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Jumped from 2.34 million to 2.957 in 2006. 27% increase, roughly....let's just say 1/4 or 25% because a second World Series title in 2015 wouldn't provide the same net bump the first one did a decade ago.

Can't believe there's no audio at least from the Dodgers' side...

http://www.sportsonearth.com/article/11470...41872-658620023 Nobody else (Cabrera, LaRoche, A.Garcia) in current consideration on the Sox side. 32 projected....I know, it's kind of a "duh" inclusion with Jose, but there are a lot of posters who believe his HR numbers will be down in the mid to possibly high 20's this season.

Arcenio Leon is interesting. Did anyone get any feedback about Sanburn's performances/stuff? And what was the main reason Montas was roughed up quite frequently this spring?

QUOTE (CaliSoxFanViaSWside @ Mar 26, 2015 -> 12:03 AM) Daisy Fuentes Too old!

At least no Beckham....there's that.

Kenny Battle comments on the current frustration surrounding Illinois program: http://m1.qconline.com/article.html#!/...e5f6780921abf77

http://www.csnchicago.com/white-sox/carlos...ct-college-pros Game story. Had the fastball up to 98. Pretty impressive stuff for March.

QUOTE (ewokpelts @ Mar 25, 2015 -> 11:06 PM) The sox own 20% of CSN-Chicago. The Bulls stake is a separate ownership group. They do, however, have the right to buy the Cubs' stake. Which definitely will happen in that 2018-2019 time frame as the Cubs branch off with their own RSN. http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=12557231&...egoryid=2521705 Is Forbes overvaluing MLB teams?

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Mar 26, 2015 -> 12:23 AM) I need Bryant to face Sale and Rodon. Samardzija taking him down a peg or two would be poetic justice as well.

Keon "Don't Call Me Keyon" Barnum's moonshot blast to RCF...shades of Fred McGriff. http://m.mlb.com/video/topic/69972428/v542...y=Keon%2BBarnum

Differences: 1) All the attendant media hype surrounding one year of eye-popping numbers in the minors 2) 107 years and counting without a World Series title 3) Gary Scott/Kevin Orie/Bobby Hill/Brooks Kieschnick/Hee Sop Choi, etc. Long string of busts in the infield for the Cubs. Shawon Dunston never even quite lived up to the hype back in the mid 80's. 4) Kyle Schwarber=Babe Ruth (enough said)

QUOTE (Chilihead90 @ Mar 25, 2015 -> 10:59 PM) All I could think of during that game.... Seriously. Rodon? Awesome. Beck? Awesome. Barnum? Awesome. Trey? Awesome. Shuck? Awesome. Avi? Awesome. EVERYTHING/EVERYONE IS AWESOME!!!!! CUE LEGO'S SOUNDTRACK.

QUOTE (daggins @ Mar 25, 2015 -> 09:37 PM) Puig forever HEART Just because I couldn't resist... http://m.mlb.com/video/topic/11493214/v540...swing/?c_id=mlb Shout out to former 2005 Houston Astro IF/OF Jason Lane, throwing a hanger here that was absolutely rocked. And Lane, ironically, hit a homer of his own.

http://sports.yahoo.com/photos/10-most-pop...56910--mlb.html Not surprising to see Lester join the list. One would think Bryant and Soler aren't too far behind. Here's what looks to be most of the TOP 27 Adam Jones Andrew McCutchen Buster Posey Chase Utley Chris Davis Clayton Kershaw David Ortiz David Wright Derek Jeter Dustin Pedroia Felix Hernandez Freddie Freeman Giancarlo Stanton Joe Mauer Jose Abreu Jose Bautista Masahiro Tanaka Mike Trout Miguel Cabrera Paul Goldschmidt Robinson Cano Stephen Strasburg Troy Tulowitzki Yadier Molina Yasiel Puig Yu Darvish www.fanatics.com

There are huge falloffs after the Cubs at 5 and White Sox at 15 to the next tiers...Royals still trapped in the bottom 4 despite their World Series appearance. Tigers, Phillies (a TON of money), Dodgers, Blue Jays, D-Backs....losing money. Yankees only at +$8.1 million. Royals and Twins did pretty well financially.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Mar 25, 2015 -> 01:38 PM) Can I switch my vote to a Cuban rum? Only if you hit Sammy Sosa over the head with it. Oops, I think that was Puerto Rican rum.

9 k's in 11 outs Facing Royals' OD line-up with the exception of Salvador Perez Rodon only the fourth pitcher in ACC history to record 400 K's in a career (and he only pitched three seasons).

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Mar 25, 2015 -> 07:29 PM) I rounded up from $975 million... They seemed like a pretty affordable investment until you just did that. :-(

This is the Rodon we've been waiting for this spring... Maybe working with Austin is having a positive effect, muscle memory? 8 k's in 3 1/3 IP. Only two outs NOT by K. Jesus.

Rodon has picked it up. 96-97 MPH consistently in this one. Facing the AL pennant winner tends to bring out one's competitive side a bit.

Can someone send a PF or C Iowa's way...as "Eye Swipe/Gouge" Adam Woodbury and Dominique Uhl will be the only players for those positions, along with Ahmad Wagner (possibly), bruising freshman from Ohio. Thanks!!!

And insurance payments/workmen's comp (Nate Jones)....all the big ticket contracts like Danks (for sure), Sale, Quintana, Eaton, Cabrera, Robertson, Abreu, Ramirez, etc. Not sure about Samardzija.

QUOTE (LDF @ Mar 25, 2015 -> 06:21 PM) ok, i found the site, the biz of baseball, it explained the breakdown of the tv deals, there are several heading in the total media deal. local tv/cable, regional tv/cable/ internet/, nationals tv/cable/internet. this total come to a substantial more than was org being listed. a poster wrote with the link http://www.soxtalk.com/forums/index.php?sh...94552&st=45 now according to the valuation breakdown, forbe which is a great source of info, but is also limited to what is not part of the company, the company which is describe in and by mlb. on;y list what the sox owners discloses. there are sub-companies that does not disclose their books. the last time i had this discussion, i may have made some real great posters really mad at me, maybe b/c of the style i write or talk. i really mean no offense and i hope someone can prove me wrong. i don't mind a total biiitch slap every once in a while. peace That was me... and, yes, you're right, finding or placing the exact value of the Comcast deal is BEYOND tricky, because there are two entities that are separate (Bulls and Sox) with the same owner. So that's 40%, 20% to Cubs, 20% Blackhawks and 20% Comcast Company if I remember correctly..

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Mar 25, 2015 -> 03:07 PM) Not just down, down by $10 million over 2013. Team lost money in 2013 and had to cut $15 million from payroll and get an extra $25 million in TV money to get to where they were last year. If it weren't for that extra TV money, the White Sox would likely be cutting payroll this year. That's also where you have to factor in the loss of nearly every major sponsorship deal the team had from 2006-2011. Gold Coast Tickets, Bullpen Sports bar, Chevy Fundamentals deck (I guess it's XFINITY now), the Gibson's restaurant group platform they were running, 7-11 stores (7:11 game start time), Pontiac (eventually replaced by Comcast), etc., not being able to derive new revenue over the stadium name (US Cellular), etc. Part of it was the 2008 economic crisis catching up before the beginning of the 2010 season. The offers they were getting the last two years apparently were insulting or pennies on the dollar, bargain-basement prices, so they just decided to wait for more favorable conditions in terms of the team's competitiveness level.