But I’m not buying that the Sox can’t elaborate because the feds are involved. I say they aren’t elaborating because they want Wildergate to quietly go away, hoping fans ride the wave of a successful, 7-3 West Coast road trip and a fun leap into first place in the American League Central. - Jay Mariotti

Ah yes Jay, another conspiracy at US Cellular Field indeed.

How convenient for the back page pundit to piss and moan four long days after the story broke, over the unknown circumstances which led to the immediate dismissal of White Sox Director of Personnel David Wilder along with two of the team’s scouts. Why so late to enter the game, especially if this indeed was truly a “crisis”?

Mariotti wants answers. Right now. Federal investigators be damned as the truth must be made public immediately!

Well, Lance Williams and Mark Fainaru-Wada risked their freedom to seek such truth after refusing to reveal the source of leaked grand jury testimony concerning Barry Bonds and steroids.

Real journalists don’t bitch and wheeze in the bully pulpit demanding that the story be handed to them on a silver platter. They dig. They toil. And investigate to learn of the truth no matter where the trail leads. And in the case of the San Francisco Chronicle reporters, sacrifice their own civil liberties while exposing a “crisis”.

Such dedication to one’s professionalism is admirable. And others such as Rick Telander led the way to a organizing a protest in support of Williams and Fainaru-Wada. As for Mariotti? A simple trite “all about me” column* with brief mentioning of his colleagues and then back in the business of tabloid sensationalism and bashing of the local Chicago sports scene.

How ironic of the pissant to speculate:

So, what happened? Citing unnamed sources, the Chicago Tribune reports the investigation centers around signing bonuses distributed to the Latin prospects and whether Wilder and the two scouts were skimming from the payouts.

Oh really? So now the Tribune is credible source of information worthy enough to grace the Sun-Times? After all, wasn’t in just last week when Mariotti brayed like an ass:

He talked to his writer friend Sam Smith, now with the Sporting News, and talked to the Reinsdorf-friendly sports staff at the Chicago Tribune, which, of course, is owned by a company that has business relationships with Reinsdorf.

So which is it Jay? Is the Tribune corrupted by Jerry Reinsdorf or not? And if so, how could anyone possibly take your third party’s alleged anonymous source credible when discussing such a matter?

Once again, Mariotti demands the truth, assumes a conspiracy and yet is too damn lazy or gutless to go seek the facts without first picking up a copy of the Chicago Tribune.

Courage of convictions… Courage of convictions… Courage of convictions...

Jay Mariotti enjoys warm climate road trips. One is willing to bet that the Sun-Times Sports Department, despite the paper’s financial woes, will have no problem footing the bill to send the hateful dwarf to Latin America so he can properly express his rage with the local citizenry and federal investigators. Obviously, they would both equally enjoy the company and intelligent expertise of Inspector Clouseua.

And don’t come back until the story is completed.

A Lisagor awaits.