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Looking back at it, JR really messed up with the present stadium design. The original design didn't have the miserable upper deck. He changed the design because he wanted another level of suites. The upper deck ruined the stadium. I hope they don't make the same mistake with the new stadium.

Has anybody on this site been invited to the focus group? I'm going to call my ticket rep Monday and hopefully get an invite. I would really like to go.

more resources?

42-0 BR at halftime. 🤣

St. Charles North doesn’t deserve to be on the same field as this Brother Rice team. 28-0 with 7 minutes left in the 2nd quarter.

regardless of the details I like the event, it's certainly something JR wouldn't have bothered with and it's forward focused beyond just the immediate season.

James Fegan article about the invitations to these focus groups. It explains why this invite came for the Sox, but the focus groups will actually be hosted by Ishbia's group. Chicago Sun-TimesFocus group invites sent to White Sox fans as part of Jus...Despite the appearance of the invites, the focus groups seeking fan feedback will be hosted by Ishbia's City River Holdings venture, rather than the team itself.

First time that has been said in a positive context 😂 Definitely gives this guy a pay bump. But also likely has shinier tools at his disposal as well as more resources. Also sets him up down the line for a GM job with either the Sox or a rebuilding.

Rich that the Dodgers care so much about small market competitiveness when they got spanked 4-0 by the Brewers. In fact, four of the final 8 teams were from smaller markets, with White Sox also a bottom 3 payroll and coming off 324 losses in three years.

And this is why ownership saying this needs to be done because of "competition" is outright lying, as Ken Rosenthal reported months ago this is about making even more money for those in charge of teams.

Two factoids today: October 31, 2005 - Happy Halloween! As the White Sox were winning their first championship in 88 years, Sports Illustrated put Scott Podsednik and his winning home run from the second game on the cover. The long caption read, “World Series. In a Match Up of Two Title Hungry Teams, The White Sox Struck First, Dramatically Downing the Astros in Games 1 And 2.” Sports Illustrated then basically ignored the White Sox winning the series by only putting a small circle shot of the team celebrating in the corner of the following week’s cover, breaking a long-standing tradition. The cover that week was Peyton Manning and Tom Brady as the magazine previewed a regular season NFL game….not a Super Bowl matchup, not a playoff contest…but a regular season meeting. October 31, 2024 - The White Sox officially announced the hiring of Will Venable as the 44th field manager in franchise history. Venable came from the Rangers organization where he was the associate manager and helped win a World Series. He also coached in the Red Sox and Cubs organizations after an almost 10-year playing career as an outfielder. He was considered an up-and-comer in the baseball world and many reviews were positive regarding his hiring. He stepped into what many were also considering the most difficult job in the Major Leagues, working with an organization that lost a record 121 games in the 2024 season, had an owner who was at an advanced age, with speculation regarding a new stadium or potentially selling and moving the club and a fan base that, if it wasn’t angry, had simply become apathetic given the state of the club.

Going from 1 to likely 23 in the span of just one year is pretty wild.

https://tankathon.com/mlb

Sox draft position can’t be better than 23 it sounds like.

And a higher floor doesn’t necessarily equate to better players. It could just lead to the “friends and family plan” players the Sox sign when going after their big free agent target getting paid even more than they are worth.

Then they should opt out of their $8.3 billion RSN deal that they're talking about extending through 2039, too. No more deferred $$$ contracts. Go under the ESPN.com/Disney+ banner, like Rob Manfred wants all of mlb teams in one collective package, within the next 2-3 years.

Impossible to speculate on any of this until the new CBA is dry. The owners initial proposal had the floor around $170MM.

That is not the Dodgers stance. Los Angeles TimesCommentary: Dodgers owner Mark Walter: 'We’ve got to have...MLB team owners, Mark Walter included, believe revenue disparity is the main reason a small-market team has not won the World Series in 11 years.

https://nypost.com/2026/10/30/sports/kaima-taira-takes-first-step-toward-mlb-jump-with-yankees-interest/ 45 days to sign but that get suspended on December 2nd, or that's the deadline for signing regardless? here's the answer... Teruaki Sato has a chance to make that same kind of impact (as Murakami), as he finished last season with a .306/.383/.609 slashline with 39 home runs and 106 RBI. But his serious swing-and-miss potential and malleable defensive position may be enough to give teams some pause. And it’s not just those factors that could impact his free agency, the impending lockout could also come right in the middle of his posting window. If he doesn’t sign before the impending lockout on Dec. 1, his posting window would be paused until the lockout ends. All those factors could lead to Sato falling into the price range for an American League middle-market team (Tigers?). If that happens, it won’t take long for him to become a Guardians villain.

Baseball problems are none of my concern such as payroll, free agents or retro stadiums. Too many legit distractions to mess with their future fans.

Heard this pizza is amazing and they have good craft beers on tap as well. Need to try it.

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Interesting invite from the White Sox. This may be the strongest link I've seen between the current ownership group and Ishbia's stadium proposal. Sounds like a good idea to ask for fans input on ballpark features and amenities. I don't remember Jerry and Eddie doing that in 1989.

Should be a reasonable expectation for Sox to range from #12-18 in spending (Brewers 19th, fwiw) in GRF and at least 9-12 in the first five years of new downtown facility...perhaps even slightly higher. Basically that's a $145-170 million range. It was much higher from 2021-23.