Dick Allen

That's a good point.

This time they really mean it with the deadline.

I love that he can play 5 positions, 6 with the DH. The only thing that concerns me is he isn't the hitter he once was.

I'm guessing advertising on helmets and uniforms would more than cover it.

Which comes out to slighyly more than $1 million per team per year. If they split the difference, it's now less than a minimum salaried player per season. And they seem willing to sacrifice even more to try to "win". Ridiculous.

Yeah, really no reason. I'll have what he's been taking.

Fans are the Wiley Coyote getting their hopes up. It isn't happening until they totally damage the game and absolutely have no other choice but to agree to something.

Yes, but with the pools already in place, it's really not that much of a difference, if any, and it gets most of the money in the players hands not the grime around them.

C'mon man. They aren't coming to an agreement any time soon. It is funny, the deadline for the full season was 2/28, then 3/1, now 3/8, they really mean it this time.

White sox still sending out "Don't miss any of the action" emails.

So I got on the MLBTR chat last week and they were trying to come up with the next Trout. They mentioned a few names, so I said, how about Robert? The "expert" told me Robert doesn't make adjustments, he'll never be like Trout. OK.

I will be, but not nearly as engaged. I guess they are going to cancel another week of games today or tomorrow.If I didn't have season tickets, I would not attend a game this year, except for the playoffs.

Maybe not this year, but the core isn’t getting cheaper in the future.

Yes but he won’t go over.

14 playoff teams and the AL Central s plenty of reason for him to remain under the CBT. He has never flirted with it before, he doesn't even flirt with being taxed with the Bulls where he doesn't even deny he prints money. Here’s a link where JR thinks the owners proposal in October was very fair. https://www.nbcsports.com/chicago/white-sox/white-sox-chairman-jerry-reinsdorf-owners-cba-offer-very-fair

I agree, but I am guessing the issue is eligibility requirements.

All JR sitting this one out means is he realizes there are enough owners that share his opinion where he doesn't have to take the bad pub like last time. He is loving Manfred taking all this heat, but remember he was the one that kept his appointment from being unanimous because he thought he would be too soft with the union. It is smart he is sitting it out. Why take the heat if you don't have to?

Just an FYI on what MLB meal money is and how petty the owners are who want to add it to the CBT. It's $30 a day. 2 Coronas at a Sox game.

What I don't understand is if it's such a shitty business to be in, and people are lined up to pay you billions of dollars for your team, why aren't you selling?

If the owners wanted, they could end the lockout and play with the terms of the last CBA, but they don't want to do that because that gives the union a right to strike when it hurts the owners most.

I am trying to understand how the owners are still going to negotiate when they have already given their final and best offer. Soz already sent season ticket holders a message saying how dissippointed they are, and saying you will get credits for games missed unless you want to jump through hoops for refunds. I am going to jump through the hoops.

I don't understand why it's so important for either side to look like they are trying to be fair. IT DOESN'T MATTER. You lose games, you lose fans. The more games you lose, the more fans you lose. If owners think it's cool to lose a month of games because it's cold in many cities and kids are still in school, let them look at their empty seats in July and August when they have an agreement. As a Sox fan who was around for 1994, this is deja vu. We have to sit through a rebuild. Then the team gets good, the covid, no fans, restricitions, fewer opportunities and lockout, missed games. It's almost as if they are trying to tell us something.

The thing that really worries me is if in the end Putin has no way out except to accept this move as a total failure, he may start pressing nuke buttons.

It happened to Ventura and Buehrle and Thomas. When it was apparent Konerko was sliding fast, they gave him a small 1 year goodbye deal. They. Also wouldn't take Thome back in 2010 for $1 million. Assuming there is some sort of agreement before winter and there will be games played, the week after the agreement is going to be nuts

One thing Bryant has going for him is his position versatility. When Moncada goes down, you can put him at 3B. He can even play CF when Robert gets hurt., and Engel is rehabbing. Not ideal but it won't kill you if it's for a couple of weeks. The other thing he could probably do is turn some Cubs fans in to Sox fans. Conforto probably is the better fit, especially in the most important category, economics.