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I'm sure it's a proper Toto with all four and maybe music and/or white noise. One of the best things about traveling to Japan is that it makes you realize that every toilet you've ever sat on has been garbage, and opens your eyes to a world of toilet functionality you never knew was possible. One of the worst things about traveling to Japan is getting on a plane and coming home, condemned to wander a world of sub-par toilets with full knowledge of what can be. (Luckily you can buy Japanese style toilets for your house now.)

This makes me feel so much better. I'd go so far as to say we're going to be first in our division this year once you take the playing of baseball out of the equation and just focus on the effort, gumption, and stick-to-itiveness of a great group of guys trying hard in a tough situation.

This. Not sure why everyone talks about them as if they just added Bregman to last year's team. They didn't. They effectively swapped Tucker for Bregman.

I love that I got a marketing "hype" email about this as if it's something I should be happy and excited about.

Very San Diego-y

I think a key part of the plans for building a zillion dollar stadium would involve removing the railroad tracks

The more I think about it, the more angry I get about canceling Soxfest. Especially coinciding with the failure of the rebuild. They're not even trying to hide their contempt for the fanbase.

Orange County *IS* LA (LA Metro) to everyone from outside the LA area. And even many inside it. It's LA's suburbs. Talking about them like two separate regions sounds weird, like talking about "DuPage County losing its young to Chicago."

I've never seen somebody try to spin the most dominant post season in MLB history as some sort of squeaker. Fascinating

Yeah, virtually guaranteed we'll be watching Bummer in high-leverage situations on TV next October, listening to how he "just never got traction with the White Sox, but has been a revelation here in Atlanta with a chance to perform on the big stage..."

This is one of those weird situations where I'm 100% on board and ready for them to rip the Sox...but then they choose something dumb. I mean, Getz acknowledging that he doesn't like the team was the one encouraging thing I've seen this offseason. It gave me hope he might make dramatic changes instead of just resting on the "we have a talented group" nonsense. I guess Grifol could've been a little more tactful about agreeing with that accurate assessment, but this is like number 650 on the list of things to spend a whole podcast ripping the Sox about.

At this point I'm expecting them to let everyone line up, keep the doors locked, then announce after a couple hours that the fest is canceled. All while Jerry watches the chaos from behind the tinted windows of a running limousine across the parking lot. Possibly masturbating

It's just the famous "this puts Detroit in a position to compete with us," reimagined for the current White Sox upside-down universe.

I'm a little torn here. For the most part I acknowledge losing him is bad. He was recognized nationally as an up-and-coming broadcasting star. His leaving -- especially at the low point that is offseason 2023-2024, and to a division rival -- sends a terrible message. It is yet another manifestation of FO ineptitude and organizational rot. I also appreciate that he had all the right enemies; I enjoyed watching him piss off a certain type of fan. His replacement will probably be worse (please no whining Len Kasper voice ffs). *BUT* I just never really liked him, as much as I genuinely tried. I found him annoying and corny. So I personally won't miss him that much on the broadcasts, even though I take his departure as bad news.

Ditto. I'm also of the naive mindset that the team has at least a spiritual existence independent of the ownership group that is holding it hostage. My loyalty is to that team, and that laundry, and there's nothing Jerry or anyone else can do to break the bond. Even still, ended my season ticket package last year and went to two games: Opening Day (continuing a long streak) and Halfway to St. Pat's for a long-running friends/family group outing. I expect I'll continue at that level and pray that somehow the team will reward my loyalty someday.

Yes and no

Bruce Bochy: who knew? (Besides everyone, I mean.) I swear this season was custom-designed to torment me personally.

The Womens' College Basketball Championship was pretty epic, though. Much more compelling than this World Series.

To paraphrase Jerry Krause, *organizations* steal championships.

Yeah - this plus being the architect of the only 21st Century baseball dynasty? Pretty good. Not, like, good-enough-for-Chicago White Sox-good but pretty damn good.

I remember when many of us (myself included) regarded the Rangers with detached bemusement, sucking up all those high-priced free agents to stick on a hundred-loss team. I remember convincing myself that, sure, it would have been *nice* to have Semien, or Seager, but we didn't really *need* them, and they were just going into a black hole in Arlington. Good thing for the Rangers -- now they can ride them right into the WS while we enjoy our championship window at home.

He could've been *our* douchebag. Sigh

I felt the same way in 2019 and 2021...

Oooof. Real ratings winner. At least the Phillies made it.