Baseball isn't for everyone, especially for a decorated soccer manager like Jose Mourinho. Outside the confines of the commercially lucrative American sports landscape, former MLB executive Jeff Luhnow learned this the hard way a few years ago when a consultant for the two-time UEFA Champions League winner.
"As I gave my background, he [Mourinho] sort of chuckled," said Luhnow, who noted to ESPN that he was starstruck by the former Chelsea, Real Madrid, Manchester United and, most recently, AS Roma manager.
"It was all in good humor, but he said, 'Jeff, you know, baseball doesn't really matter to me.