Minaya's first chance at running a team had come with the Montreal Expos after the franchise was taken over by Major League Baseball. Minaya's job was to put the team down as gently and painlessly as possible while the league searched for new owners and a new home for the franchise.
"The rumors start swirling that you're actually on Death Row and you're about to be euthanized," Rodriguez said from behind the desk of his neat office at Toyota Park, where he serves as president and general manager of the Chicago Fire. "Every day it was a revolving door of people coming into the office saying, 'Come on, tell me the truth.