southsider2k5

Do Cub fans live south and/or west in/of Chicago? They aren't all coming from the north. Hell I know tons here in Indiana who take multiple trains, including through the scary southside, to get to Wrigley.

Those are not the #30/29/28 teams.

If she had gotten to the ball first, literally no one would have said a word. No one also would have said a word if the dude ran over, got the ball and kept it for himself. This woman made herself the story when she ran up on, and put hands on, a complete stranger with his kid in a vulnerable position. If it had been another man who ran up on this dude and pulled the same stunt, he would have been just as rightly ridiculed for being entitled garbage.

It's just tropes at this point.

The #30, #29, and #28 teams all have the same odds at picking #1. The odds don't change for the Sox unless they hit #27. The Sox would need to fall two slots which is currently 8.5 games, in the last 18 games.

The Sox odds are the same in 30th, 29th, or 28th.

Who's to say she wasn't getting the ball to take to a Satanic ritual as a sacrifice? Who's to say the boy who got the ball first wasn't dying of cancer and getting a HR ball was his dying wish? Yeah, it's absurd. People keep talking about kid's these days being the participation trophy generation, but they learned that behavior from people like this who act entitled to everything, even when they didn't actually earn it.

I am glad to finally admitted this outloud. It's step one to getting past your fears. Don't let your life be occupied by fear tropes. The whole rest of the world is able to handle it being out in public in big scary cities, many way worse than Chicago. If Cubs fans can do it, so can you.

So explain to me Yankees and Mets fans, who again, can survive after dark without surface parking? Sox fans are smart enough to adjust.

Sox fans are smarter than this. The Cubs draw a 3 million a year fan base with almost zero surface parking.

Honestly she's kind of lucky the guy didn't come up swinging. You chase someone down like that and then put hands on them, you never know how people are going to react, especially if he feels his kid was threatened.

Sorry, I am here for the jokes.

Hahahaha

For the love of God, no more shitty utility players on 3/4 million dollar contracts blocking kids from playing.

This could absolutely be #8, Ishbia is willing to fund some portion of a stadium.

There are absolutely good owners in that some do what it takes to win. That's not the White Sox. Pointing out one in 45 year occurrences as some sort of "see it can happen!", just let me point to the other 44 and say the same thing.

Which is EXACTLY why 45 years of history weighs more than your feelings about the future . Jerry is still here.

Yet you mentioned none of that, only focusing on what might happen in the future, while completely pretending that the 45 previous years with the same guy running things don't exist. I would say that Those who don't learn from their history are doomed to repeat it is more accurate than calling someone a "caveman" for believing in the past when it comes to Jerry runs teams.

I mean you are gaslighting Sox fans for being pessimistic after 45 years of Jerry Reinsdorf. It's 100% about the owner, especially when he inserts himself into day to day decisions which affects the team on the field.

Yes, Sox fans don't have a 45 year long history to think of, and sure not the present. But the future.... I am sure everything will be perfect.

The Sox playing hurt players? That's unpossible!

This is what I was going to say. There are three legit playoff teams in front of them which they play six times. I would be SHOCKED if they go 3-3 in the division. I think it will be more like 1-5 or 2-4. The rest isn't easy either.

Nah, they are hot garbage because ownership just had a free to a good home sale at the ASB.

I think the counterpoint would be sports franchises have done nothing but go up, and I haven't seen a reason to think that is changing soon. If Jerry wasn't in a capital crunch, he has zero reason to take on outside interest. He could just wait for death and sell at whatever the price is at that point. Also if the owners think they will again break the union in negotiations, there is a lot more profit on the horizon, meaning it has to be bad for him to need capital that quickly. It means this wasn't a short term blip he can cash call over. FORGOT THE INHERITANCE PART: If you time this for death, the only time taxes are paid is the estate taxes, which pay taxes based on the gains of the asset, and then those assets are passed down to heirs with what is left to go through inheritance. If you don't time at it death, then you pay the gains taxes on the transaction, and then you pay taxes again on the estate's gains or losses before the inheritance taxes happen at the end.