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Pretty sure after they took him to arb over 50k, that bridge is burnt.

What happened to that rant about none of us working in the front office to know what the team is thinking?

I guess I could go with bad.

Most likely spring training sorts this stuff out, but if all things are equal, it tells us what the Sox think of Baldwin, that they are still looking to replace him with marginal players already. It also tells us about them looking for a couple of more short term wins vs development time for Baldwin.

Hit up 5 below.

Gives a whole new meaning to "he keeps the clubhouse loose"...

It only counts if it goes your way.

This is honestly hilarious. I love that you are gatekeeping the city of Chicago when like three million other people live there, plus the millions who work there, visit there, etc. I am sure you know more than the professional franchises who have done their own assessments which consist of a little more than a rando from the neighborhood drove by there before. It literally doesn't matter a microbe what you or I think of the neighborhood. Get out of your feels for once and look at the numbers. The Sox attendance and revenues are among the worst in baseball. That is an indisputable fact. Their attendance only bouncing up in extreme winning seasons, and otherwise being near the bottom of baseball is also a fact. Don't like it? Look at the numbers and get over it. Like it or not, where the White Sox are located does nothing for its overall fan base, as it is very clearly one of the smallest and least loyal through down years. Again don't believe me, Look at the numbers. The team across town doesn't have these problems. They also have basically have no surface parking and no ingress/regress, aren't near an expressway etc, to speak of either. They get 40,000 people a night to that park, no matter what the teams record is, and they do it almost exclusively with mass transit. Tell me what the differences are between the Sox and Cubs are that explain this if it has nothing to do with stadium, location, and/or neighborhood, as the Cubs overcome every you are afraid of. None of your arguments hold up to facts.

Get him signed quickly in 26, give him his low A/A experience, then see if he can run the three levels by the ASB/September in 27. He's one of the most league ready hitters to come through the draft in quite a while. He will tell you by his play as a pro if he can do it.

Especially if the Bears ultimately stay in Illinois, they will 100% throw billions at the White Sox. We all know how much Uncle Jerry loves other people's money. Keep in mind this is a team that hasn't been in the top half of the AL in attendance in a non-COVID season since Gordon Beckham was a starter. I know the "fans won't drive" thing is going to be repeated ad naseum like soil samples and ingresses, but "fan's aren't driving" now to see the Sox in Bridgeport unless they think they are seeing a playoff team. If you throw out the COVID years, the sox have been higher than 10th in the AL in attendance once since 2013. That is fucking terrible for an original AL team. Not sure what we are supposed to be scared of here, but low attendance is already here.

They aren't getting fans to Bridgeport for anything but championship teams.

It's not the craziest thing ever done by the Sox.

Are there that many now? Honestly they should be in the 78 above all else. I will worry about Indiana when something credible happens

Getting his kids out there for team team pic was awesome

100% This is a 5-1 game without him.

They could also take 94 or the South Shore. Also plenty of side streets and highways like 12/20

The US was so outworked and outplayed, but the G just stood on his head. Bounces want their way in OT for the GWG! Great match

If you subtract out 2020, 511 games in 5 seasons, so an average of 102. Dump out the 145 outlier, and 90 looks pretty normal.

Probably the usual spring training optimism, but we will see how many games he plays.

I called this one.

No, you know the rules and still pull crap like that, and then play stupid. It's insulting.

US v Canada in the mens as well. This is going to be fun.

I know Jerry is mad now.

NICTD is opening up a southern spur that is supposed to be really close.

I mean I get all of this too. I do think that each of these entities is acting in their own financial best interests, even if they narrow the focus to short of a time period instead of looking longer term.