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Jerry had a deep dish pizza delivered from Lou's. Let's follow his every move like Ohtani lol

My hunch has been each team has about the same number of dedicated fans and it's not that greatn of a number. Maybe 20% of the fans that will engage with one of the teams. After that it's, take it or leave it maybe go to a game or do something else, convenience, standings, star player in town, but they would go to either one. It's all fighting for what some would call the band wagon jumpers. I did most of my baseball entertaining at Sox games. Dinner and a game without the buyer leaving their office early was easier than a game and dinner in most cases.

Ohtani finally figured out that Canadian to US dollar app. ?

Yep. The Jays phone lines will be jammed Monday morning with cancellations.

Bob pulls back the sheets to discover pillows. Fooled again.

Spotted in the Toronto airport

One of our posters enjoyed the signing a bit more than the rest of us.

Lmao. This has been the best thread of the off season.

Post of the off season.

Ironically Shohei would be out of the limelight in Toronto

How much of that goes away if he's injured or just playing average?

Great thread. ?

Interesting. That's a big number.

That was my thought. It is a great city based on a couple of times I visited. Fans will go crazy no matter where he is. Even if there are four more teams in the state or even one across town.

I'm usually for signing a superstar but Ohtani'$ contract is a gamble I don't think I'd take. Good luck to Toronto if it's them. I'd like to be the insurance salesman writing that policy.

Key to Rogers’ pitch was something no other team could offer: the ability to command the attention of an entire country. The Blue Jays have been Canada’s only major league team since the Montreal Expos relocated to Washington, D.C. before the 2005 season. So JR helped Toronto land him.

I think it's stupid but I think most rules are stupid. They are adults and should know how to look and act. Of course that didn't really work for TLR who had no rules.

Or Jerry trusts those guys and he doesn't push back. We just know it doesn't work.

That's what I remembered. He seemed eager to explore other markets. But that could have been folks trying to sabotage his bid.

Very true. That makes a ton of sense.

For a higher payroll and being competitive in the free agent market? I'll contribute.

@Balta1701 very good points. Here's where I'm just not understanding based on decades of watching him. The premise is forcing him to spend money on a stadium will force him to spend even more money on players? I see us turning into the Pirates with a bottom five payroll. You have way more faith in JR than I do. Again, in general I'm against taxpayers funding stadiums. I'm just saying as a Sox fan buy us everything and I want the franchise locked into a long term Chicago lease. I'm also thinking a lucrative lease arrangement increases the value of the franchise and might help convince the shareholders to sell sooner.

@Balta1701 if your argument is it's better for society if teams built their own stadiums or it's unfair to non fans for tax payers to fund stadiums, I agree. As a selfish Sox fan, I'm going to say buy them a stadium, a couple free agents, and a manager.

Probably not very well so they cut payroll. How has shareholder value gone since the present stadium deal has been in place?