Lightly Folded

All Jerry has to do is look at this thread and he’d be off to Nashville in a heartbeat.

We Hate Everything Field. Also known as “The Hate”.

I don’t blame anyone. This is more like a bubonic plague, psychologically speaking.

I think the hatred is genetic. I find Sox fans who totally hate the Sox (which is weird) have a generational link to Bridgeport, Canaryville, Back of Yards, or Front of Yards going back to when the stock yards were there. The toxic noxious devilish smells and fumes the permeated the area for decades has altered the genetic makeup of those who lived through it and their descendants to the point were it manifests this hate-hate relationship with the area. Even if your only 1/4 or 1/8 descendant to ancestral stock yardians you could be at risk. And if any of you ancestors ever drank from bubbly creek you probably a ringleader.

I guess we’re all angry-morbid sox fans that hate everyone and everything associated with the Sox which means we are all nuts. The new team mascot could be “Nut Case”. The between inning race thing they do with caricatures of the broadcasters could be changed to “Three Nut Cases”.

How about a “Tomb Lounge” where Jerry is entombed behind the bar featuring “hate burgers with mourning fries”.

If by some miracle they get the new ballpark I have the new name for the park. “South Side Hate Park” also known as “The Hate”.

And that competition means they’re at war. Take anything you read or hear from reporters/writers/talk show hosts with a grain of salt. And keep in mind that the Bears have a lot more of these people on their “payroll” than the Sox do. If they want a story written they’ll find someone to write, or say, it and reward them for doing it.

They want the money from the hotel tax to help pay for the stadium. If they’re saying otherwise they are lying….through their teeth.

And Pat Quinn should come out as opposed to any Bears public funding of any kind now or in the future.

Yep. The majority always fears the minority.

The walls have ears and organizations have rats. Paid rats.

It will come from (originate) from taxes which come from taxpayers. Are you saying whoever, Bears or Sox, asks for less is the good guy and whoever asks for more is the bad guy?

So, when the Bears go begging Springfield with their new stadiums public financing ask, will the media outrage be as great as it is with Reinsdorf or will the media sugar coat it.

Through one of their friendly media suck-ups, who could use the extra money.

Maybe Reinsdorf didn’t ok the leak. Maybe the story wasn’t leaked by the Sox at all. Maybe the Cubs leaked it. The Cubs certainly can’t be doing cartwheels over the possibility of this deal coming to fruition. The Cubs and their fans and their sports media lackeys whom they give nice Christmas presents to would be doing cartwheels if the Sox fled the state.

Is he bringing a suitcase big enough to carry home one billion dollars?

With the Bears losing their land assessment appeal don’t be surprised if they (the bears) take over the 78 development plan tossing the Sox back to square one.

And I’ll add that the media here in Chicago, especially the sports media, for the most part, are thrilled at the prospect of the sox fleeing elsewhere. Taking heads on radio are begging them to go.

You can equate Reinsdorf with mediocrity but you cannot but the label in a new ownership group unto you see what they’d be capable of…..outside of Chicago. The 35th and Shields site has mediocracy written all over it. I really don’t think the MLB gives a rats ass about whether there is an American League in Chicago or not.

So when this project 78 proposal finally collapses due to Reinsdorf’s inability to get the state financing he wants, he or a soon to be named new ownership, will have other options (fantastic options) in Nashville, Portland, and possibly Honolulu, to name a few. The current site here in Chicago (35th st.) is a backwater compared to other opportunities elsewhere. Jerry may be earnestly “trying” to get this 78 thing done but I believe he knows it a very long shot and he can say, when the curtain finally comes down, that he “truly” tried to keep the Sox in Chicago but failed. Threatening to move is the only leverage he has and he knows this leverage is a long shot but what the hell, might as well give it a try.

Maybe Nashville can support two NFL franchises. The Bears should get in on the very nice weather there also. What’s good for the goose (white Sox) is also good for the gander (Bears).

The media is where all the dramatics will be coming from over taxpayer funding….of any kind.

If it’s true, as is now being reported, that Reinsdorf is asking for one billion dollars from the state of Illinois, then this thing is toast or at least toast with regards to the Sox getting a new stadium at the 78. It was an exiting idea while it lasted but this latest development, if true, is the kiss of death. Even if a one billion dollar kick in by the state would reap an eventual windfall for the state, no politician is going to touch or let alone agree to this. Ain’t happening. Turn out the lights please. Next stop……Nashville?