Yeah, those meatballs make up the vast majority of fans/paying customer of his team. So he kinda has to put on the PR show for them. He can't pander to the baseball savants of this board, it's not what's best for business. Yeah, but how many of those meatballs even know who the Cubs minor league hitting coaches are at any given moment? Sure, Manny is a [expletive] load more famous, but I doubt it's a thing the average fan is really worried about or even aware of. And if he HAD effectively said something like, "Manny and I have a great relationship going back a while and he's a fantastic hitter who can teach a lot" how is it going to harm anything? What, people aren't going to buy as many tickets if he doesn't talk about Manny like he's an ex-meth head? It's just gross. I don't imagine they'd "have to" to say something similar if they (stupidly) brought Grace back in some capacity. Then your issue is with your run of the mill dumbass Cub fan.