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That's all fine and good until he has an elbow/forearm or shoulder issue as a result of compensating. Eg., I currently have plantar fasciitis from walking too much...which then led to a right calf injury because I changed my basic gait to protect the left foot and put slightly less weight on it.

Yes and yes. The guy is funding the entire thing himself and only receiving help through taking advantage of existing federal programs for loans/grants. Although I can see the historical appeal of developing the existing area, since Ishbia’s paying for the whole damn thing, he’s more than entitled to use his preferred location.

More QB injuries... Dart wasn't planted in the turf, so probably just very very sore and out a week or two.

KC only has two Big 4 professional sports franchises...while Vegas will have 3. So part of it's a scarcity argument in those markets.

Check. Check. Check. Check. Check.

Here was the case two years ago for Greene. No doubt Clark’s the CFer. They still have to fit Hope in there somewhere…who comes with his own set of limitations, think Delmon Young. Vargas’ doubts are more about his overall track record, which has some parallels to Moncada, and his eventual defensive position. The other thing with Greene is he has gone from 20/20 or 30/30 candidate to a limited number of steals. And he also can hit from the LH side, which is rarer as well.

The White Sox are the only team in all of professional sports that make their players stay in the game after getting hurt. All other teams pull those players and immediately put them on injured reserve until any hint of injury of pain have completely healed, don't you understand? The Sox do this because Reinsdorf's cheap, Getz is inept, and HISTORY. Not believing this makes us lemmings.

Played by Phyllis from The Office.

Or Kolson, for that matter. You know Boyer would prefer Mune, but Vargas is actually the most charismatic imo. Now about that hair…

Hoax Fake News WestEddy ballot stuffing/alternate “positive defender” accounts

That would break the standing SoxTalk covenant … last winning game thread starter has a sacred/sacrosanct responsibility to start it

I pulled/tore my hamstring a few years back and it felt like I got stabbed in the back of my leg, I even got the green/black/purple bruising for a few weeks. That pain was no joke

Not enough pessimism. But give it time.

Without sadness, joy would be merely pleasant. With it, joy becomes meaningful. But there is a peculiar vanity in choosing sadness in advance, then congratulating oneself for having anticipated disappointment. That is not wisdom. It is simply despair wearing the spectacles of a philosopher. @caulfield12 I thought this was your thread.

I'm stunned by the number of people currently a success, no matter what. The playoff odds sit at above 96%. If they come out of this week without a playoff appearance, it would be a massive choke job.

In the end it was a fun season to be a fan with some great moments. A small bonus most of these guys are very "likable". I've said before that for me to be a Sox fan for so many years I had to love the game. The experience of going to the ball park. The sights, sounds, crowds. It's always better to win, but in the end I enjoy seeing great baseball. The past few years I have flipped on MLB TV and looked for the best game. Now I am watching each night. I am starting to feel optimistic again. For me I have to rate it a successful season.

I am not surprised.

I mean seriously, we have a dude saying I DO NOT WANT TAXPAYER MONEY, I GOT THIS, and somehow it is a bad thing. No more welfare queen billionaire hand outs sounds great to me.

Four months ago it was Mune. Before that it was guys TA, Robert, etc. Now I'm so gun shy about "locking guys in" until we see some growth in payroll over a couple years. Bad contracts cripple this franchise.

He's also a year more of experience, which is important in the arb system for his earnings.

1) Jerry claimed the current location is not economically viable and wanted to move the team to the 78 closing in on 3 years ago (January 2024) - long before Ishbia entered the picture as a possible successor to him. His ask was ~$1B in taxpayer money for the ballpark. 2) Amtrak identified the Bridgeport railyard parcels as their desired location for a modernized maintenance yard several years ago - again, long before Ishbia entered the picture. 3) Ishbia was working on buying the Twins and not part of the Sox future ownership plans while the first two items were happening. I mean, those are actual facts of what happened. The only thing that is opinion here is JR's assertion that the Sox cannot compete at the current site. That's open to debate, but the rest is just plain and simple facts of what has transpired. All the meltdowns, lashing out, manufactured motives, and laugh emojis can't change reality. I suspect the singular, irrational hatred of Ishbia stems from the fact that he is the one guy who has the wealth to provide enough private investment to make this happen. Ishbia’s wealth enabling this to happen is probably true. If this were up to the Reinsdorfs, as rich as they are, they don't have the personal liquidity to make this happen, so the South Loop stadium would probably remain a pipe dream. Almost all other new stadiums include hundreds of millions in public money to build the thing (including for the A's, Rays, and Royals). Here, Ishbia is suggesting that he'll privately finance the ballpark. I'd imaging that is welcome news to most fans and most taxpayers. Are residents suppose to be outraged because he'd also benefit from such an enormous private investment? What do residents of Nevada, Tampa, and KC think about a stadium being proposed in Chicago where the only public funding is for infrastructure?

Funny for a poster that will grill others for having no proof of their claims is now making up a hypothetical injury to excuse Getz’s top trade acquisition’s awful performance. Shocking…

Riley Greene runs like jimothy and hasn't ever been an "elite" CF, he's not even playing there anymore and has already been moved to his retirement home in LF. He's a good player for a longer track record than Vargas but he's also limited in ways Miguel is not. Riley's value is almost all in his OBP, Vargas contributes across the board and is still improving at 3B. I'd think most GMs would prefer Vargas for 150 million over the next 6 years.

I don't see a connection. Are the latter three injury prone because they play through injuries or is it because they're made of glass? Tim just got old. If Martin can suit up and play and pitch like he has been, he needs to. I bet he'd be the first person to say that.