Bananarchy

Baseball is a business. The two of them are going to do what's best for them. She could fly first class to see her brother every weekend for like a century if Machado gets the money he wants.

"But if the Cubs are successful the White Sox and the Reinsdorf family will go from swimming in an ocean of money to a sea of money. After that they're going to leave and we're going to be sad" Trust me, man. I've died on this hill before. It's not worth it.

That could happen, but right now the Cubs have too many players onboard and likely would have to make a serious move to stay within their budget targets.

Offseason. Don't ever change. I do love this board.

Man, it's not an offseason thread until someone trashes someone else for saying something kind of not hateful about the Cubs

Lol no they didn't. They had no interest in moving the Cubs. They just wanted to get what they wanted.

It feels like the wrong time to start a local TV channel. I get that baseball is an aging fanbase but wouldn't it make sens to have the Cubs or Sox be a streaming service in the local region? That way, I can cancel cable and pay for SoxNOW or whatever it would be called. As is, I love MLB.tv and it sucks the local markets don't get it.

It wouldn't be a competing service, but MLB sells many of their games to national outlets (ESPN Sunday night for example). If Amazon were to make a competitive bid on something like the MLB would be crazy to not listen. It's not hurting the NFL at all that Thursday Night games are on Amazon Prime.

I'm curious to find out when Amazon or Youtube will make a move to get streaming rights to big games. I like the agreement we signed in principle but the future is those subscription services.

People love to ask me "why were you in the Philippines?" so I have gotten used to it. Beautiful country. Sad how poor it is.

When I was in the Philippines on business I watched the Sox with this https://www.expressvpn.com/

Depends on what message baseball is trying to make.

Adam LaRoche Albert Belle Bryan Anderson Sammy Sosa Josh Fields (such a disappointment)

Yes. I'll put a deeper discussion of this company in the buster. Wait nevermind Basically, the Cubs have partnered with the worst company you have never heard of.

Cubs are partnering with Sinclair to form the "Marquis" network. Too bad the Cubs sold their soul to the bottom of the barrel of broadcasters.

Probably not as well as "Our owner also owns the Bulls and they're the biggest non-football draw in town".

Hate to be that guy, but the reason the Sox are in this deal is because They play in the summer and the channel needs content in the summer They share an owner with the Bulls, so it's really just one transaction

It does. Basically, it's critical that a Chicago based sports network have a baseball team.

Yes, Derrick Rose. He stepped aside and replaced himself with a significantly worse GM. He seems to sometimes take over like right now, but he's responsible for the actions of his replacement and it's time to move on from this FO.

There's literally no argument to be made that Pax is a bad GM. He finally acquired a superstar at the end of his GM tenure.

I typically defend Paxson more than most because he's clearly very smart and capable as a GM, but he's responsible for the actions of everyone beneath him and he has continued to endorse Gar despite major shortcomings. Everyone needs to go.

I've been through a myriad of tests as part of a study at the University of Chicago. Multiple times as a kid I was run though a collection of tests. I have three siblings: two are on the spectrum and two of us aren't.

If Rock is JB Pritzker, I'm not sure why he hasn't bought the White Sox from Jerry yet

Got it. My sister is severe. My little brother is on the spectrum and he faces the same challenges. Best of luck.

Based on your typing I would assume you're pretty mild then. My sister is autistic and she can't even apply for a job. I also have a Chemical Engineering degree. Weird.