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Does he have enough money to maintain a payroll much higher than the current $60 million dollar payroll? Yes, let’s stop playing stupid here…

Moving the goal posts? Wow. So if the Sox make the playoffs via winning their division or WC, it is impossible for them to win a WS? How did 2005 happen? Yes, it was fluky. But last I checked, the Dodgers or the other top 5 high ass payroll teams don’t win the WS every year. Are you re-writing history?

Zero business acumen? I think you are making too many assumptions about posters you don’t know personally. I never said the Sox could do what the Dodgers are doing. I did however say they could spend enough money to try to win their own division or a WC. And from there, who knows? Like I said, the Dodgers whom you continue crying about have not won 10 straight WS rings. Jerry enjoys coming in second place. He has said so himself. It makes the fans want to come back and spend more the next season. He is not an owner that truly wants to “JUST WIN, BABY”, to quote greg. That is why Jerry needs to be in this conversation. Period.

They can try to win their division, or even a WC, and then see what happens. Last I checked, the Dodgers haven’t won 10 straight WS.

So there, you just called out the true problem. The Dodgers almost always spend the most but they don’t win the WS every year, do they? Meanwhile, Jerry doesn’t even try to win his own division the majority of the time.

Was hoping this was you, but he’s got a much weaker beard. I hope whomever was looking for a record-setting Sox shirt for Christmas a few weeks back saw this one. All facts. Period.

You should be right, but the Reds are cheap like Jerry. Our only hope is the Astros, and that’s only if they have given up on Jacob Melton.

I honestly had never heard of the Bananas before. I just watched a bunch of videos of them on YouTube and I think @nrockway is pretty spot on. I would go to a game, but just like Medieval Times, it would get old quickly and once would be enough. Seems like they are very obviously marketing to a specific segment of people — men and women that like to watch young athletic guys dance and sing, along with bringing their children that will enjoy the spectacle over “slow, long, and boring” MLB baseball. There’s nothing wrong with that, but let’s call a spade a spade… The trick plays are cool. Other than that, I could see it getting old like everything else — Harlem Globetrotters, Medieval Times, etc.

Meanwhile, Jerry doesn’t even try. He endeavors for .500 seasons because that’s good enough for him. Remember the quotes he has made about how coming in 2nd place is good? I hope the Dodgers win every WS from now until eternity. Maybe it will force cheap skate owners like Jerry to actually spend some money and try to compete. But no, Jerry loves rebuilds because he gets to cash in on $60 to $70 million dollar payrolls.

Beat me to it. Exactly. I read your post after I made mine. There have been numerous rumors of the Sox dumping the contracts of Benintendi and Robert. Meanwhile, the Dodgers sign a 32-year old outfielder for a higher AAV than both of our jabronis and we try to rationalize it. Blame Jerry’s absolute fucking cheapness and greed, rather than rooting for a salary cap to keep down teams that actually want to win. Teams that would rather sit back and collect profits are exactly where they should be, in the dumpster.

Who cares? Every other team can do the same thing. Yes, some teams make more money than others, but keep thinking Jerry couldn’t go on a spending splurge if he truly wanted to, at least to a lesser extent than the Dodgers. Remember how the Sox cut salary for the first rebuild and are now doing the same thing again? I’m pretty sure they still haven’t spent all the money they saved from cutting so much salary during the first rebuild.

Never bet on the White Sox. Haven’t you learned anything being a Sox fan all these years? 🤣

Poles mistakenly thought he could acquire a bunch of mediocre to bad OL and get them coached up. Turn s%*# into gold. Too bad he also hired an awful coaching staff.

Thanks for making me find the article. I would have rather not read this garbage. 🤣 “Ryan Poles attributes slow offensive starts to training camp” No, Ryan. It started when you did nothing to improve a terrible OL for a rookie QB. Fire this dude already.

Definitely some interesting posts you made about Fletcher’s potential value over the next 4 to 6 years. Sucks that you were right so far.

The fun end of the year review would be to see if Getz spent $15 million on several players and if they out-WAR Torres combined. But at this point, I don’t think Getz is even going to spend $15 million this offseason. I guess it might be possible if we include arbitration raise guys like Vaughn.

Yep, and he can take Thomas Brown with him. Bunch of losers.

Here comes the boo birds… Pop Warner football games are more exciting than this.

The story of a Sox and Bears fan’s life — hoping for losses for better draft pick position. Actually, both teams are so bad, no hoping is required.

So many opportunities.

$72 million opening day payroll in 2018. This upcoming season will be even lower. A new low for Jerry to reach.

Use your phone and go all in. Yes yesss…

Jerry hates Sox fans. Nothing new here.

That too. Like I said, I have no idea why anyone would ever lock themselves into a game plan with this team when this is the case as well. It’s like burning money, just like what Getz does each offseason.

That would be great marketing but I doubt the Sox want to have another William Ligue and son or Eric Dybas incident, right after the magic bullet lie, I mean incident.