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1 hour ago, Timmy U said:
I am because I follow college football.
You rabbitholed me, but if Fernando Mendozas NIL deal was a White Sox contract, he would be paid more than around 18 players on the Sox roster.
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1 hour ago, Quin said:
Cause it's Getz' most sweeping institutional change ever.
When he talked about cleaning s%*# up, who knew it was so literal.
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12 minutes ago, Snopek said:
The park lacks character and charm, both inside and in the surrounding area. It’s just unremarkable. It’s a perfectly functional and passable place to watch a game, but that’s waaaay too low of a bar for a MLB stadium these days.
And because it’s so void of personality and buzz, it has to rely almost entirely on the game itself and/or the significance of it.
What it’s lacking matters less when there’s a built-in excitement, like on Opening Day (as you mentioned) or if the team is a contender. But a good stadium doesn’t have to rely on those rare types of occasions to generate excitement.
The Sox have essentially been in the same spot since 1910, and have one of the smallest fan bases in MLB in terms of showing up. I cannot accept the idea that being in Bridgeport is some sort of a benefit to the White Sox.
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44 minutes ago, Snopek said:
JFC this really turned into a “teachers have it easy” thread?
It shows some should have paid more attention to their teachers
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2 hours ago, WhiteSox2023 said:
75% of your salary when you retire ain’t bad.
When they take the money out of your check for it, it isn't a favor
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1 hour ago, WBWSF said:
I read where the owners of the Arlington Heights racetrack paid $3 million a year in property taxes. I read where the Bears are now paying $16 million a year in property taxes at that site now. Its now being said that if the Bears build their stadium in Arlington Heights the property taxes will be anywhere between $100 and $200 million dollars yearly. How is that possible?
Because undeveloped (which it is now) vs developed is very different valuations.
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3 hours ago, Tnetennba said:
If the state is balking to this level for the Bears, it makes me think the Sox won't be going anywhere but across 35th street again.
It's 100% on what Ishbia wants to pay for.
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4 hours ago, Squirmin' for Yermin said:
I'd argue it did not turn out great for the White Sox for Garrett Crochet. We backed ourselves into a corner and had to trade him because he only had 2 years left BECAUSE we threw him into the bullpen (and left him there).
This. We COULD have had him six plus years as a starter.
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1 hour ago, Chicago White Sox said:
In a year where we aren’t going to be serious contenders. Do the right thing and let him build up his innings in the minors as a SP.
This.
See also: Taylor, Grant
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1 hour ago, bmags said:
It is obviously so we can sign Gianni’s in the offseason!
You got a kid that's not very good we can take in the 2nd round?
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1 hour ago, vilehoopster said:
I do not start to understand this fear or displeasure of having Hagen Smith in the bullpen this year. Why would it be bad or terrible? It turned out great for Garrett Crochet and Chris Sales, just great. According to MLB.com, along with Skubal, those two, who both started out in the White Sox bullpen, are two of the top three left-handed starters in baseball right now. Really, an argument could be made, using those two as examples, that starting out a young talented left-hander in the bullpen is a great developemental move. Why is it a bad idea? Give a reason why Hagen in the bullpen is not good.
Now, I don't think it's a great idea to leave Hagen there long. In fact, when Squimen Yermen (however he spells it) suggested putting Hagen in the bullpen a couple months ago, and I agreed with him; one of my reasons for agreeing with Hagen in the bullpen was so the Sox could start making Taylor a starter, or move Taylor to a starter in the minors.
The same problem with Taylor, exists with both Schultz and Smith and that is conditioning. If they can't even go 100 innings, wasting a season pitching them out of the pen is just another step closer to them never starting. I know people are on the Sale/Crochet bandwagon, but for the vast majority of cases, once you go to the pen you don't come out, especially if you don't have a real innings base under you before you do it.
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5 minutes ago, 77 Hitmen said:
If the Bears are running into this much resistance even with them offering to pay for the entire stadium, what does this mean for any chance of the Sox getting a stadium built at the 78....or even on the site of Old Comiskey?
Certainly Ishbia will have to privately finance the entire cost of any new stadium. That might not be out of the question given his and his brother's deep pockets. But will state officials balk at any property tax relief or infrastructure spending for the Sox like they're doing with the Bears?
Some of the Bears situation might be due to state reps from Chicago who want to kill the Arlington Heights project because the Bears will be leaving the city limits. Also, the debt on Soldier Field is immensely larger than the one on Rate Field. But the Bears are wayyyy more popular than the White Sox, so I don't expect anyone going out of their way to help the Sox get a stadium built.
It's a fight over property taxes more than anything.
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2 minutes ago, SoxAce said:
LOL. No we don't want the 22 year old young player. Give us the 28 year old bum instead.
No second round pick? Slackers.
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14 minutes ago, Autumn Dreamin said:
Skubal wins his case
All that and the Tigers still lost. Brilliant.
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24 minutes ago, 35thstreetswarm said:
Yep. Not really news that Indiana will bend over backwards to make itself attractive enough to lure a team there. Undesirable places tend to have to do that.
Yeah, which is why Indiana's population is falling, and Chicago's is rising...
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5 minutes ago, bmags said:
one of my favorite reinsdorf gimmicks is letting the GMs who couldn't build something up get first run at tearing it down.
Just another pathetic feather in his cap.
Gotta let that contract run out. Do you know what GMs make these days?
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2 minutes ago, ptatc said:
I meant that was where the money for the 1901 project was coming from. It is in cooperation with the Wirtz family.
The Wirtz are at least in a cash based business, but I sure with Jerry it was financed and OPM.
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24 minutes ago, 77 Hitmen said:
Here is WTTW's interview with Indiana state rep Earl Harris about the stadium bill they're pushing through. It passed the IN Senate 46-2. Off to the IN House next, but with such a lopsided passage in the Senate, I can't imagine there'd be problems getting this through their House.
If IL officials want to keep thumbing their noses at the Bears, a deal between the team and Indiana could happen fast.
There is zero chance it doesn't pass.
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1 hour ago, DirtySox said:
Casual NBA fan here. How valuable are 2nd round picks even? Seems the Bulls are absolutely drowning in them.
Collect 10 of them and you get a free campfire milkshake
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5 minutes ago, Snopek said:
Please be for 7 more guards and 7 more 2nd round picks
Damned close.
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4 minutes ago, Look at Ray Ray Run said:
The Tigers are situated to win now, nothing baller about trading today away for the future imo in that scenario.
It's one year and he is gone. Do the smart thing and rake another org and set yourself to win for the next five years. Hell, they probably still win the division, and there are plenty of other arms they can still sign.
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27 minutes ago, chitownsportsfan said:
Agree, but Detroit fans are already pretty disgusted with the situation, if it was OOTP sure but I could see an ugly backlash. I'm close with a bunch of Tigers fans IRL, they are all disgusted at the Illitch kid's running of the finances.
Eh, I don't support letting the fans run the organization. As Stacey King tells us, if you're scared, get a dog.
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Honestly the baller thing to do would be to trade Skubal now and cut your losses, but grab someone's top 5 to do it. Absolutely reload. Take a hit today to own the AL Central in the future.
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Per Passan: White Sox sign Munetaka Murakami 2 years 34M
in Pale Hose Talk
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Of course.