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I had to double-check and make sure I didn't start this thread. In literally the exact same state of mind.

Did they change that? I thought it used to be essentially an unlimited amount of times you could be called up/sent down in a season.

It only looks that way because it actually is.

A better comparison would've been gas stations. They've been using "dynamic pricing" for decades. I can drive by a station in the morning and it's one price and then in the afternoon it's a different price. You never really know exactly how much you are going to pay. People grumble about it but what are we supposed to do? Just not buy gas?

You can have a good team and crappy stadium or a crappy team and a good stadium and still draw well either way. But you can't have both be crappy and expect to have good attendance.

That's true. I remember spending literal years searching for a single song that I heard on a movie once. I had a hard time even figuring out who the artist was until I got the VHS. Turns out there was no soundtrack ever produced or released for the movie. Now I can just go to Youtube and listen to it whenever I want.

You must have some kids raised by Gen X'rs. My daughter is often surprised when she knows about some older song that I introduced her to when she was younger and her friends/co-workers have never heard of it.

Attendance actually went up league-wide in 2023 vs 2022.

I don't know that I ever posted this picture here but if you could describe the Sox 2023 season in a single AB, this would be it.

What's next?

I think everyone thought that.

He's never held him accountable for this dumpster fire of a franchise in the past decade+ that he's been here. Why would he start now?

IDK guys... Is this really more embarrassing than having a GM that has a sub-500 record in 10 years with only 2 playoff appearances and 0 playoff series wins and yet still somehow keeps his job?

That was probably the one good thing about Ozzie. When the team sucked, he would be the first to tell you they sucked. No mincing words and no trying to say what he thought people wanted to hear. And no, this is absolutely *not* a plea for him to return as manager.

Lol. If he hasn't been let go by now, he never will.

I was gonna say, deep down we all know every player on this list is a KW guy.

It won't be.

This is an organization that wouldn't even fire Robin Ventura. He basically had to quit. KW and RH have jobs for life as long as JR is around.

Did you just recently become a fan of this franchise?

Hey! My prediction came true! Who knew?

Looking at the schedule I'm 100% positive the Sox will not lose today.

74. Their streak went from 1996 to 2003. The record before that was 47 which my HS school tied in 1994. This is the article when Savanna tied it originally in 2001. https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2001-09-01-0109010234-story.html

My HS football team did that. We had a losing streak that lasted like 6 years. When they finally won a single game during my senior year (literally the only game they won all year) they had TIED for the longest losing streak. It's since been broken though...

I guess "fortunate" is one way to describe it. Literally no professional GM/president in the history of ever have been given as many chances and failed attempts as Rick and Kenny have.