Hey, Jay! What’s up with the Rockford references?

April 29th, 2008 at 11:21am Wally Haas

Anna Voelker noted in the Bricks & Clicks blog yesterday an item about Sun Times columnist Jay Mariotti dissing Rockford.

It wasn’t the first time Mariotti made a Rockford reference. On June 14, he wrote:

“Just because we’re in Chicago, where one Series has been won in the last 187 tries, doesn’t mean the major-market-expectations scale should be skewed generously. Yes, they beat the Cubs to the multi-flagged trophy, but that’s like being the tallest building in Rockford.”

FYI: The tallest building in Rockford is downtown’s Faust Hotel, about 130 feet tall. The Sears Tower in Chicago is 1,450 feet

When that item appeared, I tried to contact Mariotti. E-mail and two phone calls were not answered. Hey, I’m sure he’s a busy guy, but I was wondering why he picked Rockford, whether he had ever visited the city and whether he might have had a bad experience here.

Just curious. Oh, Jay, you’re wrong about those quarterbacks that you mentioned in this morning’s column. None of the QBs the Bears passed on will amount to anything. I’ll bet a dinner at the finest restaurant in Rockford on that.

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