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We're arguing which player who would never be a part of even a .500 team we should have kept? I really miss the days when Leury was the worst player on the roster.

It will be interesting how baseball changes their ownership rules as teams become prohibataly too expensive for individual or small group purchase. They have loosened to allow Institutional Investing. What might be next? How about true public ownership with actual stock traded conventionally?

Would it be a dome with skiing in the winter?

Winning now is more important than money in some franchises. They needed him for a year, anything else was bonus. We're so use to a cheap owner the concept of paying a guy for three years when you need him for one is crazy. But we want to make certain JR makes money.

I'm bummed for him. He had the character the team is trying to build. Hell TLR cared enough to "run" to defend him. But this clears the way for our next manager.

X2 I'm just not a fan of uniforms for profit.

Jordan was frozen out in his first All Star game. So this isn't unusual. I wonder if this is also a tug of war between Olympics and the WNBA. The little sister sticking it to the big money sister.

That's been my thought. The only person fired on the last couple years that I wish they retained was Shelly Duncan. But not so much Shelly as they then eliminated the position.

All the same reasons that are in the Ozzie thread about Pedro are valid for Katz. I'm just curious how he became the Teflon coach.

Friend and family hire from the TLR days. Worst staff in baseball. No improvements. Blown leads. But, he's working with no talent. Seems to be the modern guy in a 20th Century franchise. We know Pedro isn't the guy when we have a better roster, are any of the coaches?

With the money MLB franchises make $1.8 million is peanuts.

A poster on another forum entered user names into an AI generator and posted.

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Kenny and Hahn built a roster that made the franchise's first back to back playoff appearances. They were expected by baseball experts from Vegas to New York to compete for multiple championships. Fans were justifiably excited for this new era in White Sox baseball. Key injuries to players and an unfortunate, yet still unknown, medical condition* to their HoF manager, caused the team to fall short of their lofty goals. Currently the team is loading up their MiLB rosters with exciting young players. The ratings on the farm system have rapidly increased from a bottom five group to a top ten, and likely top five in less than two years. *Remember JR is paying for the spin.

Ozzie would have quit on this lineup in spring training and pouted until JR let him out of his contract. If he started the season he would have went into the stands to meet every fan and figure out how to piss them off. He'd be drinking more than Tony.

The one person who could have added some attention, CC, was left off the roster.

JR doesn't really care about the money. He's trying to win now. That part is obvious. What's a mystery is what he's trying to win. It certainly isn't baseball games.

I thought it was going to be a Cinderella story as he emerged during the pennent race to lead the team.

We'll that got ugly fast. Sigh.

White Sox point of view. It can originate anywhere geographically. I'd rather hear "the Sox need to score two here" over "The Giants need to stop this rally".

I do appreciate the home town point of view. After getting a stay diet of the other teams announcing, I'll take any Sox announcer. Not for the most kick ass color work, it's the game threads by a mile.

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