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QUOTE (bmags @ Apr 13, 2017 -> 09:22 AM) Yeah but partial credit, Nets didn't start an NBA team last night. Yeah, they have played the worst basketball against the worst teams this year. I half expected them to bomb.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Apr 13, 2017 -> 07:26 AM) 10 vs. 16 isn't THAT dramatic. But yeah, closer to the NFL. Pretty much you have to be a .500 team to make the playoffs. Go back and count how many times the White Sox would have been in the playoffs with that standard.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Apr 12, 2017 -> 10:09 PM) The irony is how desperately any White Sox fan would have been rooting for ANY playoff appearance in the last decade. In the NBA, quite a few are rationally rooting against the playoffs to force a change in the front office or at least strategic vision of ownership. That's what all the super teams have done to the NBA. Zero balance. The NBA is also completely different in the number of teams that make it.

QUOTE (chitownsportsfan @ Apr 12, 2017 -> 04:15 PM) SS2K can correct me but I'm pretty sure it's just a lump sum and that the Padres aren't actually sending the Sox a check every month. If the Sox want to send some cash a long with Shields it will be a lump sum as well. Typically these deals are where the team assuming salary just keeps paying the player for the part of the salary they assume in a deal. The Sox do often make deals where they get the money themselves, as it has come up in trades before. No idea how often they get the money, or if they get it up front.

QUOTE (miracleon35th @ Apr 12, 2017 -> 04:31 PM) " he flat out said he wanted the team sold after his death." Jerry has never said that the team was for sale and has not threatened a sale since the old days. His sons and daughter have never said what they would do with the Sox and Bulls when Jerry passes away. They could very well decide to make it a family legacy, like the Halas family has decided to do with the Bears. The value of the White Sox is in part dependent on the co-ownership of the Bulls, and vice-versa. Therefore, unless there is someone like a Mark Cuban who wants an MLB team and an NBA team, or to a Rocky Wirtz led group, the sale of either franchise on its own seems unlikely. Those are two separate ownership groups with very different make ups. The JR group owns almost all of the Bulls, while they own somewhere around a quarter of the White Sox. They aren't even the largest single share holder of the White Sox if nothing has changed recently. And the absolute last person on the planet that JR would sell any team to would be Cuban. He HATES the guy, and has tried to block him at every single turn, including being the only vote against him buying the Mavs.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Apr 12, 2017 -> 02:33 PM) If the Sox were sold tomorrow would they really get 1.35 billion for the team? I just can't imagine a baseball team regarded as one of the worst franchises (compared to the elitist Cubs who own the Second City) in the sport and a so-so stadium being worth that kind of money. I mean, if Jerry and the partners sold tomorrow would they get that kind of money for the team? If so wouldn't it be a no brainer to sell with TV contracts in question in the future (demise of ESPN, etc)? I'd think it's time to sell, sell sell if you are an owner of a sports franchise. Judging by the rumored Marlins price, the Sox would probably be somewhere in the 2 to 2.5 billion dollar range.

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QUOTE (miracleon35th @ Apr 12, 2017 -> 01:37 PM) "Jerry Reinsdorf confirmed Tuesday a published report that he has recommended to his sons a family succession plan that includes selling its interest in the Chicago White Sox, but he emphasized the decision won't be up to him. His sons include Michael, who is the Bulls' president and COO, as well as David and Jonathan. ===== Please stop. Selling and/or moving the Sox has NOT been discussed by the White Sox organization or by Jerry Reinsdorf in any serious manner since this interview was published. You cite an old story where Jerry was simply opining about what might happen after he dies that obviously predates the death of Jerry's son David. Jerry has two surviving sons and a daughter. They together, will have a controlling share of the White Sox and the Bulls. That cannot be separated without financial consequences to both teams, i.e., advertising, media revenue (i.e., Reinsdorf was getting two 20% shares of Comcast for the Sox + Bulls.) I do not believe that Jerry has said that he is interested in selling the White Sox or the Bulls during his lifetime, at least mot since the days when the Sox needed to have a new stadium built to replace the old one, and many people believe that was only a bluff. If the White Sox/Bulls wanted an additional investor /owner, Rocky Wirtz would be an interesting partner, i.e., shared ownership of Sox/Hawks/Bulls. I never said anything about moving. It was about selling, and he flat out said he wanted the team sold after his death. There isn't really anything left up to interpretation there. It is obviously something he has thought about fairly extensively if he is talking about it in a newspaper interview, which also means he has probably done some extensive planning for it as well. As a real estate guy at his core, he also probably has a price in the back of his head that he would be willing to sell at, even today.

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QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Apr 12, 2017 -> 12:26 PM) Terribly sad about Charlie Murphy, leukemia at 57 He is finally going to get a chance to even the score for Prince snubbing him at a concert over the Chapelle joke line.

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QUOTE (ChiSoxFanMike @ Apr 12, 2017 -> 12:22 PM) I don't think anyone on Earth hates the Cubs more than me, but if they offer the best package for Q, then I have no problem with him ending up there. It would be annoying and upsetting, but I'm a Sox fan first and foremost. The return for Q is much more important to me than seeing him possibly win a World Series with the Cubs. Sure. Do you know how often I used to hear, "I will be happy just to see them win one World Series in my lifetime" pre-2005? Logic just doesn't apply when the Cubs are involved.

QUOTE (Leonard Zelig @ Apr 11, 2017 -> 09:47 PM) Why are people more worked up about this than a man walking into a school and killing a teacher and student? Or the judge in Chicago getting gunned down.

QUOTE (Y2JImmy0 @ Apr 12, 2017 -> 12:03 PM) You think so? I don't think it matters. Same people you are talking about where the people being mentioned when it was said "Sox can never rebuild". Most people I've seen have been completely behind the rebuild. If Q brought back Ian Happ and Eloy Jimenez, I generally don't think the majority of Sox fans would care that was in Cubs rotation. I'd actually like it better because I like watching Q pitch and he'd be on locally. All you have to do is read the Cubs catch all thread on this page to know the unhealthy obsession many Sox fans have with the Cubs... and that is the diehards. The Joe Average guys are even worse about it.

QUOTE (OmarComing25 @ Apr 12, 2017 -> 10:49 AM) I still don't understand why people think Beckham was rushed. It's not like he was overmatched when he came up, he hit .270/.347/.460 in his rookie season in over 400 PA. He never got a chance to fail until the major league level.

QUOTE (steveno89 @ Apr 11, 2017 -> 02:32 PM) Tough to see the White Sox and Cubs getting together for a high profile trade, even if it made sense for each club I can see the Cubs being unwilling to ship off cheap young talent that they will need to help lower payroll costs as their core hits their more expensive arbitration years upcoming Yeah, the Cubs would be ideal with their positional prospects, and the guys that are blocked, but I just can't see that happening. Too much off of the field pressures. Joe SoxFan would have a meltdown if Q won the Cubs a World Series.

QUOTE (ChiSoxFanMike @ Apr 12, 2017 -> 09:22 AM) Do you think Moncada will be able to reduce his K rate in the minors? Or will he always be the type to swing and miss a lot? Frankly I don't care as long as he does damage when he puts the bat on the ball. The dude is so green, and has just blasted through the minors. It is hard to tell what he will be able to do with the arc he is on, until it actually happens. EDIT. He has played 193 games total in the minors.

That is a lot of positives there. Nice to see a lot of guys off to good starts, even if a few of the teams aren't.

QUOTE (Sox-35th @ Apr 11, 2017 -> 02:27 PM) The current team is like Robin Arryn, but Jon Snow is in the minors. Hoping it doesn't turn out to be Theon Greyjoy.

QUOTE (miracleon35th @ Apr 11, 2017 -> 11:50 PM) Selling the team has started coming up, most directly the Trib article talking about JR telling his son to sell the team in the event of his death. The Sox ownership has not brought it up. Jerry Reinsdorf did not tell his sons (he has two sons and a daughter) to sell the White Sox . The comment that he made was about the difficulty of owning a baseball team versus a basketball team and if one were to be sold, which one would make it easier to maintain. Reinsdorf's sons and daughter have never commented on this nor should they. The Reinsdorf family have the unique luxury (and leverage) of owning two professional franchises in one of the largest cities in the United States, as well as a percentage of the media outlet that covers them. The Sox, one of the leagues oldest franchises, are not going anywhere and neither are the Reinsdorfs. I want to see the White Sox win another one for Jerry. Actually he did. http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2013-07...chael-reinsdorf http://www.espn.com/chicago/mlb/story/_/id...uccession-plans

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QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Apr 11, 2017 -> 12:17 PM) I'm flying with a 4 year old and 18 months old tomorrow. If they offer me money and free child care on the plane, I might happily surrender my seat. We are talking about driving for a Disney trip at the end of the year. If they paid airfare for us to go, I'd be off in a heartbeat. In fact I am going to a conference in DC in May, I'd love to have exactly this happen... so it won't.

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QUOTE (GreenSox @ Apr 11, 2017 -> 11:50 AM) I don't know. There may not be one. But we know Asche isn't one. So give the other guys a chance. The bolded part of your response is the essence of our disagreement. So who do they have that can play, and they are willing to start the clock on?