southsider2k5

I need a crying react.

Call it whatever you like, and blame whoever, but the dude does have some serious mental lapses in the field.

Eh. The first time I remember reading this was said about baseball was when Babe Ruth got a salary that was higher than the President of the United States, and the media had a field day with it.

They didn't pay for their infrastructure as much as they owned their employees and used the town to drain back the money they paid them, and then kicked them out if they no longer worked for the company. It was more of an indentured servant situation vs "support" of a town. We might not like it, but this is the system that exists, and until it is made illegal at the federal level, there will always be this structure to attract companies and jobs... and we all know that isn't going to happen.

It is great to see the guys who were starters hopefully, who are now downgraded to relievers, able to be pushed down in rankings to adequately represent their falls in value. It is kind of sad how many guys fall into that bucket, but onwards and upwards.

I am going to guess with the amount of time left in the Sox deal at Sox Park, that $50 million will roll off right about the time the lease expires.

Company towns were horrible. The company owned everything and loaded it over employees.

What did you think Houser was worth?

That was so awkward. Like Luis was NOT here for this.

Getting anything for a dude that was an MiLB free agent this season is a win.

In a nice consumable small sized package so that even people who don't want to actually read something can understand it?

Well, when Colson falls apart, here's why. He got gregd

Sure, because he already burned this franchise to the ground.

BuT the OfFeRs WeReN't FaIR

For comparison.

Ok so it was a little more pulled, but I think it was more of a line drive. Still I think it was close than 50 feet apart.

I think it was a joke, but at best it was creepy.

That was to the concourse. That was every bit as far as the Borchard record

The question isn't the right question. You should be asking what happens if you don't offer incentives. This is exactly how Chicago recruited away a company like Boeing, and exactly why Motorola left the burbs.

His arm is not good for that side of the IF more than anything.

I think in general these generations care more about the results on the field.

Payroll is not their biggest expense, especially if they now have debt service they never had before.

It is would be criminally negligent to be the one community losing businesses because you are the only one NOT offering incentives.

There is A LOT of that happening. I don't think people understand that so much economic development money is out there specifically for attracting and maintaining businesses. Literally in any town of an OK size, there are redevelopment and economic growth boards which use these tax dollars as direct subsidies for business retention and recruitment. There were companies lining up to pay Amazon to move. NYC put a $3.5 BILLION dollar package to get the HQ2, in just TIF money. That company is worth over a TRILLION in market cap.

Is Vargas dead?