Offering unsolicited advice to athletes, executives and owners is one of the many perks of being a Tribune sports writer.
You often can get under the skin of a powerful person, as when White Sox Chairman Jerry Reinsdorf pulled me aside after I’d written a column calling for changes at new Comiskey Park, including blowing up the upper deck and replacing the blue seats with green ones.
Years later, the Sox lopped off the top eight rows of the notorious upper deck, installed a canopy roof and changed the seats from blue to green.
Either way, my unsolicited advice is always free, which is why the following can either take it or leave it.