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You should read before you post. And not just my reply.

That’s exactly what happened in San Diego and Philadelphia. The two teams with the largest increase in attendance from 2018 to 2019.

The Sox had severe international pool penalties for signing Robert. They cannot exceed a certain amount of international bonus pool money in 2018 2019 and 2020. They are trading gift cards for restaurants that are in another town for a coupon for one in their town. Jones salary was picked up by tejas. The pool money was just a cherry on top.

I have a question. Why would the white Sox, who TRADED sale three years ago for kopech, moncada, basabe, AND 60 million dollars(Boston paid for moncada’s bonus and penalty), want to trade any top prospect for an older and beat up Chris sale that is owed 150 million dollars over the next five years?

Not at all. Not with this front office.

Good for you.

Depends on how much you think he would want to play for a sad sack organization like the white Sox. Don’t forget he suffered in Miami for years under a horrible owner.

All good.

This isn’t WSI. just post it.

So......spend money to make money? we don’t want to give jerry a stroke now, do we?

You guys are funny. This isn’t happening AT. ALL.

If rick cleans house, he’s the next to get fired. The jerry loyalty plan applies to most of his front office. Look at ken Williams.

Sure. Keep telling yourself that.

What? So he can opt out next offseason?

Look at the bad sponsorship deals the Sox have right now thanks to a team that is less than mediocre. You don’t think a superstar contract won’t make the next round of sponsors pay more to be with a “winner”?! Look at how much the hawks have milked their period of greatness into cash money for the org. They have sponsors for EVERYTHING. And those are multi year deals. And don’t give me the “if the contracts hamper you in year 10 “ crap ken Williams. The Sox will be looking for a new stadium in ten years, and the tv deal ends in five years. If they want to win those lucrative negotiations, then you need to be a winning club and make state legislatures and tv networks fall in love with you.

Machado and Harper are both earning their contracts. Both the pads and phils have experienced box office growth, and ratings are up, which translates to increased revenue (I believe both clubs have stakes in their cable networks). PLUS, the renewed interest creates long term sponsorship deals that bring in money for years. Does anyone remember that Miller extended thier Sox sponsorship for TEN YEARS in the wake of the World Series win? Or that 7 god damm 11 paid the Sox HALF A MILLION DOLLARS to move gametimes up six minutes? That was directly connected to the club being “relevant”. I think the Sox would have benefited greatly by signing either player, just lookin at the financial side. But jerry was cheap timid and stupid with “his”money.

Is the owner still jerry reinsdorf? yes? then no.

The Sox have a 10 month payment plan option. Which means you can stretch your payments until JULY 2020(December there is no payment due). As for the price increase? The 2018 ticket had a TWELVE PERCENT INCREASE DUE TO THE SOX CHARGING TAX ON YOUR TICKETS ABOVE FACE VALUE. which means that your $10 ticket is now 11.20 instead of 8.90 plus tax.

That is one hell of a job. Assuming a three hour game, you’re making a bit over $15 an hour in 1990’s money.

Our great national nightmare is over.

There was talk of them proposing changes after the park got financing, but chicago’s Infrastructure would not allow a design below grade(street level) but make make no mistake the oriole park design was unique to Baltimore(especially the office building) and was designed after the Sox deal

The astros front office needed a hurricane AND a player revolt to get them to spend money.

In seasons where they had a severe cap penalty on international signings. It was like a gift card for a store in bankruptcy. You can’t spend it.

How could they? They (HOK)were designing oriole park in 1988, long after the city and state pledged to work together at 35th and shields!

It just means the Sox could sell for much more than that. They are currently “worth “ 1.6 billion.