Just a heads up for you folks that this Sunday is the Todd Ricketts edition of Undercover Boss on CBS at 8pm Central. Also of note, CBS has the late football game this week, so if you are a DVR guy, you'll want to record past the ending time of the show since the programming is usually delayed for football reasons.
Rosenthal wrote:
Todd Ricketts apparently got himself fired from a Chicago Cubs maintenance job when he attempted to secretly work for the ballclub his family owns for the CBS show "Undercover Boss."
CBS, which announced Monday that it plans to air the Ricketts episode on Nov. 7, said he fights for the chance to redeem himself after getting canned on his second day on the job.
Ricketts also fears his secret has been exposed when a friend recognizes him parking cars, the network said.
Which is probably a surprise to Cubs fans who never knew the team had anyone parking cars.
Ricketts, who is Cubs Chairman Tom Ricketts' brother, owns a bicycle shop in north suburban Highland Park and serves on the Cubs board of directors.
"Undercover Boss" takes top executives out of their cushy suites and sticks them in lower level positions at their own companies under a false identity. The Chicago Tribune earlier reported that Todd Ricketts grew facial hair and wore glasses to affect a different look while working on the grounds crew, as a vendor, in the Captain Morgan Club and even emptying trash outside Wrigley Field during the Aug. 30-Sept. 8 homestand in which the Cubs were 5-4.
The Cubs closed the ballpark to the media for a time on Sept. 8 so "Undercover Boss" producers could tape a final segment in which Ricketts reveals himself to employees during a pizza party, the Tribune reported.
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