Introduction
Part Four - Curtis Granderson: The Cool Front to a Cold Empire
Granderson during his time at New York Yankees. (source Wikipedia)
If Michael Jordan is the Stars’ dark gravitational center, then
Curtis Granderson is the sunlight that keeps things from imploding.
The former MLB All-Star was hired as General Manager less than 48 hours after the ownership deal closed. According to one exec,
“Jordan didn’t even interview anyone else. Just texted Curtis a goat emoji and said: ‘You ready?’”
Granderson accepted.
“This job isn’t normal,” Granderson admits, sitting in his minimalist office overlooking center field. “But MJ isn’t normal. And neither is baseball anymore.”
Smart, media-savvy, and universally respected, Granderson was the perfect pick to do what few could: build a cutting-edge baseball team while keeping the atmosphere… breathable. He immediately poached top scouting talent, brought in a performance staff with European football backgrounds. Jordan’s presence looms over everything, but Granderson absorbs the pressure. He’s the one smoothing over harsh messages. The one telling prospects not to look MJ in the eyes on draft night. The one explaining that yes, the weight room has a camera in it — and yes, the footage
does go to the owner’s phone.
“This is The Last Dance with sunflower seeds,” joked one coach.
Despite the pressure, the Stars are clicking. The locker room is tight. The media is buzzing. And most importantly — the team looks like it's build for winning. Fast.
“Curtis is calm in chaos,” one coahc said. “A poet in a war room.”
He might need to be. Because in Jordan’s world, second place doesn’t exist. And failure? That’s not just losing — that’s
insulting the brand.
Miles Carver, senior correspondent — covers the collision of American culture, celebrity, and chaos. Rolling Stone October 2027 edition.
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Next update (tomorrow) will discuss the game setup and settings. After that I will give a short update on that happened in the world between now and late 2027, atleast the MLB world. And following that we will start with my initial startegy of team building (expansion draft etc).