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Depends on how much you think he would want to play for a sad sack organization like the white Sox. Don’t forget he suffered in Miami for years under a horrible owner.

All good.

This isn’t WSI. just post it.

So......spend money to make money? we don’t want to give jerry a stroke now, do we?

You guys are funny. This isn’t happening AT. ALL.

If rick cleans house, he’s the next to get fired. The jerry loyalty plan applies to most of his front office. Look at ken Williams.

Sure. Keep telling yourself that.

What? So he can opt out next offseason?

Look at the bad sponsorship deals the Sox have right now thanks to a team that is less than mediocre. You don’t think a superstar contract won’t make the next round of sponsors pay more to be with a “winner”?! Look at how much the hawks have milked their period of greatness into cash money for the org. They have sponsors for EVERYTHING. And those are multi year deals. And don’t give me the “if the contracts hamper you in year 10 “ crap ken Williams. The Sox will be looking for a new stadium in ten years, and the tv deal ends in five years. If they want to win those lucrative negotiations, then you need to be a winning club and make state legislatures and tv networks fall in love with you.

Machado and Harper are both earning their contracts. Both the pads and phils have experienced box office growth, and ratings are up, which translates to increased revenue (I believe both clubs have stakes in their cable networks). PLUS, the renewed interest creates long term sponsorship deals that bring in money for years. Does anyone remember that Miller extended thier Sox sponsorship for TEN YEARS in the wake of the World Series win? Or that 7 god damm 11 paid the Sox HALF A MILLION DOLLARS to move gametimes up six minutes? That was directly connected to the club being “relevant”. I think the Sox would have benefited greatly by signing either player, just lookin at the financial side. But jerry was cheap timid and stupid with “his”money.

Is the owner still jerry reinsdorf? yes? then no.

The Sox have a 10 month payment plan option. Which means you can stretch your payments until JULY 2020(December there is no payment due). As for the price increase? The 2018 ticket had a TWELVE PERCENT INCREASE DUE TO THE SOX CHARGING TAX ON YOUR TICKETS ABOVE FACE VALUE. which means that your $10 ticket is now 11.20 instead of 8.90 plus tax.

That is one hell of a job. Assuming a three hour game, you’re making a bit over $15 an hour in 1990’s money.

Our great national nightmare is over.

There was talk of them proposing changes after the park got financing, but chicago’s Infrastructure would not allow a design below grade(street level) but make make no mistake the oriole park design was unique to Baltimore(especially the office building) and was designed after the Sox deal

The astros front office needed a hurricane AND a player revolt to get them to spend money.

In seasons where they had a severe cap penalty on international signings. It was like a gift card for a store in bankruptcy. You can’t spend it.

How could they? They (HOK)were designing oriole park in 1988, long after the city and state pledged to work together at 35th and shields!

It just means the Sox could sell for much more than that. They are currently “worth “ 1.6 billion.

They NEVER had an oriole park design. And especially not for the nebulous “south loop”. There WAS, however, a design for the lake/Clinton area for a dual use stadium with the bears. And mike mcsucky flat out refused it because the bears are “connected to the cubs” jerry wanted Addison, and even bought the land in advance. Chicago was never a serious thought until Addison died in the ballot box and Jim Thompson pledged state money.

Hockey moves too fast to have noisemakers. Those fans are literally trying to watch the game. Baseball? It could use a lil more excitement.

Notice what the Sox call them. INVESTORS. not owners. The sox are a hobby of a (now) very rich businessman. Yes, he wants them to win, but not at all costs. And always HIS way. Rick hopeless got the approval to rebuild because there’s a way to make money off cost certainty, even when fan revenue drops.

Anything rick Hahn says now I read as “I’m an idiot”. so many things the last 2 seasons he just talks out of his ass instead of saying “Sox gonna Sox”

Why would it? They get checks in the mail every year from the profit.

AAAANNNNNNNNDDDDDDDD..........cole hamels to the DL....yeah, the cubs are totally going to trade q now.........