As the years went by and Reinsdorf began to mellow, Marriotti came at him even harder. Now that public opinion is clearly in Reinsdorf’s favor and he’s become this almost beloved grandfather, Marriotti looked like he was beating a dead horse.

Both parties are guilty of lots of things, but Reinsdorf was savvy enough to get out of harm’s way. Marriotti eventually was reduced to a boy calling wolf loudly in a forest where there was no one there to hear it.