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Kill off their belief in any type of comeback.

That's why he was drafted third.

Stay with the low and away slider and drive it to RF.

These two runs are huge huge huge. 3-0 lead seems so much better but maybe Cease can go 6-7.

Dammit.

Biggest hit of the season so far.

That two strike swing was a ridiculous over swing but finally came through. Pshew.

Cmon Anderson.

But at least we're cutting Pollock down from $13 to $12 million...

Zavala Cueto Burger the mini MVPs.

Stone knows what's going on.

Nice job, Harrison. Way to make him work.

Just walk him. Or not. Feel Kepler is dangerous here.

Looking like nobody will score unless it's a random solo job.

Almost overran that one.

And replace him with Pollock, Jimenez or Grandal?

Archer basically the Twins' bargain bin version of Cueto... Usually only goes 4~5 innings. Today might be 6-7 at this rate.

This team isn't going anywhere without Luis Robert despite all the various valid criticisms...

Looks like both teams are in a hurry to get this game over and get an early start on ASG travels...

https://www.statista.com/statistics/194606/mlb-franchise-value-of-the-chicago-white-sox-since-2006/ #15 still “mired in mediocrity”

Then JR has won. Stockholm Syndrome. Eventually an owner will run $200+ million payrolls as owner of the Sox and not even blink. Thinking there’s no competition with the Cubs or pretending it doesn’t exist also won’t solve or address the problem at all.

“In response to an unkind Yankee fan on r/baseball, I got curious about the ups and downs of Mets and Yankees attendance history. I created this spreadsheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/18p_VY6K3V742F3kVCOLvtGIcs7cHFJhEglD24uB6sx8/edit?usp=sharing ... comparing the two teams' yearly attendance with their winning percentages. Cells are highlighted red when the Mets outdrew the Yankees (21/53 years) and when the Mets' record was better than the Yankees (13/51 years; there were two seasons when the teams had identical records). Some findings: When the Mets had a better record than the Yankees (13 seasons), the Mets sold more tickets than the Yankees 12/13 of those years. When the Yankees had a better record than the Mets (38 seasons), the Mets sold more tickets than the Yankees 9/38 of those years. Both teams' attendance peaked the same year, 2008: Mets 4,042,045, Yankees 4,298,655. Coincidentally, both teams were 89-73 that season. Overall, it looks like when the Mets are good - basically, 1969-1973 and 1984-1990 - attendance reflects it. And even when the Mets weren't good in their early years (1964-1975), they still drew more fans than the Yanks. Since 1992, though, most of the winning and the ticket sales have been in the Yankees' favor.” Attendance Dodgers, 2011: 2.94 million Angels, 2011: 3.17 million Dodgers, five-year average: 3.57 million Angels, five-year average: 3.27 million Edge: Angels. 2011 was the first season the Angels outdrew the Dodgers as there was an obvious protest against owner Frank McCourt that factored in, but maybe it was a turning points in Dodgers-Angels history. After all, the Angels now have Chris Iannetta. P.S: Don't tell Donnie Baseball that during his 13 seasons with the Yankees the Mets outdrew the Yanks eight times. https://imgur.com/a/YjfQk The Giants only really took over as the bay area's more popular baseball team when they got a new stadium in a cool neighborhood. The fact is, when they were in Candlestick, no one wanted to go to Giants games.

They have much bigger things to worry about than Kopech’s feelings right now. Like his stuff and his usage and managing him to the end of the season. But going with Gio and Lynn when they are unlikely to be around long-term with the Sox would be par for the course.

Yes, this dates back to the 80’s with the Cubs on WGN and Braves on WTBS Superstation/TNT. And then there’s Harry Caray/Budweiser/frat bros and bikini babes (thanks Arne Harris). Basically, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off trumps The Runaway Bride.

Jon Greenberg wrote an article on this a long time ago…basically arguing that the city split was at roughly 60% Cubs fans, 40% Sox fans, but that the Cubs enjoyed that bounce of an additional 33% of their attendance from tourism/out of towners/big group sales. One of the consequences of having their minor league affiliates so far away has been felt in that regional loss where the Cubs basically own eastern and central Iowa due to the Des Moines AAA team, then they always had Peoria/downstate until it collided with Cardinals fans. Once upon a time, the Sox had South Bend in the Midwest League, but ceded that territory of NW Indiana as well. The Brewers, Twins, Royals/Omaha and Wichita, Cardinals have all done a MUCH better job controlling their territorial regions. How many Sox fans in Indianapolis, for instance? Meanwhile, the Sox are obsessed with saving money by having their four teams in roughly the same geographic vicinity, but the Sox fans in North Carolina pretty much have no choice but to follow the Braves, Nationals or Orioles. Same thing with AZ training facilities. It’s like we don’t even exist compared to the Dodgers, DBacks, Padres, Giants, etc. At least before we had that Sarasota/Florida loyal fanbase. Penny wise, pound foolish. Just look at the radio and t.v. coverage for the White Sox vs. the Cubs, Twins, Brewers, Cardinals and Royals across the Midwest. Sox are getting absolutely trounced there.