Lip Man 1

Just because Justin Ishbia wants to buy the White Sox doesn't mean Jerry Reinsdorf is selling But don’t stop dreaming, Sox fans. https://chicago.suntimes.com/white-sox/2025/02/23/just-because-justin-ishbia-wants-to-buy-white-sox-doesnt-mean-jerry-reinsdorf-is-selling-ricketts-mccaskey

Better get used to it and a lot of blown games by the bullpen just like last season.

https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/23/chicago-white-sox-john-schriffen-year-2/

https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/justin-ishbia-scraps-pursuit-to-buy-minnesota-twins-shifts-focus-to-chicago-white-sox-per-report/

Given it is the White Sox (who already have four pitchers now by my count having issues) that may not be far from the truth.

https://chicago.suntimes.com/sports-media/2025/02/22/white-sox-tv-voice-john-schriffen-the-score-parkins-spiegel-bruce-levine-ryan-mcguffey-steve-stone-chicago-sports-network

Told the Sun-Times Saturday playing on that disasterous Sox team last year made him want to get back to a winning organization. So he chose the Cubs???????? 😆

https://chicago.suntimes.com/2025/02/22/the-way-darrin-jackson-sees-it-white-sox-should-let-the-kids-play

While some view the move, reported by The Athletic, as potentially raising his chances of ownership in the future, Ishbia’s tender offer has no impact on control or operation of the team, the Sox say. https://chicago.suntimes.com/white-sox/2025/02/22/investor-halts-pursuit-of-twins-looks-to-raise-minority-share-in-white-sox

Which is why the Dodgers now look like geniuses again by signing and bringing in a lot of good depth.

Who was it that said the Sox have all these pitchers? (That they can't keep healthy...) 😗

The first of a multitude of losses both in the preseason and regular season.

https://awfulannouncing.com/mlb/scott-boras-rips-mlb-for-being-a-decade-behind-in-rights-deals.html

Was the Fireman of the Year in 1965. He had a terrific season. Sox got him in the Billy Pierce deal. Also he did a spot-on imitation of Donald Duck.

Exactly.

All you can do is laugh.

He's in the best shape of his life! (LOL)

Present ownership has no intention of renewing the lease because the odds are they will no longer be around. New ownership coming in will have a much different opinion in all likelihood.

In 1976 I was taking a 400 level course at UK and we had to do a paper for it. I decided to do it on the role of the sports broadcaster. That Christmas break when I was home I was able to get time with Harry Caray, Chet Coppock, Johnny Morris and Vince Lloyd. For Lloyd I went down to the WGN studios to meet him. He was very nice and gave me more time than was originally scheduled for. One of the stories he told me as we were talking was the time to spoke to P.K. Wrigley before a Cub game down on the field. He said he asked Wrigley (not for airing) 'why can't the Cubs win?' Wrigley's answer according to Lloyd was certainly interesting. Lloyd said, that Wrigley told him, 'we're not interested in winning, we're interest in entertaining...'

This goes into the question is baseball's goal "to win" or "to entertain:" Apparently the Brewers owner made some interesting comments and the writer brings up the White Sox: https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/brewers-owner-mark-attanasio-questions-his-purpose-to-win-or-to-provide-a-summer-of-entertainment-for-fans/

From the Washington Post (need to have a subscription): https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2025/02/19/mlb-salary-cap-rob-manfred/?utm_campaign=wp_post_most&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&carta-url=https%3A%2F%2Fs2.washingtonpost.com%2Fcar-ln-tr%2F41327c2%2F67b6108c733acb32f28d1476%2F656f5633386724493aa28bcb%2F38%2F60%2F67b6108c733acb32f28d1476

https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/18/chicago-white-sox-financial-committments-young-prospects/

Wonder if Robert learned the name of the new hitting coach yet? 😆

But of course the Sox will waste six months screwing around before finally deciding 'rest and rehab' aren't doing s$%^. Then have the kid have the surgery.

https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/16/chicago-white-sox-fans-trust/