Mariotti: Ozzie, Sox: Chicago’s rude, crude embarrassment

You knew the raving sheep herder had to blow in.

Just as the Sox and Major League Baseball ``addressed’’ matters two summers ago by having Guillen attend sensitivity training, which obviously helped. Reinsdorf and Williams think they’re above these issues, when, in fact, the issues define who they are as executives and human beings. Unfortunately, some media fear Reinsdorf and curry his favor, which might explain why WMVP-AM’s Marc Silverman—who seems thrilled to have Reinsdorf on the station’s ``Lunch With a Legend’’ series—was more eager to criticize his on-air guest, the Sun-Times’ Carol Slezak, than simply interview her about her post-dolls, anti-Sox column.

...He is guilty as sin, actually, for making a mockery of his craft. Can you imagine such a trail of trash ever being littered in Boston, New York? Could you imagine a manager keeping a job through it all, no matter how many championships he won? As long as reporters have work to do, and as long as clubhouses are open to media, a sports franchise has a responsibility to maintain a civil, orderly, professional workplace. I don’t subscribe to any boys-will-be-boys junk when it comes to working environments. If players want to go through ``Slumpbuster’’ rituals with inflatable dolls, do it in the trainer’s room, where the media can’t see it. When you make it public, the organization is judged accordingly.