it sounded pretty unprofessional for an owner.

It sounded dead on for a guy whose dad has major plans for all his kids, but only runs a bike shop.

It's almost like parents shouldn't plan out their kids lives in advance for them.

Pretty sure only Pete is living up to dad's standards.

Told you this, did he?

[Brownie]

Todd's gonna Todd.

Fuck the Mets. Sylvie and Todd are OK by me.

If you don't enjoy watching the Mets lose, there's something wrong with you.

That's fine for fans but it sounded pretty unprofessional for an owner.

It sounded dead on for a guy whose dad has major plans for all his kids, but only runs a bike shop.

It's almost like parents shouldn't plan out their kids lives in advance for them.

Pretty sure only Pete is living up to dad's standards.

To be fair, Todd has held a few executive positions with TD Ameritrade along with a couple other financial firms. He also owns a couple bike shops, is a director of a Major League Baseball team, runs a couple PACs, and dabbles in VC along with his wife, who also runs a couple non-profits. In other words, he does roughly what Chuck would be doing if Chuck was the sole jackpot Powerball winner last week.

And Todd is not ashamed to admit he hates the New York Mets, Tom Seaver, Jerry Koosman, Bud fucking Harrelson, Danny Goddam Heap, Darryl Motherfucking Strawberry, David Wright and the rest of them. Go get 'em, Todd!

[Brownie]

Todd's gonna Todd.

Fuck the Mets. Sylvie and Todd are OK by me.

If you don't enjoy watching the Mets lose, there's something wrong with you.

That's fine for fans but it sounded pretty unprofessional for an owner.

It sounded dead on for a guy whose dad has major plans for all his kids, but only runs a bike shop.

It's almost like parents shouldn't plan out their kids lives in advance for them.

Pretty sure only Pete is living up to dad's standards.

Joe is annoyed Pete appointed so many squishy types to his cabinet. True story.

[Saul Goodman]

Todd's gonna Todd.

Fuck the Mets. Sylvie and Todd are OK by me.

If you don't enjoy watching the Mets lose, there's something wrong with you.

That's fine for fans but it sounded pretty unprofessional for an owner.

It sounded dead on for a guy whose dad has major plans for all his kids, but only runs a bike shop.

It's almost like parents shouldn't plan out their kids lives in advance for them.

Pretty sure only Pete is living up to dad's standards.

To be fair, Todd has held a few executive positions with TD Ameritrade along with a couple other financial firms. He also owns a couple bike shops, is a director of a Major League Baseball team, runs a couple PACs, and dabbles in VC along with his wife, who also runs a couple non-profits. In other words, he does roughly what Chuck would be doing if Chuck was the sole jackpot Powerball winner last week.

And Todd is not ashamed to admit he hates the New York Mets, Tom Seaver, Jerry Koosman, Bud fucking Harrelson, Danny Goddam Heap, Darryl Motherfucking Strawberry, David Wright and the rest of them. Go get 'em, Todd!

So now we tolerate Todd Ricketts bullshit around here. Does Andy know about this?

[Chuck to Chuck]

Todd's gonna Todd.

Fuck the Mets. Sylvie and Todd are OK by me.

If you don't enjoy watching the Mets lose, there's something wrong with you.

That's fine for fans but it sounded pretty unprofessional for an owner.

It sounded dead on for a guy whose dad has major plans for all his kids, but only runs a bike shop.

It's almost like parents shouldn't plan out their kids lives in advance for them.

Pretty sure only Pete is living up to dad's standards.

To be fair, Todd has held a few executive positions with TD Ameritrade along with a couple other financial firms. He also owns a couple bike shops, is a director of a Major League Baseball team, runs a couple PACs, and dabbles in VC along with his wife, who also runs a couple non-profits. In other words, he does roughly what Chuck would be doing if Chuck was the sole jackpot Powerball winner last week.

And Todd is not ashamed to admit he hates the New York Mets, Tom Seaver, Jerry Koosman, Bud fucking Harrelson, Danny Goddam Heap, Darryl Motherfucking Strawberry, David Wright and the rest of them. Go get 'em, Todd!

...and he gives his dad's money to political candidates TJ likes.  Full disclosure.

And you'd never see me giving money to any politician not named Chuck Gitles. Given I'm never running for anything ever again, pretty sure all my future charitable donations are going to deserving people, not wannabe reality TV stars who want a public paycheck to rant and rail and do nothing.

[Eli]

...and he gives his dad's money to political candidates TJ likes.  Full disclosure.

That's exactly what I was thinking as I read through TJ's fawning bullshit toleration.

[World's #1 Astros Fan]

What the hell did Danny Heap do to hurt the Cubs?

[Saul Goodman]

...and he gives his dad's money to political candidates TJ likes.  Full disclosure.

That's exactly what I was thinking as I read through TJ's fawning bullshit toleration.

A couple bike shops are pretty damn impressive, though. I bet Papa Ricketts is punch-proud.

[Slaky]

Need Tonker to jump in here and loudly proclaim how awful this thread is.

[Brownie]

Todd's gonna Todd.

Fuck the Mets. Sylvie and Todd are OK by me.

If you don't enjoy watching the Mets lose, there's something wrong with you.

That's fine for fans but it sounded pretty unprofessional for an owner.

It sounded dead on for a guy whose dad has major plans for all his kids, but only runs a bike shop.

It's almost like parents shouldn't plan out their kids lives in advance for them.

Pretty sure only Pete is living up to dad's standards.

To be fair, Todd has held a few executive positions with TD Ameritrade along with a couple other financial firms. He also owns a couple bike shops, is a director of a Major League Baseball team, runs a couple PACs, and dabbles in VC along with his wife, who also runs a couple non-profits. In other words, he does roughly what Chuck would be doing if Chuck was the sole jackpot Powerball winner last week.

And Todd is not ashamed to admit he hates the New York Mets, Tom Seaver, Jerry Koosman, Bud fucking Harrelson, Danny Goddam Heap, Darryl Motherfucking Strawberry, David Wright and the rest of them. Go get 'em, Todd!

...and he gives his dad's money to political candidates TJ likes.  Full disclosure.

And you'd never see me giving money to any politician not named Chuck Gitles. Given I'm never running for anything ever again, pretty sure all my future charitable donations are going to deserving people, not wannabe reality TV stars who want a public paycheck to rant and rail and do nothing.

Full disclosure was given.

Besides Chuck lumping "political contributions" in with "charitable donations" (if he can't discern the difference, I'm sadly disappointed), it's even more puzzling that Chuck would refuse support a candidate or a political cause he believes in. Mike D. showed how so many Presidents going back to Hoover came from humble origins. Would Chuck rather allow the government to be run only by those who are independently wealthy (Rauner, Trump) or those supported by the likes of Michael Madigan (or George Soros or the Koch Brothers or Michael Bloomberg or Todd and Joe Ricketts)?

I'm not sure what costs Chuck's D-30 caucus committee incurred to run in just a portion of Glenview and Northbrook for, what, 3500 votes?

But sure, dump on Todd Ricketts. Go Mets.

[Brownie]

What the hell did Danny Heap do to hurt the Cubs?

I always thought he was a thorn in the Cubs' side, and he looked kind of a like a prick/potential felon. So I looked him up .715 OPS and .265 BA lifetime against the Cubs. But he did most of his damage in 1982 and 1983, years the Cubs finished fifth and the Mets sixth. Screw him. And Matt Harvey.

UPDATE: Heep played with Houston in 1982, so maybe this colored my opinion of him.