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I not feel qualified to be a MiLB fan. Always thinking of the future.

Very true. Years ago I would say both Chicago teams had about the same loyal fan base and the attendance difference each year were the casual fan that would go to a game once or twice a year, but some years maybe go to Six Flags or something else. I don't believe that is true anymore. The Cubs have a much bigger loyal fan base that will go to Wrigley to see a game no matter their record. I'm not saying that's a bad thing, it probably was a factor in pushing JR to sell. At least on my case once I stopped planning every summer trip around the Sox schedule it gets harder to imagine ever doing that again.

That also. I can't imagine taking a family to the game.

The days of people going to a MLB game because baseball is great to watch in person is over. Society is a win and we watch, lose and we'll go do something else. There are way more options. With as easy as it is to watch out of town games, I think which teams people follow will become more transient. Plus as a society people more willing to move from their hometowns.

Which is a solid business strategy. One voice.

Option one is finding a roommate (s) to share expenses. It's tough to make that a full time situation.

SS2k5 makes a great point that there are only 30 jobs available and you probably have to take one anywhere when you get a chance, but I think anyone in that position is going to think long and hard before moving to the Sox. Of all the friends and family Tony brought in I thought Katz (the weakest family link) and Duncan (biggest family hire) were the best moves.

I'm not surprised that Katz hasn't found a position in two months. He was a friends and family hire by Tony and he coached the worst team in history. The Sox stink will cling to him for a while. I see him at a good college, perhaps as the manager.

That's why I listed it first. It is an interesting career choice. If you are in a great organization to you wait your turn, or jump?

You get a job offer from the White Sox and accept. Why? Desperate to stay at the MLB level? Promotion to a position that no one else will give you? You believe it can be a stepping stone to a better organization? It's a great organization with stability, great facilities, an owner is trying to win, lots of resources, and you just picked up for your second DUI? Maybe, eventually this will stop being the place careers go to die. But I can't imagine anyone telling their agent, see if you can get me into the (white) Sox organization.

The brilliance of being the worst organization in baseball is you can take from any team and it's an upgrade.

We may have sent possible no voters by bus and plane loads to Chicago.

In public funded stadium news San Antonio voters approved money for a new Spurs Stadium. That will mean San Antonio will have three stadiums in current operation that have all hosted NBA games and meet current NBA standards. We would easily approve a NFL training facility or a MLB stadium.

Who can forget the Will? Purdue era. And the fans chanting for Graaaaan Ville in the final moments of a game.

Exactly true. The Bulls front office thought the kid could sell a few tickets.

I think it is fair to expect an owner to recruit a front office that can put together a winning program. So that's basically the baseline of competency for me. He has consistently failed at that for decades. He's failed at what I believe is the minimum to pass.

They have tremendous impact. But they won't receive credit. How much credit do you give JR for those Bulls trophies? We're agreeing the worst owner of sports has seven combined championships in two sports.

How much credit to we give JR for those Bulls trophies?

Signing marquee free agents or locking your players into high dollar, multi year contracts, is certainly a criteria for being a good owner. However I think average total payroll is better, especially in baseball.

Actually, don't run anything. Hire good people and support them. Give them a reasonable amount of time and if their plan doesn't work move on.

There isn't an owner responsible for wins, that credit goes to the players. But loses fall in their laps. That's just the nature of the world. In that regard that makes JR about the worst of the worst. Start factoring in things like market size and he looks even worst. Other owners only take action when an owner is accused of harassment or racist comments. If some franchise wants to be the Washington Generals the other owners don't care. So there really aren't many bad owners in their eyes. Sports are a weird business. I want someone to make a fortune in another business then spend all that further to make my team a winner.

I was making a broad generalization about Sox news not Sox fans. Look at all that you added. I never called anyone a sucker. I know you don't like me, never had, but resorting to lies like this is really low.

I don't believe anyone has to make up negative news with this team. It's as natural to them as waking up with bad breath. Positive news on the other hand has to be made up and planted with media sources that they have control over and need to be fact checked. It's like panning for gold. The dirt you just keep washing away, but when you spot somthing shiny you slow down and verify. So as a Sox fan 90% of the news will be negative and mostly factual. It's the other 10% that require a closer look. I will agree it is much easier to get Sox fans to believe a negative lie than a positive one. But that really is on the team for generating so much negativity. I would have been a more careful writer if I knew my words would be scrutinized.

Exactly. And those we fact check and quickly prove inaccurate or exaggerations. The negative are generally true.

It's also not the same as misinterpreting what I wrote.