Lip Man 1

https://awfulannouncing.com/amazon/diamond-sports-announces-amazon-investment-in-comeback-plan.html

I don't know if they have ever done guys like Fox, Pierce, Aparicio, Allen...would be interesting to know if they have done so.

The garbage dump or the junk yard would be my guess.

https://www.mlb.com/whitesox/news/white-sox-2024-international-prospects-signings?t=mlb-pipeline-coverage

I know of a Lori Mendenhall but not Lori Lee...and I have not been told who the other inductees are.

Who? ?

Thank you.

I appreciate the thought and frankly I could do the job. But I'm 68 and my wife and I just paid off our house. I'm actually going to be inducted into the Idaho State Sports Hall of Fame this February. I have established roots here in Southeast Idaho but it simply is a non-starter right now. Maybe 20 years ago I'd certainly think about applying but not now.

Well researched story on ballparks: https://www.thescore.com/mlb/news/2813438

Don't bet on this.

From Paul Sullivan's column today of what Chicago sports fans have to look forward to until the Bears season opener next September: Vanishing White Sox fans The biggest difference between the Blackhawks and the White Sox is Hawks fans will come out to watch an awful team if they have someone like Bedard to focus on. The Sox have no such player on the current roster, and the minimal spending this offseason by general manager Chris Getz suggests they don’t intend to obtain one any time soon. Top prospect Colson Montgomery is considered the next big thing, but the Sox don’t want to rush the shortstop, even on a rebuilding team that could use a gate attraction. Luis Robert Jr. is a superstar in the making, but he’s not good enough yet to convince Sox fans to buy tickets just to watch him play on a losing team. In short, it could be a lonely season in the bleachers at Sox Park, which at least would make it more difficult to get hit by a wayward bullet. By August the Sox could be playing out the string and Pedro Grifol could be on the hot seat.

Correct. Those deals are already signed and the money is already in the bank earning interest I might ad. That revenue for now won't change regardless if the Sox win 100 games or lose 100 games. However with the NBC Sports Chicago deal expiring after this year, you'd think the Sox would want to show progress in order to get the best new TV deal possible for the Chicago-area.

Never saw the doc with Mike

Never had.

For the record Graveman was responsible for losing the lead in four of those 19 games: March 31 (along with Diekman) June 11 July 9 July 23 (along with Banks)

I think that's Bend, Oregon. I live in Idaho and never heard of Bend, Idaho.

Unless new ownership is in place before his deal expires and given how Boras, the vast majority of the time, takes his players to free agency, you can assume his days with the Sox will be numbered.

19 times last season the Sox took a lead into the 7th inning or later...and wound up losing the game.

Martin like Santos is basically an unknown right now until shown otherwise given his TJ surgery.

Didn't see this one coming.

Colas somehow, someway appears to have pissed off someone or a few people in the organization. Very strange.

https://chicago.suntimes.com/white-sox/2024/1/9/24032064/dealin-cease-chris-getz-updates-ongoing-talks-to-trade-white-sox-ace

Nothing to lose by trying I guess but it is hard to see how he holds up and what his inning limit is going to be.

He was good at what he did but JR didn't care for him and that's that.

SSHM: My comment wasn't based on helping or not helping the Sox directly. I was simply saying he's a highly qualified broadcaster that I liked listening to, his preparation and the way he called games. Given everything that has gone on in this dysfunctional, incompetent and inept organization I can't think of much else that would alienate what's left of the fan base. And frankly since when has JR ever given a damn about what the fan base or the media thinks?