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I like the little that I’ve heard from him. The homerun call he sounded like he was caught napping with Chuck having taken a segment… But overall, he’s fine. Our version of SlamDiego. ? Some of you folks just will always have a gripe.

Cease through 3: 2H, 1ER on a solo homer, 0BB, 5K.

1H, 2K for Cease in the 1st. FB touching 97.

They are still a half a billion short on financing before cost overruns, and don’t have renderings for the planned hotel, in part because that stadium won’t likely fit on the tiny 9 acre stadium parcel (35 acres overall). In comparison, Comiskey Park II covers twelve acres plus 70 more acres in parking lots, cause Jerry. The A’s originally sought a 49 acre site on Tropicana across I-15 was shot down by the Nevada Legislature because it is owned by anti-union Station Casinos. Gotta call this The Casbah if this ever gets built. The only band that matters….

Shaw sucks and is 36, he shouldn't be coming north. Just find literally anybody else for middle reliever.

The bat flip bothered you? It’s 2024, get over it. Let players have personality.

First game I ever tried to go to back in 2016 at Camelback was rained out. Same week we got caught in a massive rainstorm while out hiking around Tom's Thumb trail. Turned the trail into a river in under 20 minutes. Thank god it was fairly warm. Streets all flooded on our way back to the hotel, and rich soccer moms fording small rivers in massive SUVs at 5mph.

Apparently they don't know how these things get done. They are supposed to roll over and give the dufuses with money whatever they want.

Really want this one.

Oh no, here we go again with the Orioles message board invasion for six weeks in June/July...

I think I need ten more tweets about it

I don't see any expansion franchises even awarded until the end of Manfred's term, if ever. First you need two credibly financed groups who can cover the $2B expansion fee plus several hundred million more to credibly fund a franchise. With the remaining markets out there, it's like picking over produce at Butera. Second, you need to find two sucker municipalities with a half billion to a billion plus minimum to piss away. Apparently the Mormons pulled the trigger on some tax scheme, but good luck entering a market a third smaller than Milwaukee with no baseball history trying to sell about four times of the ticket inventory of the Jazz. Third, the RSN scam has run it's course, with a majority of the teams already hat in hand and any open markets likely grabbing an over the air TV contract for far less revenue, necessitating even more revenue sharing. MLB is better contracting to 24-26 teams to gain a much higher split of the annual revenue without handing a half billion plus to the Fishers and Nittings and Dolans and other billionaire MLB welfare recipients, while still keeping a few municipalities around who might be able to support stadium welfare with a decent fan base.

That was me. My only hope is that he can do what Jason couldn't, which is develop a home run call. This was...not inspiring.

I'm not sure why Sox fans want the Sox to be the one "line in the sand" stand against public funding for sports stadiums. There's other stadiums that are funded by an increase in sales tax, which IMO is much worse than extending an existing 2% hotel tax that'll still be there whether the Sox build a new park or not. Well, I think I know why.....because JR is a greedy, horrible, tone-deaf owner who already played the relocation card to get a new stadium once and then helped botch the design of said stadium. And I totally agree with that sentiment. But, I'll be a Sox fan long after Jerry has left this world and I think a South Loop ballpark would be great for the franchise in a post-Reinsdorf era. IMO, I hope they make Jerry pay a significant portion of this project (since his family and shareholders will get a huge bump in franchise value if this park is built) and a deal gets done to make this happen. Oh, and I'm no fan of the McCaskeys either. They're worse than Reinsdorf IMO. At least he built his own fortune and didn't just inherit it from his Grandpa. They've arguably run the Bears worse than he's run the Sox over the last 30 years, which is no small feat. And that 2002 Solider Field deal is much worse for the taxpayers than the 1988 New Comiskey deal was. There's $200M MORE owed on Solider Field now than when the renovated stadium opened 20 years ago!

THEN HOW CAN YOU MAKE DEFINATIVE STATEMENTS ABOUT HIS FUTURE

I liked Gio as a person and as a pitcher. Loved that high change-up and his competitive demeanor. I join with all other White Sox fans in wishing Gio the best.

He was 96-99 in a sim game the other day.

Where did he have Bryce Rainer? Sounds like we need to start talking more about him. He's made some adjustments at the plate that are making guys believe in his hit tool along with his excellent projection, athleticism and power. He just might be a Dude.

Your user name is literally short for Robert.

It was reported in the press this week that Giolito may be out for the season with a bad elbow.

It’s designed for cheap player acquisition and players that resemble the GM.

Nah….they will make errors

Getz might as well put a sign up at GRF. WELCOME VISITING SLUGGERS!! When your ballpark is designed for the visitors.

But no errors!!!

There are some legit young guys in those buckets to where they are almost bonus points if they breakout. Obviously they could be doing better, but it feels like we are getting a breakout or two a year from guys who weren't top signings, which is a big thing down there. Really be nice if we start seeing similar from all of the pitchers and catchers we keep bringing in from Latin America.

Speculation is that the cap hit is only $15 mil. So Bears should have close to $50 mil in space for Monday.

Well that in the 80's when I was down there, hitting them was the unofficial sport of the truck drivers...

And all the dead ones on the side of roads. They are basically blind and stupid.

The drive on 45 between Houston and Dallas used to be loaded with them, especially further north.

I spend a lot of time camping, backpacking, hiking and have literally seen hundreds. One state park in particular is loaded with them.

He did 2 whole months in Charlotte last year. Maybe his spring training is really 5 months to ramp himself up, now.

Also, the Spring Breakout Roster ICYMI: Veras and Schultz the most notable absences to me.

Leasure had a 123 inning w/ a K.

Dog and I spotted one out walking.

Keeping the starting OF off the wet grass I guess. New start time estimate 2:35PM CST.

Rain delay. Here's Phoenix radar, if you need something to watch. https://weather.com/weather/radar/interactive/l/5c30704b1599124ce3b6f628c3186e38f21f131aadc70f7401d3045a3844497c

First pitch 2:35 central

If Tony did one thing right as a manager, it was hiring Jerry Narron to fill out the daily lineup card for the White Sox in 2021 and 2022.

Don't tell tray

Nutritionists hate this one easy trick to gain 30 pounds of muscle

Wasn't Pillar literally on the Braves playoff roster?

Konerko is right. Vaughn is definitely not a home run hitter. ? Konerko could probably outhit Vaughn right now.

Since when has Grifol not said a clown thing? ? But i don't react as strongly to this comment. Kopech in my opinion has been given a lot of rope over the past few years, he hasn't produced, he's had injuries of course but there also seems to be a lot of off the field intrigue going on as well, not as bad as Anderson but enough to make the tabloids. Basically it's time for him to put up or shut up. So let's see how he reacts under this "pressure" from Grifol. In all likelihood he'll still be in the rotation.

Majority of people were pretty disappointed with how 2022 went, but I would say I don't believe anyone who tries to say with a straight face they saw this team winning 61 games in 2023.

You're already paying $1M per year for earthworm reproduction research (that's true btw). There are going to be 2 sides to this forever - and we'll never agree :)... One is "don't give a cheapskate billionaire owner more money". One is "you're pissing away our money anyway - let's get a cool park on the lake".

There is a lot of stuff that isn't "right". You and I are better off than the vast majority of the country. Does that stop us from taking advantage of the system to get every single tax deduction and penny at work we can bring in? It sure doesn't stop me.

We aren’t ranking him on stats alone. DSL guys are really difficult to rank though.

Outside of a very limited handful of starting pitchers, Jerry is 100% right on this one. ML starting pitchers are becoming like NFL running backs. Use them heavily for 4-6 years and then discard.

Las Vegas "were just here for the shows not the gambling and free booze" Liers