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Well...since I was less than 10km from Ground Zero of Covid breaking out in Wuhan and went through almost three years of lockdowns, left that part out. Actually quite fascinating how a country of 1.4 billion could so easily be controlled virtually overnight...as almost no one lives in regular two story individual houses or apartments with all parking underneath the building. Every building/complex has a gate (or multiple ones) and extensive fencing with security cameras. The way I was asked/accused of living in "Chy-nah" was why I answered in this fashion. It's fine. A mod will come along and erase it anyway. It wasn't so much the original comment as the constant "piling on" effect. (Well, at least one poster reached out to apologize so that was well appreciated. Everyone is a human being behind their screen names, after all.)

Carlton Fisk would like to have a word about that excessive jewelry... Not even Moncada and Anderson in their most flamboyant days come anywhere close to that look.

Totally different audience. JR is 100% a consumer of traditional and not social media.

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2026/02/braves-announce-creation-of-bravesvision.html The commissioner is really going to have an immense challenge getting those Top 10-12 markets (including AT and Texas) into the ESPN+ bundle for maximum negotiating leverage (over the next 2-3 years). Going by the quotes in the story, the White Sox $70 million RSN fee was likely halved to $35 million, but $20-22 million for 2025 with all the initial chaos with CHSN feels much more accurate from a revenue standpoint.

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What the f*** is the point of coming to the thread and making a comment when you're going to be such an asshole? Excuse me if I enjoy baseball. Maybe if you actually read articles about baseball you might learn something. I actually enjoyed taking time off for six weeks and used it more productively. This is part of the reason why our country is so fucked up now. It's certainly part of the reason why there's so much vitriol online. There's no accountability or conscience...all the times I've attended Sox games in person, it was a great experience and a memorable time sharing that same passion with fellow Sox fans (except for a few memorable drunks). People have forgotten what civility is...how to treat others as they would like to be treated. I just attributed it to the differences between people from Chicago and the way Iowans (used to) treat each other in real life. We used to be tolerant of others while realizing what made us different or unique from one another was a strength and not a weakness to be exploited. You realize you're acting like this towards someone who is 56 years old and retired, right? I think Cali and RayRay have it right. He doesn't waste time ignoring people or going out of the way to comment on something if he doesn't care for a particular poster or feels they have nothing constructive to add to the conversation. Sure, you won some likes on the internet, laughed or ganged up on someone, got to be an internet bully for a day. Hopefully that brought great joy to your life and earned you some points somewhere, with someone. At one point (twenty years ago) I thought this board was such a positive thing because it brought Sox fans together, but a number of the interactions in the last 3-5 years are just about tearing people down because there's nothing positive to discuss about their favorite baseball team. I could celebrate from Colombia with fellow Sox fans while the team was winning the World Series a continent away. It was sort of like a family with the same old predictable characters you'd meet at a Thanksgiving or Christmas dinner. Having no brothers and sisters and now no parents...it was also a home at times. I'm not so sure anymore. Does something in your life affirm you or does it tear you down?

https://www.primeraplus.com.mx/?gad_source=5&gad_campaignid=23346647433&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI1pXfocrykgMVDvJMAh330whuEAEYASAAEgK3VvD_BwE Just got this timely banner ad for Mexico/Puerto Vallarta travel. Maybe not… https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0035664/?ref_=ttfc_fcr_3_5 Speaking of Carradine, crazy that “Booger” from Revenge of the Nerds is 72 now. Another sign you’re getting old/er. ,

Interesting. More focused on protecting Elder/Wentz on the roster than adding Scherzer Gio Littell.

ESPN Final offseason grade = C "I love the Murakami gamble. Look, he's going to strike out a ton and maybe he flops because of that, but there's also 40-homer potential, so it's a worthwhile risk for a team that needs power, especially at just two years and $34 million. Acuna -- yes, general manager Chris Getz finally realized he's not a switch-hitter -- was hyped as a prospect but looks like a bench player. Kay, a former Blue Jays pitcher, is a sleeper signing after a good season in Japan. But what doesn't make sense is that the White Sox failed to supplement the Murakami signing with more help on offense other than Hays. If Murakami does turn into a star, then he's a free agent in two years. Have you added enough to win in that short window? The payroll remains under $100 million. You'd think an 89-year-old owner might have a little more urgency to win, but alas, go ahead and yell at the Dodgers."

Samurai Japan will travel to Nagoya (home of Ichiro Suzuki) next for a two-game exhibition series against the Chunichi Dragons on Friday February 27 and Saturday the 28th before heading to Osaka for their final tune-ups against the Orix Buffaloes (Kyocera Dome) and Hanshin Tigers on Monday March 2 and Tuesday the 3rd. With Yusei Kikuchi and Tomoyuki Sugano already in camp and others (Shohei Ohtani, Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Munetaka Murakami, Kazuma Okamoto, Seiya Suzuki) following soon, Japan’s MLB contingent is expected to begin appearing in exhibition games as early as this week. However, San Diego Padres lefty Yuki Matsui sustained a left groin injury this week, making his WBC status questionable. The team will then open Pool C play at the Tokyo Dome in the World Baseball Classic, facing Chinese Taipei, Australia, Korea, and Czechia from March 6-10. Should they advance, they will travel to Miami for the quarterfinal round.

PCA inexplicably goes after Dodgers' fans, Conforto gets trolled mercilessly https://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/breaking-news/article/cubs-star-pete-crow-armstrong-takes-random-shot-at-his-hometown-dodgers-fans-cubs-fans-give-a-s-035735338.html https://www.si.com/mlb/cubs/pete-crow-armstrong-blasts-dodgers-fans-go-games-take-pictures

You'd definitely have the 100th anniversary of the 1933 All Star Game played there...might still get it in Chicago with a new stadium.

Roki Sasaki is expected to make his first spring start ... - Reddit www.reddit.com › Dodgers › comments 12 hours ago · [Sonja] Roki Sasaki is expected to make his first spring start on Wednesday (at D-backs), and Tyler Glasnow is expected to go Thursday (vs White Sox) Missed Sasaki v. Murakami by one day...

"This is the first of four games in five days for Munetaka Murakami: He plays first on Sunday, will DH on Monday, get a day off Tuesday and play Wednesday and Thursday." Fegan/soxmachine.com So facing Dodgers at "home" on Thurs, and then leaving for Japan... Gets the desired five games under his belt.

You'd almost have to have home plate at the SE point of that park...facing to the north and west. Roughly five acres. Parking wouldn't be great, but you do have Crowne Center and Union Station. Most importantly, not very far from the Plaza for shopping and restaurants.

JR has repeatedly said the Sox couldn't draw three million. In the new park with diminished seating capacity, that would mean 37000 per game. Even with SRO that's impossible to do at GRF. Certainly not with Monday through Thursday games in April May and September.

"Passable" isn't going to be good enough for the Ishbias...just look at his estate/mansion. it's missing that sense of "awe/wonder" and history as well. Same reason the second Arlington stadium (meant to evoke "The Natural" with its decking in the OF) and Atlanta downtown Olympic stadium didn't work.

Last time I was following this story it was North Kansas City across the river bridge into that neighborhood area. If they don't move with the Chiefs to KCK, it's going to be miles and miles of parking lots with nothing resembling an entertainment district like Power&Light.

The same reason River Ryan and Henriquez weren't listed for the Dodgers. Dodgers wouldn't trade them for Adams Thorpe Bush Larson Batista Berroa combined. All prospects are not created equal.

Still left to go... (5) KC Baltimore Detroit Sac/ATH Seattle (5) Cincy Pitt NYM Milwaukee AZ

Don't be sore that trade didn't exactly work out well for either side...do closers get extra points for paying attention to innings 1-7? In some ways, being young and oblivious might be preferable to Kimbrel's jittery nervousness.

https://www.outkick.com/sports/unrivaled-selling-story-numbers-suggest-sad-ending Something of a right wing perspective, but was flipping through trying to find Pistons/Spurs and ran into Unrivaled on TNT. So got curious and looked this up. Unrivaled is now down to just 93,000 viewers per game in its second season. Caitlin Clark Effect again. The wild thing is that Iowa is sitting on fifty consecutive sellouts (15,400) for women's bb two years AFTER Clark left Iowa City...have also successfully recruited two McDonald's All Americans from CA and just hosted five Top 20 ranked players from the 2027-29 classes for the Michigan game, including Olivia Johnson from (Mt.) Carmel Catholic.

I couldn't even open it on my phone. Yes assuming that it has to do with either the original stadium or some crack about the upper deck in GRF. Or maybe it's just crumbling infrastructure in that area of the city.. although that feels more like an 80s and 90s jab, with most of those high rises having been demolished.

Crumbling Concrete Near White Sox Stadium Could Put Fans In Harm's ... www.cbsnews.com › ... › Local News May 11, 2018 · CHICAGO (CBS) -- A CBS 2 original report of the potential dangers White Sox fans could be facing as they walk to Guaranteed Rate Field. What's wrong with our stadium? : r/whitesox - Reddit www.reddit.com › whitesox › comments May 11, 2024 · If it wasn't literally crumbling apart, they might still be using it today. ... Guaranteed rate field has always been an awful stadium compared to .. Now search crumbling and Wrigley lol...

https://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/article/mlb-26-and-under-power-rankings-nos-15-11-are-roman-anthony-and-jj-wetherholt-ready-to-ascend-to-stardom-225147917.html "Aging/ancient Dodgers still 12th at 26 and under players..." "Josue De Paula has intergalactical offensive upside, with an advanced eye and an orchard of juice. If he optimizes his swing plane for lift, watch out. Zyhir Hope is one of the best athletes in the minors, a power-speed dynamo with huge swing-and-miss concerns. He either needs to stick in center or upgrade his hit tool to break onto L.A.’s stacked big-league roster. Still just 21, he has time. Alex Freeland got his doors blown off during a cup of coffee in 2025. That short stint amplified questions about whether he can play short and how much contact he’ll make. Whether any of these prospects ends up playing for the Dodgers is somewhat beside the point. The position-player depth in this system — we’ve yet to mention guys like Eduardo Quintero, Mike Sirota or Charles Davalan — will allow Friedman and Co. to be aggressive in the trade market if the opportunity presents itself. Los Angeles has the horses on the farm to acquire pretty much anybody in baseball — and yes, that includes Tarik Skubal."— J.M. 37 Treinen 36 Freeman, Rojas 35 Muncy 34 Br.Stewart 33 Snell, Betts, Teoscar 32 Glasnow 31 T.Scott, EdDiaz, Call, Ohtani 30 W.Smith, Edman 29 K.Tucker E.Henriquez and River Ryan deserve a mention too...very very young bullpen after the three vets at the back end.