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Trade him while his value is high.

Wow!

"Engagement"

Aren't they generally happy? Maybe they know something we don't.

Sucks about Billy. I'm a sucker for guys who play. Bonus likes if they have ability.

As an American I'm offended. That which you do not like has been used successfully to break terrorists into revealing key details. It's how we really found out where Bin Laden was hiding.

We'll always have here to tell us how horrible the franchise is. Do we really need the Athletic to remind us how utterly incompetent the entire organization is?

Announced saying there when they mean they're or their. ? Do or die. Sudden death. This is war. Any of those analogies. It's a reality TV show that has manipulated the public into believing it's more important than it actually is.

This is helping me to care less and less about this team. He's basically an actor on a reality TV show I watch. I don't need to know the personal life of the actors, I don't need the show to have a full time reporter.

I hope Fegan moves on to politics or some hard news area. I would enjoy his White House coverage.

It happens when they have to lay off staff to stop losing money. We're the worst big market franchise in baseball. Kansas City and Miami are just more engaging.

I think hundreds of fans will be disappointed in The Athletic's White Sox coverage. About the same number that would click on a link, read White Sox and think s%*#, I thought this was a Boston article. Hopefully someone picks him up or he starts a pay per read blog. It will be interesting how many Chicago subscribers cancel. Will not getting Sox coverage be enough to also give up Bears, Bulls, Hawks, Cubs coverage? I had about ten follows. If they analyzed my engagement Sox coverage was probably only 15% of my total but I read 100% of Sox material. I joined everyone in cancelling.

The team really needs to incorporate a rugby pre game haka to drive engagement numbers. Honestly why do we care some NY media outlet decided to overlook the Sox . . . again and again and again.

The point was if they just looked at which teams (NHL, NFL, NBA, MLB) to cut and didn't look at who the writers were, they would have had no idea what the cost savings would be. Not teams as in the XYZ Project Team (which I agree happens) I'm assuming that they looked at more than just the won lost record. Plus national engagement has always been lower than NY, Boston, LA, type teams.

Seems like there is more than just how well the team is doing.

https://frontofficesports.com/the-athletic-lays-off-20-journalists-in-reorganization/ I haven't seen a complete list. Seems like MLB, NHL, NBA all lost three or four. All business reporters were let go. Some general assignment journalists. Twenty more are getting new assignments possibly in addition to what they are already covering. Cowboys, Cavs, Canadians, Maple Leafs, Pirates, White Sox, I didn't see any coastal teams.

Kenny please retire. Promote Rick. Hire someone from outside the organization. It's the White Sox Way™ Start selling this season. Look for a 2028 playoff appearance. Sorry JR but you may never see another post season win.

@nrockway So much here. 1. Can we bring a sign that reads Fire Hahn for Hiring (fill in player's name) 2. So we shouldn't have closed the Tim has other kids threads? 3. What a dumpster fire this team is.

So they aren't just like the Pirates? I swear that exactly what you just posted.

Exactly. It's all fly over land that the major population centers don't care about. Interest where? Nationally? Didn't happen in 2005, we complained Sox highlights were always after Yankees/Red Sox. And it's not just sports.

No. I'm trying to explain it's not as easy as the Sox suck so we lost national coverage. The Pirates lost their beat writer and they are in first place. Plus I see two issues. A. Sox lose beat writer (that's on the team not being interesting nationally, and historically true) B. A really good writer lost his job when others were reassigned. Part A makes sense. But it goes beyond the standings, look at the Pirates. Part B only makes sense to me if other factors, specifically salary, comes into play. Again, looking at the other writers fired.

And he isn't good enough to be part of the group that was reassigned? I can't believe that. Usually during layoffs there is a target dollar amount they are looking to save. They dumped two of the best and most respected hockey writers of all time. I agree if folks on the coasts cared about Sox baseball he'd be in a better spot, but that's only one part of the equation. Remember during 2005 we complained about national coverage. This isn't new. The Pirates lost their beat writer. I thought they were doing well this year.

They are also reassigning twenty writers as part of this restructuring. He's not one of those either. Are those other reporters just better at adapting? Yes, the poor national draw of the Sox is part of it, but looking at some of the other writers laid off, salaries had a role. If management fired teams instead of looking at names and salaries they are even bigger idiots than the Time Warner group that bought AOL.

Yep, those guys knew when to cash out.

Do you believe he's a good writer? Why not reassign him to other teams? Or is he one of the worst baseball writers on the staff?