Sox Field Trip to Museum

The Sox had a day off on Thursday between their Mariner and Angels series, so their media relations manager had planned a field trip for them. And the media. To the Playboy Mansion. Reviews were mixed. Sun Times:

He had failed to leave out that his nice, Catholic family wasn't completely elated about the idea, namely his mother, Debbie.

"Well, my mom ... my dad was very proud and may have even teared up when I told him,'' O'Connell said. "My mom was less than thrilled.''

A familiar feeling, as it turned out. Most of the players and personnel who attended had to at least run it by a wife or girlfriend and explain that it was like visiting a museum. Or even like winning a golden ticket to Willy Wonka's chocolate factory.

And the inmate of the museum, Hef himself:

The 80-year-old came out of the mansion in full silk sleepwear, with a Sox hat tilted to the side. From a distance, he looked like Mr. Burns goes hip-hop.

Hef's feminist daughter Christie, a New Trier High School graduate, runs Playboy Enterprises.