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Yes, let's not lose sight of who the real enemy is in all this......Justin Ishbia.

Blame for this playoff flame out falls squarely on Mike Vasil. What the hell, man, are you a freaking wizard or not? DFA his ass back to Hogwarts.

In 2034 (when Ishbia's option kicks in), he'll actually be 98. He turns 91 in a few months (February), but he looks like he's 75. He apparently told Bossard this year that he wants to keep doing this for another 10 years. More power to him if he's able to stay mentally and physically healthy until he's 100, but I hope he decides he's ready to hand things over to the next guy in 2029. Maybe once they get a deal done for a new stadium.

Prayers that it turns out to be benign and for a speedy recovery. Not only is it extremely cool that Leo XIV is a big Sox fan, he's also doing a great job as Pope. I hope he has many more years of good health and that he'll be around to accept that invitation to throw at the first pitch at the new Sox ballpark. https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/10/11/pope-leo-surgery-nodule-lung/

...at the earliest. He could opt to hang on as owner until 2034.

And 0-2 when striking out 20+ times in a game. We started the season striking out 20 times on opening day and ended it by striking out 21 times. This team has come full circle!

Is that one of the Aristocats at the bottom left of that screen?

Let's find him a hobby. Didn't he say one of the reasons he doesn't want to sell is because he's a boring guy and doesn't really have any hobbies like golf? Get him in touch with William Shatner for advice on how to stay busy in your 90s....not that I'm suggesting that Jerry get on stage for Riot Fest next year.

One detail I missed in this proposal is that it would bring back doubleheaders -4 per team per season. Wow. It would be day/night DHs, the old traditional DH is gone for good.

Now that the Sox season is over, I really have to wonder when we'll see them in action again. Counting down the number of days until pitchers and catchers report is going to have to be put on hold.

Ah, I thought it was how many more years there is a new owner....which could actually be in 3 years.

It could be up to 8 more years as Jerry retains the option to sell until 2034.

Let’s cross that bridge if we get to it. No hits and 9 Ks through 4.

yeah, the main thing that'd suck at this point would be blowing a 2-0 lead heading home. Plus giving up 18 runs in two games to these guys. At this point, I'm resigned to the idea that the Sox are huge underdogs in this game as we've giving the Guardians a huge amount of momentum and our pitching smoke and mirrors approach seems to have reached its limit. That doesn't mean I don't think they can win, but odds are in Cleveland's favor. I don't see either team getting past the Rays, but it would be nice to make it to the ALCS for only the 4th time in 57 years.

The thing is, even if the Sox fired Getz (which they absolutely will not and should not after he took this team for 102 losses to the ALDS) is anyone confident that Jerry would hire someone more competent? We could very well end up with someone who does a poorer job. The trade deadline was a total failure, but he did get us Peters, Vargas, Keel, Braden, and Meidroth. The reality is, the best bet is probably to let Getz continue as GM until Ishbia takes over and then the new ownership group can re-evaluate at that time. Fire him under JR and it'll just be another chance for someone in the organization to fail upward.

One could say it’s gone off the rails. :rimshot: 🥁

I have your posts on ignore because of your utter failure to engage in a discussion in a rational manner even once. I also didn't join Soxtalk to race to the bottom and make petty personal insults to people who disagree with me on any topic. But, I have to make an exception here to stand up for myself. You're a fucking lying idiot who does nothing but launch personal attacks that aren't based on reality. I'm not even going to waste my time responding point by point to your nonsense because what you spout about other people is just total bullshit. A few months ago, you went after me for saying that I took my kids to the Fundamental area. That shows everyone how much of a fucking lowlife you are. Going after my family life because you don't like my opinion about stadiums? Really? FUCKING IMBECILE. You think you're more of a Sox fan than others because of some idiotic idea that your more "South Side" than others? What a sad, warped world view you have. Stop waving your dick about your South Side street cred, nobody give a s%*#....seriously there are zero posters who are impressed by this. In fact, it just make you look pathetic to others reading this thread. Look around. Nobody...and I mean NOBODY here likes your tired schtick. And yet, you continue to come here to take a steaming dump on this thread over and over again because stadium news hurts your feelings and makes you want to lash out at everyone. Fucking crybaby. I'm sure your response to this is just to put a laugh emoji. Sorry to break it to you, but that is not a "sick burn", it just shows how much of a fucking idiotic coward you are. I take great joy in seeing how other posters take you down in epic fashion over and over again. Other posters should (and have) voiced their opinion that they'd rather the Sox stay at Rate Field, or at least at 35th St. That's a legitimate difference of opinion that fans can have. There are pros and cons to each of the stadium options the Sox could take after 2029. Each site has benefits and drawbacks. But you're not interested in any of that. In fact, for other people who want the Sox to stay at 35th St over the South Loop, you're just an embarrassment to their side of the issue who drowns out legitimate concerns about the South Loop option with comically unhinged tantrums. Okay, everyone - carry on. Go Sox and hopefully we can raise some pennant flags before this team moves to Railyards Field in 7 or 8 years.

Ironically, this thread would be many pages shorter and probably slipping to the 2nd page of the forum more often if it weren't for the almost-comically unhinged tirades and rants which results in many posters calling out the nonsense. The thought has crossed my mind that he's just trolling us and that this is all an act. Almost certainly not, but that would be some genius-level trolling if it were an act.

I had read a while back that when MLB expands to 32 teams, it's actually a 156 game schedule that works well with eight 4-team divisions. 12 games against each division rival (36), 6 games against the rest of your league (72), and 3 games against the other league (48). But that doesn't factor in intercity rivals where, for example, the Sox and Cubs would play a series at each ballpark every year like now.

Is he any good at instructing South Siders to stand up?

I might have the numbers wrong, but I think they said after Game 2 that teams who lost the first two Division Series games at home were 3-22 in attempting to win the series since this format began in 1995. So, the Sox would be in very exclusive company if they piss this series away since other team who won the first 2 on the road went on to win the series 88% of the time.

Here's an update on construction of the new A's stadium in Vegas. https://www.fox5vegas.comLook inside the future Athletics Ballpark in Las VegasFOX5 Sports got an inside look at the future Athletics Ballpark on the Las Vegas Strip.

I thought "arrogant" was when someone proposes to invest heavily in this team to help make it more competitive in the future. Reading your and other posters' responses to post after post full of Tirades, Rants, And Yelling without having to read the complete and utter nonsense myself reminds me of the old Neil Steinberg column "Bob Watch" where he read and summarized Bob Greene's columns with the motto "we read him so you don't have to".

So the Dodgers, Yankees, Red Sox, and Cubs will be playing a lot of Monday games.

He was a Cubs fan, though.