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Right but someone earlier said the rock island goes right through the land. This would also be very easy from the south burbs.

If the trains go to the area as people say, it will make travel from the south burbs easy. Soldier field is really easy from the south as the Metra drops you off right at the stadium.

I think I would disagree that the players are underpaid as with the NBA having 12 players on the roster and the NFL having 53. The NBA has a small squad of G league to pay salaries and the NFL has none while baseball also has 4 full minor league teams to pay for as well. Most salary reports have the MLB average salary as twice that of the NFL and the NFL has around a 4 billion dollar greater revenue so if the MLB owners are greedy the NFL owners are in a different level.

Of course they can and do at times. But look at the list and tell me which teams most often have the best records. Also if these are correct payrolls these add up to nearly 4.5 billion. If the revenues are 10 billion as was comedy earlier that's nearly 50% of MLB gross revenues. That's quite a bit tied up in just payroll of the MLB teams. The NFL and NBA are 48% and 45% respectively.

Never did I mention the White Sox. I said it was for the good of the league and the game of baseball to have all teams within a competitive sary range.

I understand that it will never happen. And due to that the teams with the highest revenues will always dominate the regular season of baseball thus they will also win in the postseason more often. Fans should just get used to it. Baseball is so random in the playoffs that the small market teams will get through occasionally but it will be inconsistent. I love to go watch games regardless it would just be nice if fans of all teams could have hope at the beginning of each season on a regular basis.

What does it say about the league when both slowik and Johnson won't leave their teams to become the head coach for either Atlanta or Washington?

Just because they are making money doesn't mean it's record profits. There are also record salaries and that's just the MLB players not to mention all for the other employees in the ever expanding FOs. The come on I know they are rhetoric is just that we don't know but everyone just wants to jump on it. I disagree with the sentiment of not caring about competitive balance. I know you have said you aren't a baseball fans but a white Sox fan. However I'm a baseball fan and for the good of the game, the league needs a salary cap and floor so their is a more level playing field for the league.

Whats more important 1. Having the league more competitive where all owners are forced into a range of salary structure. 2. The owners with the highest revenues make a greater profit?

Where is the documents that show they are making record profits?

There have been proposals where they have but they won't agree to it until the union agrees to a cap.

They will spend for the first 5 years until all the tax advantages expire.

I no longer can resist using the MASH TV series pun. It would be fun to watch pitching Woo. I apologize if someone has already done it. ?

To each his own. I agree parts were fine. But the last couple of them anytime a one from the FO was present it devolved into a complaining Therapy session. Asking tough questions was fine but the complaning and moaning about everything got tiresome.

This is precisely why they don't need the event. When he becomes a therapy session for adults it's no longer fun for many fans especially the kids.

I would do it in a heartbeat. To keep the number 1 and get MHJ would be a phenomenonal draft regardless of what else happens.

Yeah, that way too good to be true.

Has Lucas expressed interest in buying a MLB team? Doesn't seem his style.

When I worked for the Packers they played 2 games each year in Milwaukee at County Stadium and the rest in Green Bay.

Nope. Sorry, clicked on the wrong one to reply.

I think it's more that the lease of the current ballpark is up in 5 years and they need to start applying leverage to the state to work on the deal. But it probably does ay a factor.

Couldn't be happier about Sheffield. Terrible human being.

I think a complicating factor is that Boras represents all of the best still involved. Everyone knows he will wait even into Spring training so the market is just stalled.

While it's all exciting to talk about and the stadium wold be a great place to watch games, my bet it's all a negotiating ploy to get a better deal for when the lease is up in 5 years for the current ballpark.

He worked for CIBC at the time. He said that ownership is working on proposals but that doesn't mean it's even going to happen or the level of function is funding. Just thought it was interesting that it's possible.