Jay Johnson chooses current team over former player in World Series

Different priorities: Arizona baseball coach Jay Johnson, who had access to tickets for the World Series at Wrigley Field through his former University of San Diego third baseman Kris Bryant, declined to leave Tucson during the Wildcats’ on-going fall practice sessions. Arizona State coach Tracy Smith, who coached Cubs slugger Kyle Schwarber at Indiana, left the Sun Devils’ fall practice to be at both Wrigley Field and Cleveland’s Progressive Field.