Dick Allen

No way Fisk is there.

That was a fun year. I remember back then some scout was on TV saying if the Bears had Matt Stafford at QB, they would win the Super Bowl.

Buiding stadiums for billionaires and saying how it will benefit us all is the same exercise as trickle down economics. It never adds up in reality.

The easiest place to build a new park is usually in the parking lot of the one it's replacing.

Id rather they spend all these suddenly available PUBLIC funds on fixing up areas where people already live. Maybe even building some grocery stores in areas where they have none, rather than building another area where people who already live in nice areas may move. Maybe if there is some left over, they can use it to try an lower the crime rates including murders, carjackings and armed robberies throughout the city.

You’re talking best case scenario, and that never happens when government is involved. The only people this would work out for are the current owners of the land who have owned it for many years, have had big plans, and still have no shovel in the ground, and JR. I can tell you, if the White Sox get a sweetheart deal whoever the mayor is and whoever the governor is at the time will never get my vote again. Do you even know there is a big problem with the soil? I have read one issue is there are no water lines nearby which will be expensive to get. There are other things the state and city can spend money out that will be more fruitful in the future. The stadium the built the White Sox and the Soldier Field rehab have been only benefited the teams owners.

Depends. Not the whole bill though. This is private property, If it were state or city owned land, for sure Besides if this is such a great deal for the state, it's even better for JR. Let him show us all the money it will make. . It seems hard for me to believe that haven't done tests yet. They have owned the property for some time, an d I would think purchasing the property may be grounds for testing it first.

Infrastructure. I have no problem with that. Anything else, they already have taken the state for a ride.

He's been in that same situation for many years. It hasn't changed him.

So you are saying JR is building the stadium? I'm saying, if he really wants it built, that's what's got to happen.

But he's never operated this way. And guys his age don't change their stripes. It's one of the reasons the Sox won't get it right until he steps away.

Unless JR comes up with a plan to pay for it, this is going to drag on for years. I just can't wait until Manfred waltzes into town saying the White Sox must have a new park. They need a new owner. I used to like JR, but I'm sick of watching him get free money. You gotta love the it's so hard to make money in baseball line he has on one hand, and on the other, he can't sell, his capital gaines tax will be too large.

Very little. What they have paid in rent probably doesn't even cover the upkeep. And they got a free restaurant and team store, for which they pay nothing. For all these gifts, the least JR could do is field a major league team.

He only got infrastructure for the UC, and it was 98% funded by Japanese banks. He got what he wanted with the baseball park, but that isn't going to happen again. For one thing, he doesn't have a structure falling apart. The ISFA was pretty upset how favorable his lease is. And those were both over 30 years ago. GRF cost $137 million to build. The state still owes $50 million on it. Good luck JR.

I would love to live in the $13 million penthouse at 1500 N. LSD. Doesn't mean that I will. If JR wants a new home. great. Do what the rest of the world has to do and start writing checks. Someone needs to tell JR public building of baseball stadiums is a harder racket to make money than even owning a baseball team.

State still owes $50 million on GRF.

I love this tweet Sports owners love talking about their team as a business until it's time to ask for taxpayer money. Suddenly they become a public good.

He hasn't talked to the ISFA at all. And there is no way they are going to give him billions to build a new stadium. His only hope is to find someone who will if he won't do it himself. If he can, then he has the ISFA over a barrel. Now, not so much.

He has to create something either real or fake to help his hand if he was to re-up on 35th Street. Chances are, he isn't getting the sweetheart deal he got the first time. Although , even if the park is giving tremendous updates and the area around it is developed, how can anyone project attendance will pop unless the team plays well? Maybe in the 78 that changes.

Maybe, but if you know anyone who lives by Wrigley, unless you are a Cubs fanatic and like the location to attend games, it's a nightmare with the heavier traffic, puking and pissing on game days.

Yes he did. He pitched 1 game, 3 innings his JR year, because of Covid, but also a missed the first 3 weeks with an arm injury.

Don't forget, JR was offered this site over 35 years ago.

Sure they would like to get it, but at least $1 billion for the stadium is a steep price to pay, and how are they going to get any of that back? Apartments and condos maybe, but if they are so lucrative, why haven't they built anything yet? To me, it's the best site for a White Sox park available. But it costs too much, and who really would put up the cash? You need someone like Steve Cohen or someone else who isn't keeping score with how much money they have when they die. If Pat Ryan were involved, I would think there's a chance. But JR? No way.

Good call.

The guy got hurt as a starter in college. The Sox drafted him. He pitched 6 glorious innings, then got hurt again. In what world was he going to be successful as a starting pitcher? The White Sox, RH,KW, all screw up all the time, but how can you say this guy would have been fine if they just made him a starter from the get go? The only reason anyone has ever thought this guy was MLB starting pitcher material was because he wanted to be a starter and he threw 6 unreal innings in 2020. Before that, most people here thought WTF when the Sox drafted him.