South Side Hit Men

Update on Second City Cop: This from the Second City comment section. Consistent with reports yesterday that those involved were released from (or escorted out of) the stadium, as the perp and the woman she was with were transported to area hospitals. Far more likely than the magic bullet theory 2.0 from a mile away, especially if casings were found.

I’m done following games until the FO is announced, but hope Yoan passes .700 OPS and Benintendi before the end of the season. Builds momentum for 2024. Sad if they get even more Royals trash with a Getz and Moore pairing, after Pedro and Benintendi this year. More Royals = More Trash

Setting aside the Boob tweets and BS z rains article, it was one of the best Sox weeks ever, at least until Friday. We are five days closer to Jerry being gone, perhaps all of this will hasten it.

The maintenance budget, paid for by the ISFA, not Jerry, is far greater than his rent payments. There is absolutely zero reason or need to build a new stadium in terms of need.

Total 2023 YTD Homicides + Wounded 173 Austin 34 + 139 162 Englewood 41 + 121 146 Garfield Park 39 + 107 121 North Lawndale 20 + 101 110 South Shore 17 + 93 91 New City 12 + 79 82 Grand Crossing 22 + 60 79 Near West Side 12 + 67 73 Auburn Gresham 13 + 60 72 Roseland 15 + 57 67 Chatham 22 + 45 52 Humboldt Park 13 + 39 51 Little Village 11 + 40 690 All Others 134 + 556

I suggest a helicopter or car with manual transmission if you're going to live there. CPD 12th District Boundaries: NS Division to Cermak/River & EW Western / Kedzie to the Kennedy/River. https://home.chicagopolice.org/wp-content/uploads/18_PDFsam_CompStat-Public-2023-Week-34.pdf Motor Vehicle Theft: Aug 14-20: 65; Year To Date 1,439 (147% YOY increase, 367% from 2019 YTD).

Word to your mother.

Footage taken from FAA records (enactment with the google map / simulated helicopter graphic).

Actually, the "Ghetto" WGCI promoters of Chicagoan Lil Durk's concert ended the concert early for precaution and concern for the 10K plus in the UC. There were only (false) reports of shots fired, no victims transported to area hospitals or pools of blood. Compare and contrast this response to the White Sox limited to protecting White Sox/Athletics employees and families (no reports of Jerry being or not being there), and then securing the actual crime scene once police arrived. Both stadiums were about half full at the time, if anything the UC was closer to capacity based on footage from the aftermath plus floor seating above sport even capacity. https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-lil-durk-united-center-false-shooting-report-20230813-m6fnboj4w5ek5frld54tijllqm-story.html

We’ve had it since 2018. Over 100 cities have this including likely a few in Texas. “Activists” wanted to be the program, and the mayor publicly ran on ending the program, but the contract was renewed last October.

From Second City Cop: http://secondcitycop.blogspot.com/?m=1 Hopefully uncensored and accurate details will emerge over the next few days.

CWBChicago has an update. https://cwbchicago.com/2023/08/bullet-that-struck-2-fans-during-white-sox-game-may-have-been-fired-a-mile-away.html Let’s just say everything is preliminary to say the least. My first suspicion is CPD / City wanted to find any evidence beyond the ballpark, and the ShotSpotter ping was the closest they could offer at this time. I’ll try to find a bigger screen to view the video, but I did not see a flash nor note any altercations around the video tweet from Jay Cohen..

Consider the source. Both the team and city cancelled any updates to have consistent alibis / excuses, and make this go away with minimal information released as possible. I can see the Sox and the City / CPD both saying they cannot comment further as this is an ongoing investigation and that being the end of it. Also, there is a zero point zero percentage chance the shooting was from outside the ballpark, worse than the magic bullet "theory" . The ABC report stated they escorted the persons involved outside of the ballpark. If this is accurate, why weren't they detained so that they could be arrested and processed at 009 / Deering? Relevant section 52 seconds - 1:25:

Pushed by petty power trip assholes like John McDonough responsible for toxic work environments wherever he landed. Sounds a lot like Brooks Boyer's schtick with the White Sox. John pushed low level staffers to wearing suits on Zoom calls or risk their jobs. Also pushed not reporting Brad Aldrich to the police, or reporting the incident to HR as was / is corporate policy, after Brad raped a young prospect. John covered it up through the playoffs, allowing Brad Aldrich to work and travel and potentially rape additional employees with the team, so as "not to disturb team chemistry." https://theathletic.com/1779537/2020/04/27/john-mcdonough-leaves-behind-complicated-blackhawks-legacy/ https://defector.com/the-blackhawks-were-rotten-all-the-way-through

Jerry is safe sleeping in Highland Park. Minimizing / quelling any coverage to minimize impact on future revenue is the priority and primary concern of SVP Chief Revenue & Marketing Officer Brooks Boyer, SVP Stadium Operations Terry "Technical Difficulties" Savarise SVP Communications Scott Reifert Management in Park Operations / Security.

Jerry's counterpart on Sesame Street: Things improving for the White Sox while Jerry/Oscar is here represented by a Big Bird's imaginary character, Mr. Snuffleupagus.

There were false reports of shooting at Jerry's United Center a few weeks ago, but some attendees took the time to loot the merchandise. Few security working at the Cell these days, Jerry be broke, I'll post video of the shooting or aftermath if I come across tonight/tomorrow.

They are already past it, about 1.6M, as paid attendance regardless of whether anyone actually goes. Next year might be a different story with Tony Getz and Moore in charge. Corporate & NFP (WTTW, WBEZ, Sun Times) media is worthless, they intentionally downplay crime, advocate for lenient to no accountability over the past few decades. Same with sports coverage or just about everything else. CWB Chicago is solid for actual crime reporting, 16th & 17th Police Scanner (named for police districts, I live in 016) is legit as well, though hope Twitter at some point reorders posts for people not logged in sequentially or that nitter (a shell to view twitter posts) returns to functionality. Brooks should have been fired before or at the same time as Hahn and Kenny.

I guess Cease is supposed to be good, but after the sell off of anyone decent from the staff, this is how it was going to be. Just hard living through it. Game started early so didn't bother, I'm done with the team period until Getz is no longer interim or permanent GM or EVP. Same if Tony is announced as having a formal role. Not wasting more time on this s%*#. Perhaps I'll be interested in baseball. Jerry needs to go, that's the bottom line, and fans need to stop giving him a penny.

Dylan would pitch much better if the Sox made him shave off his mustache.

He is not going anywhere. Jerry isn't paying at least three people (KW, RH and PG) not to work in 2024. Only did it to try to stem further season ticket bleeding, but hopefully the Getz rumors and fan response somehow changes that plan. Glad the media is saying he is not qualified, hopefully the ST holders take note.

Bump. Still employed, still the front runner for a 1 or 2 level promotion despite being an absolute failure in the limited areas under his responsibility.

Nah, "making" the 10-12 team farcical playoffs with the second highest payroll each season, worried more about the "luxury" tax than fielding a World Series team is what's going on there. Tampa has owned the Yankees and that division over the past decade with both hands tied behind their backs. Only full playoff series won over the 11 years were over pathetic AL Central teams. Dodgers have the highest payroll but consistently compete for a WS after they dumped worthless Donnie Baseball. Houston is the other team with consistent World Series aspirations. Those are the teams to emulate. Houston's average payroll over this span is within $9M of the White Sox ($124 vs. $115), so perhaps this is the more realistic target. I'd keep my right arm and shitcan Cashman, but I'm glad he is there so he can build expensive piles of s%*# which the City and State of New York and their fans deserve. Yankees during the past Ten Years (MLB Payroll Rank) 2013 (1) No Playoffs - 12 Games Back 2014 (2) No Playoffs - 12 Games Back 2015 (2) Lost Wild Card Game vs. Houston 2016 (2) No Playoffs - Fourth Place 2017 (4) Beat Twins in Wild Card Game and Cleveland in Division Series. Lost to Houston 2018 (6) Beat Oakland in Wild Card Game, lost to Boston in Division Series. 2019 (3) Beat Twins in Division Series, Lost to Houston in the ALCS. 2020 (1) Beat Cleveland in Wild Card Series, lost to Tampa in Division Series. 2021 (2) Lost Wild Card Game to Boston 2022 (3) Beat Guardians in Division Series, Swept by Houston. 2023 (2) No Playoffs - Likely Last Place and under .500. But they are clean shaven. Ballgame Over, Series Over, Season Over Yankees Lose, THHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAA Yankees LOOOOSSSSSEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hawk Harrelson completely owned Brian Kenny during their debate regarding TWTW.