Tribune Admits Outsider Status

Some lackey at the Tribune woke up tonight and changed the photo on the online sports page to a two-day-old picture from the Bears game instead of a week-old portrait of Alfonso Soriano. Makes you wonder if the Tribune's internet office smells like bong water.

Meanwhile, Phil Rogers still doesn't get it. Here's what he had to say today:

Man, did White Sox fans hate the columns I wrote from the winter meetings critical of the Jerry Reinsdorf/Ken Williams decision to rebuild the World Series rotation over the next two years rather than adjust to the increased value of pitchers in this market. I can't believe fans really want to see Mark Buehrle and Jon Garland follow Freddy Garcia out of town, but they don't want any outsiders criticizing their team, especially not someone from "the Cubune."

It's not that we don't like outsiders criticizing our team, Phil, although we are pleased to see you admit the Tribune is an outsider in its own city when it comes to the White Sox. It's just that we don't like vacuous criticism. One need look no further than the last five World Series contests to see that teams don't get there by spending tens of millions on marquee names, ala Yankees and Cubs. They get there by putting together a talented and hungry team staffed largely by players who aren't previously well known, ala White Sox and Tigers. The fact that Freddy got us there in 2005 doesn't mean he would have gotten us there in 2007. Sox fans know that. Ken Williams knows what he's talking about. You don't.

You don't even know who you work for. We like the gentle mockery of putting "the Cubune" in quotes. Next time you go to your "newspaper" office, use the entrance that takes you through the "Tribune Store" and then maybe you'll notice that you work for the Cubune.