Addressing Chicago
media yesterday at a local bar, new Cubs manager Joe Maddon referred to Wrigley
Field as the “cathedral across the street.”
The White Sox could never hire anyone who talks that way.
Just try and imagine
the same press conference held at 35th and Shields. What would Maddon have called the Cell—that saucer
across the street? That mall? That perfect reflection of group think? Maddon didn’t get the chance because Jerry
Reinsdorf is done taking a chance on personalities. Phil Jackson and Ozzie Guillen may have won
championships for his basketball and baseball teams, but they also took the spotlight
away from the Chairman, who always needs to be the sharpest guy in the room.
Joe Maddon would have
done the same.
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