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He invited the Pope to throw out the first pitch a new Sox stadium. I don't know if he specifically said anything to the Pope about staying in Chicago, but during that visit to the Vatican he did make a statement that strongly suggested that he's committed to keeping the Sox in Chicago. That may have been to a reporter and I don't think it was to Pope Leo himself. There's probably a quote from Ishbia about this somewhere earlier in this thread.

I get to dictate how I feel about a person's commitment to their job. I'm probably a workaholic, so there's that. I recognize my politics are different from a lot of athletes I root for. You posted a blurb from Keith Law criticizing Shaw's coachability. I would think that being very present in your kids' life regularly trumps going to a neighbor's rock concert/memorial, and practically every ballplayer sacrifices the former on a yearly basis.

Asked him to bless the new stadium and throw out the first pitch, which he tentatively accepted.

He attended a rally, not a funeral.

Looks like Goodell was at AH with the Bears today scoping it out.

Oh hey aren’t you the guy who knows for a fact what Eloy’s motivation is for playing winter ball?

Good Lord, how the f*** did this thread get derailed about a player that has never been linked to the Sox in any rumor mill as far as I know.....and for whom it would make little sense for the Sox to acquire since they'd have to give up a ton of their existing young talent to get him?

What did Ishbia say to the Pope in November?

This gets sillier because we all know whose funeral it was, and pretending that's not a flash point for some of us here is provocative, itself. I missed my aunt's 70th birthday (huge deal in my family politic) because the cabinet shop I worked for was burglarized the night before, I lived the closest, and I met the police, and boarded up the point of entrance. I missed most of a cousin's wedding for work. I finally threw down and left to make drinks and dancing. My wife and I have juggled countless wakes and funerals around our work schedules. It was controversial at the time. Nobody makes anything about a player taking time off to be with their child for an operation, birth of a child, or family member's death. Tim Anderson played a whole season after his best friend from childhood was killed, and I remember the response in other online communities being mixed.

I hope he didn’t get paid for that game at least. I would say sure, you can leave. But by choosing to, you’re forfeiting that game’s salary.

I’m not trying to spin anything. The article I provided said that he had the support of the team as well as teammates. Meanwhile, you stated that some teammates had a problem with it yet have not posted one article supporting your statement. So who is spinning the story now? Quite honestly, you can’t assure anything since you have provided zero evidence supporting your claim.

To fair, he asked a total of 5 teammates and you have no idea what they said other than what Shaw is alluding to. Just weird you are trying to spin this thing into this big positive thing that everyone was behind. I assure you that’s not the case.

Really? Interesting considering he has no social media activity. I would think he would have that in place already if he wanted to be an influencer of any sort.

He clearly wants to be a conservative influencer as much as he wants to play baseball.

I guess I’m a rube. What specifically did he receive to attend? What business interests of his were impacted?

If you think Matt Shaw attended that funeral for anything other than outside of baseball business interests you are a rube.

His team and teammates essentially said it was okay because he was considerate enough to check with them since he would be missing a game. However, I suspect if someone told you not to attend a funeral for a friend that you were invited to by the deceased's wife because you didn’t know each other long enough, you would rightly tell that person to F off. 🤣

George Kittle might've just blown his achilles.

I mean, if you are saying it is ok, you are quite literally judging.

Alright well agree to disagree then.

Its the fact that Pritzker told them that they aren't a priority on 2026. Which means they are putting the Bears off to squeeze their timeline to have a stadium ready for when the lease expires.

So? Is that for any of us to judge? It’s not like he just attended without permission from his team and the wife of his dead friend actually invited him. Imagine someone telling you that you shouldn’t attend a friend’s funeral. I mean what is going on here?

I’m sure most players miss funerals of friends they’ve even known longer for their team.

I would assume weather related Rams have seemed very beatable recently but stafford would just throw 600 yards against us. Every team is tough, have hard time believing Eagles would let us run all over them again.

One of their defensive starters is a guy I know from my hometown. Great kid.