Chicago Cubs proprietor Thomas Ricketts is used to getting an earful from followers about his baseball group … however now he is even drawing the ire of LITTLE KIDS — ‘trigger a six-year-old youngster referred to as him low cost straight to his face!

TMZ Sports activities obtained the hilarious clip shot final weekend on the group’s annual fan summit referred to as “Cubs Conference.” Within the clip, Ricketts, proprietor and group chairman, was making the rounds signing autographs and chatting it up with supporters … when he encountered the disgruntled younger boy.

We’re informed the plan was for the child to ask Ricketts to signal a bat inscribed with “The most cost effective proprietor in Baseball” … although TR clearly did not play alongside.

After ensuring he heard appropriately, the 61-year-old proprietor requested who his dad was, figuring out the kid was most likely informed to do that by his pops. Sadly, the video cuts off earlier than we see how the interplay ended.

The younger supporter shouldn’t be alone in his criticism of the Cubs honcho. Followers grew aggravated lately when he stated they could not spend cash like their New York or L.A. counterparts.

“They suppose someway we’ve got all these {dollars} that the Dodgers have or the Mets have or the Yankees have and we simply hold it,” he stated. “Which isn’t true in any respect. What occurs is we attempt to break even yearly, and that’s about it.”

Regardless of the proprietor’s declare, many aren’t shopping for the reason … particularly contemplating the group is valued at round $4.225 BILLION. In response to reviews, Ricketts additionally has a private web value of round $2.3 billion.