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I have a lot of work to do as well! I get to NYC on a regular basis, but not much during baseball season. I definitely need to pick those up. Some baseball tourism is definitely on my bucket list.

Wat?

We need more of these kind of problems.

So when was the last time that Schiff and Stone did a game together?

Sure Pops, let's get you back to bed.

For the White Sox?

Sir, this is a Wendy's.

Colson was a legit high D1 combo shooting guard/small forward or D1 QB. He's a beast physically.

That absolutely makes sense. He didn't say that they added instead, but that would make sense.

Miller Park is worth the trip. I liked it.

What about greg's house?

This thread could also be be called "The Fight for Southsider2k5 to become a billionaire". Sure it is possible, but the odds are about as close to zero as you can get.

Two more interesting pieces were Rick laughing about the other host wanting him to get Nomar Mazara in the Sale deal, and how bad that ended up being, and Rick replied that he ended up getting him and his "non-production" later on anyway. A a non-specified deadline, Rick went to Jerry with data and had a list of trades he wanted to make to sell, because he calculated the team had between a 9-11% chance at the wild card, and instead Jerry took that as a challenge and wouldn't let Rick sell.

"...midway through (20)21 we lost some of that. And Part of it was the injuries, part of it was down year, part of it was the clubhouse vibe changed dramatically over the course of the '21 season." Yeah, there it is. The quote is at 41:25, but if you back up a minute or so for the context, it is brutal to hear outloud.

I have no idea if it will happen or not, but one thing I knew as an absolute fact is that Jerry could give a f*** less about public relations hits.

The line Jon Daniels gave in his interview with Dan ODowd about having an MBA, and him asking if he said he was in the NBA was spectacular. Listening to the Rick Hahn part now.

I am at 15 (New and old Sox park, Tiger stadium, Comerica, New Cincy, Astrodome, MInute Maid, Arlington Stadium, Ballpark at Arlington, Washington DC, Skydome, Busch Stadium, new STL stadium, Miller Park, and TampaDome) I think the Tampa Dome is by far the worst. It was basically the new Sox Park with none of the 2003 improvements, but with a Dome. Boring and literally NOTHING interesting about it. I was a big fan of the Ballpark in Arlington all except for the heat and the air not moving, the Skydome with the hotel in the building, and Minute Maid field. Something as straight forward as an overhanging upper deck in the OF (even if just RF or LF) to recreate roof shots from the old park, white brick exterior like Old Comiskey, or something else unique to Sox Park would have been wonderful, and would have been a standout amongst other parks. It's nice, there isn't a bad seat in the house (yes even the high stretches in the upper deck, but this is pretty much the truth in ANY new park), great sightlines, and plenty of parking, but it has zero personality.

And taking that to the next logical step with Luis Robert still on the roster.... Getz tried to move Robert thinking that he could include money, and Jerry said no. Be pretty frustrating for a GM thinking he had a deal done, no?

This is really interesting that some of the changes might be more than "luck" Thanks for sharing.

Definitely. There is nothing BAD per se about Sox Park, but if someone asked you what was special about it, versus any of the rest of the parks in MLB, what would you actually say?

With no real explanation from the organization, I still wonder if some of his prolonged slumps were due to back problems, and how much of the mechanical stuff was more about keeping him healthy, vs fixing him as a hitter.

Putting a few different pieces together, I wonder if with the change from Williams and Hahn, to a much less experienced Getz, and then adding in what we know from other threads about Jerry and Tony's continued involvement in things, if the problem is that Getz is out there trying to get things done, but getting told no by Jerry/Tony, and then having to crawl back to the people he was negotiating with to tell them it fell apart. Who knows if it is true or not, but when you are getting threads about MUCH more experienced guys being kept on a leash, and then threads about GMs getting frustrated dealing with Getz, those things would fit together well.

Here's the thing, if you have been around MLB parks, the ones that stand out, are the ones that have something extra about them. Whether that is a retro design (BAL, etc), the skyline as a part of the view from home plate, some extra special activity or feature within the stadium or stadium complex (such as the KC waterfall, the Domes that open and close (TOR, HOU, TEX) the rockwall in ANA, the train in HOU, roller coaster in DET), unique designs such as water in play for HRs (Cincy SF, PIT), an entertainment district around the park (ATL, CUB, BOS), monument park in NYY, or even the history around the park (CUB/BOS/LAD) there is something that stands out about pretty much all of these parks ranked in front of Sox Park. Sox Park's biggest draws seem to be sightlines and adequate parking. It's ranked low because there is nothing exciting or unique about it. It ranks low because it is the Wal-Mart "great value" brand of stadiums. It has all of your basic ingredients, but there is absolutely nothing special about the park or game day experience.

The Sox operated half of this year without any television revenue, and then under a new regime which is going to be lower than their previous one. The idea that the Sox lost money again this year seems pretty obvious to me.

Though some prefer random horseshit posts.