Dick Allen

It's nice, but the biggest advantage of Hell is you get to root for teams owned by Jerry Reinsdorf.

If Iriarte is going to be very good, unless he learns to throw strikes, it will be with the Chicago Dogs.

Pitchers do consider it an honor, and I'm with you, why not give it to someone who might be with you for a while?

Of course they know their percentage. They don't know the others. They don't need to know the others. Only JR knows. You probably own stock. Do you know who owns what? There was a huge article about White Sox ownership in the Tribune around 10 years ago. They spoke to several investors who knew what they owned and not much more, but Jerry has made them a lot of money so they couldn't care less.

I doubt it. We didn’t know he bought them before. We have no idea how much Reinsdorfs sons bought. We don’t know how much Melody Hobson has or even if she still has them. Considering he already owns shares, if he needs more approval, I’m sure it’s a formality.

That the shares that he bought will be made public. They never have before. One thing that could at least show something significant has developed, is if they put Ishbia on the board. No one has been added to the board since it was created. Only deleted by death. But I suspect he won’t be put on the board. I also think how ever many shares he was able to buy now, he will be the managing owner of the White Sox one day, hopefully soon.

I don’t agree. We have never known the breakdown. In fact, in the Tribune story about 10 years ago, the investors didn’t know who owned what. They speculated and JR said they were wrong. How wrong, only he knows, and he won’t say anything. Since Ishbia already had shares, he probably doesn’t need more approval. Even Greenberg said he has no idea how many investors there are. It could be 30 it could be much less. I’m sure JR isn’t happy the story got out that Ishbia did this after speaking with him.

I don’t think you will hear anything. No one knew Ishbia was an investor with the White Sox until this came out.

I saw him on TV a couple of days ago. He has no idea how many shareholders there are. It could be 30, it could be less than 10, but he did talk to someone who was definitely selling, and someone who was not.

Yeah, hopefully the team can continue to be run by Reinsdorfs, so we can continue to enjoy all the success the team has had.

The White Sox are a laughingstock because they have lost 222 games the last 2 seasons while they were supposed to be in their championship window with the highest payroll in the division. If you want to call a team a laughingstock based on practice games played in February, you really need some help.

No doubt. All those guys that played last year earned it. You didn’t used to work for the Iraqi military did you?

Vaughn has been in the major leagues for 4 seasons. Each year his OPS has been higher than Gallo’s, so you’re basing everything on bullshit.

They are printing money in Tampa. How bad would JRs teams be in the same division as the Yankees and Red Sox

Law kept saying his back was an issue in 2023 as well. This can't be good. Hopefully they can find some sort of fix. We are due for a break.

Not what you want to see.

IMO JR was at least an average owner his first 30 or so years. Had some division winners, a WS, some interesting teams. But the last 10 or 12, he has really been hard to be worse. And if you think about it, he's been worse with the Bulls. Unlike Sox fans, Bulls fans have acted like Cubs fans and still showed up after they got horrible, which is really something, because before Jordan, the Bulls had to be really good to draw. Yet, despite all the money he made being awful, he wouldn't go over the luxury tax, just a big middle finger to all those paying hundreds to attend Bulls games.

I think JR soon either gives up control or announces Ishbia will be the next guy down the road a bit. He keeps his shares until he dies. The team instantly becomes more valuable because JR isn’t or won’t be in charge. This will probably increase new stadium chances and at the very least increases the value of JRs shares.

Unfortunately, that didn't get cut.

He also cut the price of hot dogs, soda and popcorn to $2 with the Suns, so if you take your kid to the game and they get hungry, you don't need your banker to tag along.

This move to make Ishbia the heir to the throne, kills 2 birds with one stone. It sets JR up with a filfty rich buyer, and it keeps him away from a division rival. He buys the Twins and starts spending and winning right away, the White Sox look even worse.

That I don't know, although in the story in the Tribune about 10 years ago, they said JR's executor got the control.

They don't replace anyone on the board. Once they die, the count goes down. I think they have another 98 year old as well.

Ishbia, Colson hopefully making Keith Law look like a hack. I’m excited to see how the other Montgomery plays. Hope some of the young pitching takes the next step, and hope for minimal injuries. If players are going to be hurt, hopefully it’s not the young guys who need to play to get better.

He can own 99.9% but can’t get control unless Reinsdorf gives it to him. JR has been the king since 1981. I’m sure he has run things by his partners, but ultimately all decisions have been his.