Aggravated Sox Fan Bob wrote:
Whacking Dan McNeil is just so typical of the Chicago Sports scene....When something works around here, destroy it.
But management might argue it WASN'T working . . . at least not in the same way it was when he signed the big contract. It's a what-have-you-done-for-me-lately world out there. IN MAC'S OWN WORDS:
"Better point the thumb if I'm pointing the finger. My WMVP-AM (1000) radio show, the 'Mac, Jurko & Harry Afternoon Saloon,' didn't keep its heavyweight title belt in '08. We were clipped by the talented but boorish 'Boers and Bernstein' program on rival WSCR in the fall Arbitron afternoon-drive ratings.
A half-dozen times or so over the last several years, the Saloon has been No. 1 among adult men. That happened only once in '08. Anything less is unacceptable. We need to do our jobs 'a whole lot better.' "