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Really needed more of the Go Cubs Go! song. Cease tomorrow…get out your “hot” radar guns.

Bravo writers or AI. Not a total shocker.

DJ read the article and just said we were going to be 7th. Well, maybe not based on Spring Training play...obviously a lot of mistakes by youngsters. But not exactly encouraging performances, either.

Here we go again...Cannon not getting helped out by his defense, but also getting hit around.

Colas ran 200 feet from RF to back up a high pop-up. Seems to have a much better attitude this spring. But can he ever get past his offensive weaknesses?

Not so great day when DeJong is the offensive star of the game.

Related to Brian? Sox pitchers with way too many walks. Three sun and wind-aided hits the Cubs outfielders couldn't handle. Kopech ranged 93-98...5 k's. Spotty command with FB, overthrowing a bit...but much better in second inning.

Oh no they didn’t. Brielle's husband-to-be, who hails from Newton, Massachusetts, is a relief pitcher. After graduating from Duke University in 2022, Billy was drafted by the White Socks, and he now plays for their minor league team, the Kinneapolis Cannon Ballers. The 24-year-old went public with his romance with Brielle in April of 2023. Brielle first shared a photo with Billy on her Instagram grid in February 2024. https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/brielle-biermann-answers-burning-questions-164919733.html

Vs. KC Dinosaurs or KC Expendables

Suckage…too. Complete opposite of savagery.

https://www.indystar.com/story/sports/columnists/gregg-doyel/2024/02/29/today-the-day-the-indiana-fever-learned-they-were-getting-caitlin-clark-is-the-most-important-day-in/72795931007/

Truly inspirational stuff. The marketing department must want to put out a figurative hit on him at this point.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/mlb-average-salary-rose-7-220616506.html White Sox among 8 teams headlined by Mets and Padres blaming for cutting back on FA spending by $300 million...

Even worse, when he came to Hong Kong, he and Suarez didn't even play (or talk to the crowd to explain or even acknowledge them) at all when people had paid $100's of dollars for tickets. That didn't go over particularly well.

Imagine if you were to actually see on screen the price increasing as you were in the process of ordering. I think a good 50% of customers (especially if the restaurant wasn't that busy) would walk out in frustration. Of course, driving away or out of the drive through might not be as easy in a crowded line, but I could just imagine "road rage" drive-in episodes with people getting angered by the price hikes and abandoning their place in line...getting upset when someone won't move or back up or can't possibly backup to accommodate them. But yeah, you're right, great motivational technique to get people to abandon the typical fast food diet. Here in China we're going through a period of deflation (especially real estate prices), while restaurants like McDonald's are starting to get some serious pushback for price hikes and also "upselling" all the online menu options (mostly for delivery) by making it almost impossible to find a combo with Big Mac/fries/Coke. They keep adding chicken wings or pies or other stuff you probably don't want, and it takes ages hunting through apps to find exactly what you want.

In the list of things to be upset with the White Sox about...remember, this goes back to 2010/11, when they had a relatively successful season (26-5 stretch in the summer kept them in competition) and then marketing the acquisition of Adam Dunn the following season...this is probably not in the Top 25 gripes or complaints, but it did seem at the time they were gouging their customers over Cubs/Yankees/Red Sox, etc. games at that time. It made sense, in that the afterglow of the World Series championship was falling off considerably after the 2006/2007 and 2009 seasons (positive vibes used to last a full five years, recently closer to 3-4 years of benefit from that type of post-season run). https://www.espn.co.uk/mlb/news/story?id=5618359

Thread soon to be cancelled/closed/locked, lol.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/wendys-says-it-wont-use-surge-pricing-for-burgers-after-announcing-dynamic-pricing-whats-the-difference-between-the-2-175039236.html Just curious what people think...as the reaction to the restaurant has been universal condemnation, pretty much. Especially this idea of a nefarious AI/algorithm in real-time changing prices on a display board or "upselling" in order to get customers to spend more money (obviously a health concern) buying more than they need or at least should eat in various combo meals? The White Sox and numerous major league teams (and all across the Big 4 sports, for that matter) utilize similar marketing tactics but there's not THAT much organized pushback. I suppose the obvious answer is that Wendy's has significant competition, whereas sports teams do have competition in the entertainment/leisure spending niche...but sports fans are much more loyal/community pride etc., to their favorite teams than consumers. Trying to imagine if similar strategies by let's say Apple or Nike or Starbucks, where there's considerable brand loyalty, would work nearly as well. Probably not.

That's about the ONLY current interest area where JR would have any supporters, the cigar-smoking community.

https://www.yahoo.com/sports/iowa-star-caitlin-clark-declares-for-wnba-draft-212721128.html As said before, she's making the right decision. The incoming freshmen class (5 members) just isn't dynamic enough to wait around to develop when she has just one year of eligibility. Wouldn't be shocked if they were knocked out in the Sweet 16 (or even 2nd round game at home), OR reaching the Final 4 again. Just don't see taking down South Carolina two years in a row, it took almost a perfect game last year, and also a referee calling USC for being so physical on defense and putting their best player on the bench and out of game.

Has a team EVER done a Bobblehead Night for a visiting/active player? I could easily see an Ohtani or Yamamoto one almost selling out GRF...minimum low 30's if it was done over the summer months. I can imagine having them for HoF players from other teams, but not actual opponents. Wonder if there's a licensing issue with the Sox doing let's say Mantle, Mays, Aaron, Clemente, etc.? Or doing a Clemente Bobblehead for Roberto Clemente Day/Week?

We're somehow going to end up with Sheets OR Moustakas on the roster...aren't we?

https://news.yahoo.com/philadelphia-phillies-scrapping-1-hot-184927691.html

Pontifications?

Heard Karchner is still pretty good.