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They still made almost 300 mill. The new owner will be swimming in dollar bills even tho I don't see how.

How in the heck did the Sox make almost 300 million last year? Where is all this TV money coming from?? All you hear about is companies struggling in this wretched economy and yet sports teams are not struggling at all cause of TV money. Where is all this money coming from for TV to make so much money? Advertisers?? I kind of find that hard to believe. Jersey sales? Concessions and parking? I guess.

Remember that's what greg has been preaching MLB commish should do. Reprimand the Sox, fine the Sox, and yes, contract the Sox. With no plans on improving for at least two more seasons, put this franchise out of its misery. Frankly it doesn't deserve to continue on (yes I realize the story is fake, but it actually shouldn't be fake; Manfred should publicly humiliate or fine the White Sox), Peace out.

For some reason Kyyle has gotten much friendlier in his posts the last year or so. Pretty wild the change.

Say what you want about greg, he is always kind in his posts and respects the views of others even if others' views innately bother him. Peace on earth good will toward all. -- As far as the thread I got no apparent problems with Sox draft albeit I have not studied it at all cept for the first pick. He seems fine.

I don't recall a time anybody embraced my posts. I tended to stand up for a group of players and of course Oz who got buried by the boards. I can't remember anybody ever saying they agreed with, or liked, any individual post of mine. I truly wish I agreed with everybody on the Sox issues and city of Chicago issues and politics stuff but unfortunately I don't and my posts generally get hammered.

I was responding to the poster wanting to keep our new pitcher in the minors for a long, long time. Heaven forbid he get called up early and help us win games. I'd say most of this board only cares about tanking and rebuilding and don't care how long it takes. On the contrary i want to win yesterday. I care not about prospects. Give me wins.

He may need to be reinvented by his new team. He needs a good pitching coach and a move back to being a starter. Change his windup, change everything, make it simple and bowl people over with the fastball.

Makes no Senzel to sign Senzel. I mean makes no sense to sign Senzel.

Sox booth is as bad and unprofessional as they come with the growl and the screaming. Sad cause Stoney ends his career on a down note with this inexperienced guy next to him. Stoney is 10 out of 10; the new guy is 1-10.

One thing about 95 percent of this board. They are patient when it comes to their team. Two years, five. years, eight years, whatever. We'll hold those prospects down and wait, wait, wait. I wish this was like NBA where 19 year olds make the team and play right away.

Start with the manager, owner and GM. Reacquire Cease and Lopez to go with Crochet, Robert, Thorpe and Fedde. Buy 2 good rellievers; buy 2 good hitters. Boom. More wins.

Don't understand the post. I do recall Burns pitching 9 shutout innings in the playoffs vs the Orioles, a game that should have propelled us to a Sunday matchup with Hoyt on the mound. Hoyt would have won that Sunday game and we'd have advanced. Instead the Dybber with the baserunning blunder of all time and some Oriole blasting a 3-run homer in the 10th to bust a 0-0 tie. Sad sad sad.

Beni and Robert have five of our seven hits. This series is a huge joke. Sox decided to mail it in three days in a row to get swept by a .500 Pirates team. Sox again add some mojo to an opposing franchise. Pirates have to feel happy going into break; Sox have to feel like the chumps they are. Losers baby. Fire somebody.

This idea of needing to tear the whole thing down is a modern development on how to run a team. Like MOST of modern baseball (very low batting averages; expectation of starters to only go 5 innings or 5 2/3 max) development it is ill guided and would not survive a thorough examination of how teams go from being losers to winners.

You and I are on the same page!

I just felt better when told my alma mater's big leaguer was a very very nice guy. If we're gonna lose a ton I'd rather have him patrol 2B and no offense to Naperville, but Nicky has already had his day.

Yeah our bats are back in dead man walking land. When our lousier players aren't hitting, like DeBong and Maldy and Lopez and Andrew and Sheets aren't hitting, it's really bad. I heard some good news today, I was asking somebody who works for the Royals if Bro Rice grad mike massey is a good guy and he said absolutely. I had heard Naperville's Nicky was kind of a jerk but I was assured definitely NOT TRUE and he's a good guy as well. Go Chicago! Bring Massey to The Cell.

Sox are back in the tank, dropping game after game again. Pirates announcers amazed on the lazy DP effort that gave Pitt its first run and defensive positioning on their big hit to the right side. They also questioned the pitching choice there. Sounds like a good day to fire Pedro. After tomorrow's game get rid of him not that it matters. He could take a nice vacation with his buyout.

Cause we've lost for too long and the idea of two seasons after this worse than this one saddens/disgusts me.

What you are telling me is there's no reason to be a loyal fan of this team. The team deserves our scorn over and over and over again and if somehow they actually win the division some year then we cheer a bit for them. What you all are basically is saying is the Sox are not allowed to have any 'great' players again. Our pennant hopes rest on somehow a batch of young guys clicking some year cause this franchise will not pay a 'great' player. Case closed on that. ... I don't even see why at Jerry's age it'd be worth having a team if it's never going to be good. He's that loyal to his offspring that he wants to leave them a team when he dies instead of just a huge check after he sells the team now? Weird. If I were his kids I'd want the money now.

If the Sox had Witt wouldn't he be on the market as well? Little difference between he and Crochet/Robert.

Stay in the present. I told ya how they built this winner. Bought 2 pitchers in the offseason for pennies who are excelling and have one phenom in Witt and a steady leader in Salvy. Yeah I'd like to be 9 over .500 like they are. Plus Witt was No 2 in the draft; they could easily have not gotten him so they weren't planning on him being savior.

Someone's gonna pay him, might as well be Jerry and the partners.

Not to be debbie downer again but who are the Bulls kidding with that pick of Buzelis? According to yahoo, "Buzelis shot the ball under 30% from 3-point range during his one season with the Ignite." Good luck waiting on him to be ready.