While the Cubs and Sox both struggle to adjust to new managers, we wanted to know which position would best suit you if your company were a baseball team. Here?s what some of you had to say. And yes, we apologize for the abundance of baseball clichés in the answers below:
?I?d be the closer, the guy who comes in and seals the deal.? -Glen U., Albany Park
?Let?s see. I?d probably be the utility infielder. The guy who can come in and play all positions and straighten things out.? -F.R., Cary
?Probably a pitcher, which is to say I?d be the most important person on the team. I do not want the ball in someone else?s hands when the game is on the line. I want to be the guy who my boss counts on to do the work.? -R.E., Chicago
?I’d be the manager. I’d first get rid of the members with hate in their hearts because they kill the spirits of others. Then I’d get rid of the liars because they can’t be trusted. Last, I’d get rid of the drama queens and kings because they sap everyone’s energy and cause all to lose focus. We’d have a real team, made of people who have respect for themselves, for others, and for the goal.? -Anonymous
?At my firm the baseball position I would play is a right-handed pitcher because I am always pitching ways to make our customer’s experience better. Since my 401(k) is all in the firm’s stock, you could also call me an owner/pitcher of the firm.? -CJ Hayward, Elgin
?The clean-up hitter, baby. Put one or two people on base and I?ll bring them home. I?m in sales and I use this analogy all the time when explaining what I do with our clients.? -Pat W., Niles
?At work, I?m the person who cleans up the locker room when the game is over. Come to think of it, with three teenage kids, I?m that person at home, too.? -Janet N., Gurnee
?I?d have to be the designated hitter since I?m retired and now act as a consultant for my old firm.? -S.E., Chicago
?The owner. I own a cleaning service that started up when the recession started and I?m doing pretty well. Of course, I?d be a player-owner, since it?s only myself and my wife and two sons who do all the cleaning.? -R.W., Hillside
