You Gotta Have Heart

In what was generally a rather ho-hum winter meeting, one event stood out and just might be the stuff of legend.

Jim Hendry, lying in hospital, hours before undergoing an angioplasty, on his cell phone and making deals. You wouldn’t Walt Jocketty doing that. Talk about sucking it up and getting the job done!

Of course, it’s also damned near insane of Hendry. It brought to mind thoughts of Ted Simmons and Bob Watson, two other former GMs who suffered from health problems brought about by the stress of the job.

Hendry said he’ll be back in the office Monday. The Cubs have suggested that perhaps it would be OK if he took a few days off.

Here’s hoping Hendry takes that advice. As much as I love the Cubs and baseball, I also realize that it’s not worth dying over.

No word whether or not Sully had his smirky game face on when he heard about Hendry’s procedure...