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For me it's not really the money, it's the time investment. Between driving to the park, back home and the game itself its 4 or 5 hours to watch non competitive boring baseball. Lower ticket prices don't fix that. There are usually 9 or 10 games on MLB TV that are more interesting without the time commitment.

I think the reality is that most Sox fans never heard Harry when he was still sharp, during his St Louis and White Sox days. I'd even include his first 5 or 6 years with the Cubs. After that he became a caricature of himself, the goofy drunk uncle that comedians imitated. Harry and Jimmy would never get a job nowadays on any MLB team. Tough assignment for Schriffen to have to announce this team his first year, but he just doesn't seem to have it anyway. I don't feel like Hawk was honest with us 95% of the time either.

I'd support it even if ISIS financed it.

And to further the point- MLB relies on the ability to extort hundreds of millions of dollars from government whenever they want a new stadium. Not just the Sox, almost every team in MLB has played this game and will play it again. If they reward the cities that don't give in to the extortion with an expansion team and retaining the name as if nothing ever happened they lose their most powerful leverage in future negotiations with other teams and cities. If the Sox are gone, they are gone, and Chicago is a one team town.

The Bud Light boycott is a different animal. I like beer, and it's as simple as grabbing a pack of Miller Lite or Coors Light instead if I choose to boycott Bud Light. Still get to drink beer. No additional cost or effort involved. I like to go to baseball games. If I boycott the Sox I would need to go to Cubs or Brewers games, both much more inconvenient and expensive. As annoyed as I am at JR I am not going to let him take away something I really enjoy.

Bring back Don Kessinger. He is the oldest living former Sox manager.

Navy Pier draws 9 million visitors, so its not out of the question that a well done entertainment district could draw 5 with a guaranteed 2 million at least for baseball.

Pecota had the Sox at 78 wins last year.

A major reason I have always preferred the Sox to the Cubs is the fact that Wrigley Field is a pain in the ass to get to. Different people have different preferences.

Only if they shared a stadium with the Bears. The Sox agreed to the deal . The Bears rejected it.

I wonder if pitcher objections may have blocked this idea. Wins and saves would be more evenly distributed (kind of randomly) among the pitchers. If this was back in the 80's or 90's those stats were more important in free agent and arbitration negotiations. The top starters and best reliever would see those numbers drop compared to the league. No single pitcher is getting 15-20 wins in that scenario.

Gay slur on air. Depends on your definition of forgiveable. I think most things less than murder are forgivable and second chances are awesome. But the Sox are not in a position to be the team to give him a second chance at this momemt IMO.

Jim O'Donnell's column a couple of days ago referenced Thom Brenamann as "on the board as a longshot" hire to replace Jason. Nothing would be more White Sox than that. Jim O’Donnell: Sports talk radio in Chicago – is it still there? (dailyherald.com) paywalled I believe

Let's quit talking about Oakland getting an expansion team as if they got screwed by the move. Of the 56 years they played in Oakland they were in the top half of AL attendance only 11 times. And most of the other 45 years they weren't even close. 25 of those years they were in the bottom 3. They won 3 consecutive World Series, one of the greatest teams in history in the early 70's. The year they won the third WS they were 11 out of 12 AL teams in attendance. Say what you will about John Fisher, the problem existed long before he arrived. Its kind of a miracle they have lasted as long as they have.

In some industries it is not uncommon for someone being interviewed for a job to discuss the job with their predecessor if possible. Wonder what Bennetti is telling the industry.