cheeses_h_rice
10-10-2002, 09:32 AM
From today's Moron column
http://www.suntimes.com/output/mariotti/cst-spt-jay10.html
For the record, this is what Baker said: "When you thought of places that might accept and might not accept minorities, you never saw the Cubs as a place that might accept a minority manager. I have friends in Chicago who are African American and friends who are white. It's a fact the minorities have been more on the South Side with the White Sox . I'm not trying to stir anything up. But the facts are the facts. When I played at Wrigley Field, people were always telling me, 'You should be on the South Side, there's not that many minorities on the North Side.' I'm not making it up. It's something you see and hear from people.''
It doesn't matter if Baker is accurate or misguided about Chicago's racial climate and the Tribune's attitudes. What matters is what he perceives. And obviously, he still doesn't think highly of the Cubs, or he would be laying the same media groundwork he is for the Mets' job. "I haven't really thought about it, but everyone's interested in trying New York,'' Baker told Newsday.
http://www.suntimes.com/output/mariotti/cst-spt-jay10.html
For the record, this is what Baker said: "When you thought of places that might accept and might not accept minorities, you never saw the Cubs as a place that might accept a minority manager. I have friends in Chicago who are African American and friends who are white. It's a fact the minorities have been more on the South Side with the White Sox . I'm not trying to stir anything up. But the facts are the facts. When I played at Wrigley Field, people were always telling me, 'You should be on the South Side, there's not that many minorities on the North Side.' I'm not making it up. It's something you see and hear from people.''
It doesn't matter if Baker is accurate or misguided about Chicago's racial climate and the Tribune's attitudes. What matters is what he perceives. And obviously, he still doesn't think highly of the Cubs, or he would be laying the same media groundwork he is for the Mets' job. "I haven't really thought about it, but everyone's interested in trying New York,'' Baker told Newsday.