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I was shocked to kind out he's on any committee's at his age. This is Gussie Busch part II.

Hope Burke can pitch well again tonight and get things back on a good track. After last night they need a good evening.

Hard pass

Gotta love a 90 year old as a key influence on a decision he won't ever have to see unfold.

For those you don't know these are the MLB owners on the committee that is making recommendations to Manfred on the upcoming labor relations/ lockout: Dick Monfort (Colorado Rockies) Hal Steinbrenner (New York Yankees) John Sherman (Kansas City Royals) Jerry Reinsdorf (Chicago White Sox) Ray Davis (Texas Rangers) Mark Attanasio (Milwaukee Brewers) I found a few things interesting. The only real 'big market' owner on it is Steinbrenner of the Yankees. And he's gone on the record as saying baseball needs a salary cap (coming from the Yankees that is really ironic...) The fact that JR is on it tells me the owners aren't looking to compromise at least early on. I suspect JR will still be trying to 'get even' for what was settled on during the 94-95 impasse. The only real questions are how long will the lockout last and will it impact regular season games.

Those are fans of far out

Bummer for Bergolla.

potential trade chip out for even longer now, rough season after such a hot start.

Because when the Sox lose a game like last night you are like SAME OLD SOX HERE WE GO AGAIN and when the Tigers lose you are like "WELL THEIR SCHEDULE IS STILL EASY!" It's like you want the Sox to lose this so you can give some historical stat about their ineptitude instead of just enjoying the most fun season they've had since 2005.

Unless Ishbia is taking a bigger role than anyone realizes in the hear and now it's hard to imagine JR agreeing to this. That's why I think that report is a tad unreliable.

And the Sox have lost games to shitty teams too, maybe they aren't as good as some think. I'm simply saying the Sox have a difficult two week stretch, on paper Detroit has an opportunity to gain ground and become a serious threat. It all depends on how they play and how the Sox play. Why that seems to irritate you is beyond me.

Have we not learned our lesson on using valuable assets on fucking relievers. It’s the worst asset management philosophy in baseball

you're giving up more than that for Mason Miller

And Michael King has “2 PLAYER options for 30 mil and 35 mil in 27 and 28”

MoccBomb is as reliable as Bartolo’s colon and the old foodies.

No thanks on Miller

Twitter account who claims to have sources on literally every team. Seems legit.

Colson Montgomery's HR power, at least for a SS, is elite. He has carried the Sox in certain stretches this season. As with almost any HR hitter, Colson is going to have a lot of K's so patience is required. The big 3 White Sox power hitters are in a HR drought right now. Very frustrating.

Well they lost today to the shitty Royals so maybe not as big as a threat as you think.

Let's see some dingers tonight! Make the Rate shake!

Fucking incredible. Ha.

I prefer the royals win over tigers, 3-2 kc victory. Ground to be gained today,Sox!

From my interview with Mike: ML: Talk to me about “Disco Demolition.” How did the idea first get started and how did you develop it? MV: “The idea actually started two years earlier in 1977. Jeff Swartz, a guy who worked for United Artists, suggested it to me. In 1978 in connection with Coke, we had a dance contest at Comiskey Park. There were 25,000 kids dancing on plywood stages that we had on the field. We thought it might be an idea to have a night for people who hate disco.” “Anyway I get a call one day in 1979, from Swartz who says to turn on my radio to WLUP, that there is a guy named Steve Dahl who is going to blow up disco records at a shopping mall. I listened, then called him at 10:05 AM, as soon as he got off the air, and offered him the chance to do that at Comiskey Park. He was going to do it in front of 3,000 kids. It didn’t take long to convince him he could do it in front of 40 thousand kids.” ML: Let’s talk about that night, what went wrong, and what would you have done differently? MV: “My mistake was thinking that we’d get about 35,000 for the promotion. It turned out there were 60,000 inside the park and another 30-40 thousand on the streets around the park. Traffic was backed up all the way out to O’Hare Airport! Who had any idea that many kids would come out? WLUP was a 5,000 watt station; it wasn’t a giant like WLS or WCFL from when I was a kid.” “The other thing that happened was that we moved some of the police off the field. We had an adequate security force for 35,000 fans but not for 60,000. Outside of the park there were some temporary ticket booths staffed by older people. The kids were starting to get out of hand and started rocking those booths. We moved some of the police off the field outside to help. What happened next was the worst thing that could possible happen, the crowd began thinking as one and they realized there were only 35-40 police on the field. When a crowd begins thinking as one there is no such thing as crowd control. They said ‘let’s go on the field!’ ML: Some Sox fans feel DJ Steve Dahl could have done more to help calm the situation; instead he left the park with the riot in full force. Could he have done more to help? MV: “He could have made an effort. I, my dad and Harry Caray were all down on the field trying to regain control and he wasn’t... but the responsibility was mine. It was a bad decision.” “It was also a slow news day and that generated a tremendous amount of publicity, it was also an election year and Jayne Byrne used the situation as an election photo-op. What I most remember is newspaper guys like Bill Gleason saying what a tragedy it was. I know what a tragedy is, my daughter is losing her sight... this wasn’t a tragedy. The sun came up the next day; the Sox played another baseball game a few days later. It was the fourth forfeit in baseball history but how many take the same umbrage at 30,000 Dodger fans throwing baseballs on the field causing the fifth forfeit in baseball?” (Author’s Note: That took place on August 11, 1995 when Dodgers fans threw baseballs by the thousands on to the field with one out in the 9th inning in a game against the Cardinals. St. Louis was awarded a forfeit win.)