Like a Mule

Chicago sports are proof positive of reincarnation.  We were all very bad people in previous lives.  How else to explain such crappy owners?

George Halas probably would’ve outlawed the forward pass, if he’d lived long enough, and his progeny are more clueless than not when it comes to running a football franchise.  The Cubs were once owned by a man who had nothing against night baseball, until he did.  P.K. Wrigley also publicly stood behind manager Leo Durocher against the likes of Ernie Banks, Ferguson Jenkins, Ron Santo and Billy Williams.  Dumb move, sort of like trading away Lou Brock.  As far as the new owners go, until that World Series flag flies over Wrigley Field it never hurts to remember the immortal words of Pete Townshend:  Meet the new boss, same as the old boss.

The Blackhawks used to be run by a crotchety old man who threatened to dissolve the team if he didn’t get his way.  They’re infinitely better now, with three Stanley Cup championships in recent years, but you wonder why they joined forces at the United Center with Jerry Reinsdorf.  He blew up the Bulls twenty years ago now, and they still haven’t recovered.  Who needs Michael Jordan and Phil Jackson when you have Jerry Krause?  To ask the question is to laugh and cry in equal measure.

Did I mention Mr. Reinsdorf also owns my White Sox, losers of their last four games in which they’ve scored all of one run?  Did I mention Reinsdorf despises the media and takes criticism as a form of betrayal and that he plans to own the team forever?  Did I maybe torture puppies in another life?