Sandoz pushed a towel aside, eyes wide. "How bad?"
"Anybody can have a lousy couple of centuries."note This is a paraphrase of Chicago real estate developer's Harvey Walken's famous line "Any team can have a bad century". It's often attributed to Cubs announcer Jack Brickhouse, but Jack was quoting Harvey when he said it.
"I guess. Wow.... Well, that explains why Giuliani brought you over." Suddenly John heard [Sandoz imitating] the Father General's voice saying: "Voelker, I need someone to take care of a hopeless wreck coming back from Rakhat. Get me a Cubs fan!"