If you have heard Mariotti expound on all things, he takes small breaks from his politically liberal pounding of Bush, Rove et al. to make equally uninsightful insipid sports commentary. Apparently he did not appreciate his prior Chicago experience before slithering onto the national ESPN stage. So Chicago get the same as the President from him and his irritation with the city exudes from his being. As best I can tell, that would seem to be what this is about.
I've stopped reading this idiot Mariotti. He's mediocre at best. The best thing would be if he were to move to Boston and let him write the same articles about the Red Sox. They'd lynch him.
INcidentally, can you imagine what Red Sox fans would do if this same call went against the REd Sox in game three against the White Sox?