StrangeSox

Maybe, but it more goes back to your first statement that you don't think this had anything to do with money and was more about headlines. The opt-out offers Machado potentially huge value in another 5 years. More value than the potential performance incentives in the White Sox offer. So the Sox didn't offer the most overall potential value, and this really was about the money. Maybe the Sox couldn't offer the most value because of Reinsdorf's ego, but that still doesn't make the original statement true.

If they really were shocked at the news yesterday and really do think their offer was equal or better, well, it shows just how incompetent they really are.

What about the 5-year opt out?

I resign effective immediately

It's thanks to more than a decade of futility, it's just the latest blow E: justification for the negativity, not death wishes

They have been terrible GM's for over a decade now, they will never learn

The owner that has employed the same management team that has failed to compete in September let alone in October far more often than not for nearly two decades

Lmao at how terrible this front office is and has been for over a decade now Just lmbo

Just give Kw/Hahn a couple more decades, they're sure to make the playoffs again eventually

lmao

I guess I ultimately won't fault the man for cashing an extremely easy paycheck rather than making a stand and quitting

counterpoint: Hahn has been here nearly 20 years and he and KW have one good season to show for it

whomp whomp fire the entire team from ownership on down

That's what WGN was reporting at some point this weekend, that he was in either the dismissal meeting or the exit interview.

Seems really weird that you'd have someone sit in on a firing during their first day of an internship

I see my prediction that Machado will not sign with any team and will instead announce he's converting to tennis is still holding up

It's pretty funny that he managed to get the NFL to put on such a disastrous halftime show that they were willing to pay him tens of millions of dollars a week later.

He's given tons to worthwhile causes. I'm sure he'll keep doing so, and that the pop stars who stood by him don't need or want the money.

Amazon will probably just pull stunts like this

Five dead, five police shot as well, plus the shooter.

There was a lot of opposition coming from local politicians there who could really pump the brakes on the whole thing if they wanted. Amazon was promising 25k jobs. If all of those jobs actually materialized, NY would have to recoup 120k per job just to break even on the deal.

Comptroller, but yeah, it was funny when her mayoral announcement ad leaked shortly before the election and she insisted that, no, she was definitely only interested in that position.

Chicago mayoral race being this wide open might make a good argument for introducing instant runoff (ranked choice) voting

uh, yes?

Peppers retires after 17 years