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I believe MLB is all based on ticket sales.

Here is another great quote from an article about Miller's downfall. http://time.com/money/4451841/bill-miller-fund-manager-legg-mason-fired/ Take Caulfield's advise and chase returns across funds if you like, but the odds are WAY more in your favor by just staying in a simple index fund. Between the chances of beating returns, combined with the much higher fee and expenses, it just isn't worth it.

The funny part is that he got ran off for underperforming the market to the tune of 98% of companies out performed him in 2016. Basically since 2005, he has been toast. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-legg-mason-miller/legg-masons-bill-miller-leaves-firm-amid-faded-glory-idUSKCN10M1DV

So no?

You tell me. I am not the one who keeps saying that the Sox are a major market team with a major market fan base.

That still ignores the main question.

Which is why there are only a few teams that can spend through adversity out there.

And once you subtract out the nearly 2% expense ratio?

For my two cents, always look for an index fund first. Those are going to be the lowest expenses, and they are going to track the market dollar for dollar. While some funds can beat the market on an annual basis, they aren't going to do it on an ongoing basis. It just doesn't happen. Also don't worry too much about YTD returns as of now. With the market correction currently going on, gains for the year have been pretty well wiped out, so that an index being slightly down on the year is to be expected. You are doing a great job of saving for retirement, but I without knowing your financial situation, be sure that you aren't accumulating consumer debt at the same time, otherwise you are giving away future spending power anyways. Pay down your debt by highest interest rate to lowest. Move down your 401k contributions a bit if you need extra cash to do it.

It is also assuming nothing else happens (trades/injuries).

I am going to guess the Rockies could do a lot better.

It doesn't surprise me at all. This is the fan base we have always had.

And thus the fans have abandoned the team.

https://www.nbcsports.com/chicago/white-sox/sox-drawer-qa-joe-girardi-enoy-jimenez-and-chris-sales-infected-belly-button

https://www.nbcsports.com/chicago/white-sox/sox-drawer-qa-joe-girardi-enoy-jimenez-and-chris-sales-infected-belly-button

I remember that part, I am just wondering if he signed on with anyone else afterwards, and how much he cost himself.

Speaking of which, I wonder what happened to Tejada after the Sox didn't sign him? I haven't heard his name at all since July.

For someone who sells their words for a living, you would think you would take more pride in the accuracy of your words.

It will be more interesting to see strategy with the hard cap. Better to throw most everything at a Mesa type, or spread it around?

The good news is that we should have been able to negotiate exclusively with this class for the past two years, knowing that we could only chase the lower level guys in these two years. We'll see how it works.

You literally lost me when you started to try to change this to being about YOU, instead of you attributing a lie to the White Sox front office. You even provided the quote that proves you wrong. The rest of this is irrelevant tries to change the goalposts.

Did you read this? What part of that makes you think just as bad next year?

It isn't drama. You said something that absolutely 100% isn't true. Literally no one from the White Sox organization has said what you are attributing to them.

This is flat out a lie.

This is almost Levine-like in its lack of research and logical follow up.