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Well, at least someone's winning bigly!!! President Donald Trump's Washington hotel saw almost $20 million in revenue during its first few months of operation — a period that coincided with his election and inauguration as the 45th president. His Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida, which he's visited seven times as president, pulled in millions of dollars more than it had previously. His book "The Art of the Deal" is having a comeback of its own. Royalties from the 1987 autobiography ranged between $100,000 and $1 million, according to the new report. The 2016 report listed royalties as being between $50,000 and $100,000, and the 2015 report put them at $15,000 to $50,000. Trump's management fees from Indonesian companies tied to two planned resorts there more than doubled. The latest disclosure puts the fees $380,000, up from $167,000 he reported in 2016. Trump is partnering with a billionaire Indonesian, Hary Tanoesoedibjo, on the two ventures. One is planned for the tourist island of Bali, the other near Jakarta. Mar-a-Lago, where Trump played host to several foreign dignitaries during his seven weekends there this winter, has improved its finances. Trump listed the resort's income as about $37 million, up from about $30 million it had taken in prior to his 2016 financial report. (Note, when I stayed at same B&B in NW Arkansas as the Clintons, it was at least affordable and there was great BBQ, plus AQ chicken). https://finance.yahoo.com/news/trumps-washi...-151148357.html

On to first place. Fly the W flags. Sox Nation!!!

Indians could sneak into first by the end of today (DH against Twins)...one team will be 4 1/2 games up on Sox, the other just 3 1/2. Go Tigers and Royals. Contend contend contend...

Hawkins bomb...on the road back to...Birmingham. Next he will go off like Avi. Well, probably not. Dunning really getting into a good groove in this one. All the pitchers! 6/3/0/0/1/6. 3.38, 88 pitches. DUNN Deal!!!...7/3/0/1/7, sportier 3.29 era

No infinite sadness to lose peLFing, MiGo nickname, Holland dugout interviews and Shield's contract/mentoring/Big Gameness??? Where's the humanity?

Dunning back under 4 era in first game of WS doubleheader...seems to have settled after rough transition to Carolina League. A hit and K through 2, down to 3.78 era. Collins walk, Hawkins K, what else is new? (And Mieses sounds too close to measles, not a superstar name like ROBBER). Collins single, currently .228 and 846. Basabe two K's. (Speaking of Red Sox prospects, did anyone notice Benintendi's D isn't grading out well, only a 0.7 war so far? Devers might be the superstar when all is said and done over there.)

"Let them eat cake in prison."

You forgot to mention his two steals, haha. https://www.milb.com/milb/news/chicago-whit...982/t-185364810 Glowing write up about Moncada, with video of nifty play at second as well. Seems to be all of his problems were pressing, trying to do too much...and getting a bit frustrated with a number of hard hit balls going right at fielders. Also mentioned how opposing pitchers were limiting him to just a few hittable pitches in some games, sonhavingbthe discipline just to accept his walks and not expand the strike zone. Hopefully I am wrong...that the thumb and wrist are both 100% healed now. At any rate, sigh of relief. And he obviously prefers the action on the infield and has the tools to play there. Maybe Anderson moves to CF and becomes Austin Jackson Jr. for us (good version).

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Jun 17, 2017 -> 12:01 PM) The Sox under Ken Williams did a very poor job of getting proper value out of relievers, trading Foulke, Marte, and Thornton when their values plummeted and paying a premium for Linebrink and Robertson. If they reverse that under Hahn and trade these guys while their value is at its peak, they will be doing business the right way. Yeah, Kahnle has probably figured something out with regards to his mechanics, and he could be very good for 3-4 years, but a rebuilding team especially should not be counting on that. The more I think about it, the more I think that Robertson, Kahnle, and Swarzak being on this team beyond July 31st would be a failure. Reed turned into Davidson, Santos was a whiff...Santiago started his career as a high draft pick swing man (then closer) and turned into Eaton...into possibly 3 Top 100 prospects. Devenski, he was a throw-in at time. I guess we can also say we 'missed' with Junior Guerra and Clayton Richard, haha.

Abreu grades out at 12th out of 25 qualified 1B in fWAR. He should be better, but his defense is bottom 5% in the league. That said, he's headed for a 2.5ish WAR.

QUOTE (New Era on South Side @ Jun 17, 2017 -> 09:11 AM) Yes - using empty retail outlets in Downers Grove to be tech incubators, shared workspaces or even just offices for new startups and small businesses. I'll take that idea aimed mostly at Millennials and double down. Counseling centers for those who are unemployed....help with retraining, finding new work opportunities, marketing/branding yourself, maybe an entrepreneurial slant as many 45-50 and up might not be able to get the full-time job they desire. Also, help with those individuals in terms of money management/credit cards/delinquent loans and guidance dealing with the labyrinthine health care markets in the wake of political turmoil roiling the system. Can do both...

Kimbrel is a Hall of Fame reliever...Kahnle could be Politte, Linebrink, MacDougal, Aardsma or a legit dominant closer under control for three more years. There's still not enough certainty there to trade a Top 100 guy (75-100) for him. Maybe if he keeps this pace up until the end of July.

QUOTE (Thad Bosley @ Jun 17, 2017 -> 09:26 AM) Lol - no they won't be doing "just fine". Quite the contrary! As long as this large market team's arrendance figures continue to be nestled in with those of the likes of Oakland, Tampa Bay, Miami, and Cleveland, there will be nothing "fine" about it. https://www.statista.com/statistics/193408/...mlb-since-2006/ It's a drop in the bucket. The favorable lease deal, the fact that ticket revenues have gone from 38.2 to 29.54% of team revenues in less than a decade. If the White Sox were averaging 25,000 per game, they'd have generated an extra $3.5 million or so. But that's offset by the lower payroll...which will eventually be sliced down to virtually nothing. Note it didn't stop them from spending on LUIS Robert, for example, or Derek Holland, for that matter. The vaunted St. Louis Cardinals couldn't compete with the Sox, lost Heyward to the Cubs, Price to Boston...we're still a large market team in the minds of players and agents. Compare their attendance to ours and explain what happened in all those aforementioned situations. The average MLB team generates revenues around $314 million per club, with a lot of that now related to merchandising, parking, luxury suites, shared revenue, local and national tv contracts, MLB Advanced Media/MLB TV, etc. That's over $118 million more than the average NBA franchise, a number which are unprofitable. Only 2-3 MLB teams fell into that level of red ink in recent years. And when's the last time a franchise moved in MLB?

Q actually went down 5 spots in WAR value...from 28 to 33.

The slight crack in Yankees' pen might be more significant than A's win...

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Jun 17, 2017 -> 08:01 AM) Trump vetting Brownback for a nomination. Ahahahahaha To replace Mulvaney at OMB...

I chose Kahnle because I believe his value still has room to grow, but it's a pretty significant risk to hold him, too. It's also not like we don't have plenty of replacements lined up on the depth chart.

Well, that was a pretty obvious non-trade, as are Jones and Saladino at the moment...messed it up again where there's only one voting option, but that makes it more interesting anyway.

Discuss. If you want to make it more of a dilemma, Quintana for 90 cents... Which players would you think about extending? Years/total dollars? Kahnle or Avi Garcia? Abreu?

By fWAR, pitchers who might be on the market: Archer Vargas Samardzija I.Nova Estrada Straily Duffy (DL) C.Richard (what?) 29. Darvish 33. Quintana Fip XFip 4.36/4.40 44. Jaime Garcia

Changes in Cuba policy could adversely impact Trump's hotel competitors (such as the Sheraton) http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/16/politics/don...tors/index.html

QUOTE (New Era on South Side @ Jun 16, 2017 -> 10:39 PM) I haven't thought it all the way through, but basically if brick and mortar stores are closing and people aren't flocking to create retail businesses, why not provide incentives to have startups and entrepreneurs take those empty retail locations? It's just a thought, even though Illinois is in the financial state it is in. In other words, make Downers Grove a place for startups like San Francisco and Chicago. So basically tech incubator/s, maker's space....whatever you prefer to term it?

22. AZ 23,477 23. Minn 23,078 24. Pitt 23,012 25. Cincy 22,451 26. Cleveland 22,030 27. CHW 21,019 28. Miami 20,456 29. Oakland 17,573 30. TB 14,408 With the Buehrle retirement game next Sat and Mon-Thurs home series against the Yankees, they will be doing just fine for 33 games, especially compared to some of the most dire and cataclysmic predictions. Then another weekend series with the Rangers. 2016 average=21,828 (26) 2015 average=21,947 (26) 2014 average=20,896 (28) 2013 average=22,105 (24) 2012 average =24,271 (24) I will conservatively estimate they average 25,000 for those next ten home games, 22,125 would be the new season average....with the following home games remaining. SEA (3) weekend LAD (2) Cubs (2) Cleve (3) Toronto, Houston, KC Minnesota, Detroit TB, Cleve San Francisco, Royals, LAA 44 Games

Wade Davis is the same way...much better with 1 run lead than 2-4. Yankees' pen has gotten roughed up two nights in a row in Oakland. Judge, triple and 23rd homer. Ho hum.

http://www.milb.com/multimedia/vpp.jsp?con...83&sid=milb Bonus Kyle Tucker homer That Moncada ball flew out like a Judge homer...836 ops http://www.milb.com/multimedia/vpp.jsp?con...83&sid=t494 Minor league roundup including Hansen and Devers homer... https://www.milb.com/milb/news/prospect-rou...236/t-185364810 White Sox RHP Alec Hansen, Class A Kannapolis: 6 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 10 K, 86 pitches, 61 strikes -- Hansen has been a strikeout fiend in his first full season, so let this performance lock in that reputation. Thursday marked the third time in his last five starts that the No. 10 White Sox prospect has reached double digits in K's. He now has 92 strikeouts in 72 2/3 innings, good for third in the Minors this season behind Wilmer Font (102) and Puk (98). Beyond just punchouts, his other numbers (2.48 ERA, 2.62 FIP, 7.6 percent walk rate, .204 average-against) are also strong. The White Sox sent their 2016 second-rounder to the South Atlantic League after control issues caused his stock to drop at the University of Oklahoma last spring, but he's shown few issues at Class A through the first half. A move to Class A Advanced Winston-Salem should come not long after next Tuesday's Sally League All-Star Game.