Lip Man 1

The issue is JR doesn't like to have to pay people not to work and Grifol still has a multi-year contract.

Just saw a story in the Sun-Times a few days ago talking about the guy the Sox hired for the job of psychologist.

Hard to argue with it. And I didn't know he ducked all interviews after it: https://chicago.suntimes.com/sports-media/2024/05/02/white-sox-tv-voice-john-schriffen-home-run-hater-steve-stone-andrew-benintendi-nbc-sports-chicago

Given the political climate and the resentment of the average citizen over a number of things today, unless the Bears can somehow (along with the White Sox) bridge a very sizable divide, I simply can not see the public going along with this. Politicians are concerned about one thing only, their asses, they want to get reelected. If the public backlash is strong enough they simply will not agree to giving the teams basically a blank check.

A few weeks ago Ozzie on the postgame show said he didn't want to manage again.

My how things have turned from his original press conference where he talked about kicking everyone's ass. ?

All you can do is laugh at these buffoons.

https://chicago.suntimes.com/bears/2024/05/01/take-it-from-source-the-bears-do-not-have-right-to-taxpayer-money-j-b-pritzker-soldier-field

https://awfulannouncing.com/local-networks/sportsnet-pittsburgh-dtc-pirates-penguins.html

https://chicago.suntimes.com/bears/bears-stadium/2024/04/30/bears-lakefront-stadium-proposal-meeting-pritzker-aides

https://chicago.suntimes.com/mlb/2024/04/30/astros-will-send-slumping-first-baseman-jose-abreu-to-spring-training-facility

https://chicago.suntimes.com/white-sox/2024/04/30/very-little-concern-for-white-sox-top-prospect-colson-montgomery-off-to-slow-start-at-charlotte

You are what your record says you are and this team/organization maybe the worst in baseball. You don't like teams dissing you, laughing at you? Do something about it besides rolling over and dying.

Back to the same old Dead Sox. 6th time this year the Sox took a lead into the 7th inning or later...and lost the game.

Remember if you finish second, third or fourth doesn't mean you had a bad year. ?

https://awfulannouncing.com/bally/diamond-sports-group-multi-year-extension-directv.html

https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/as-hire-investment-firm-to-help-raise-500-million-for-new-las-vegas-stadium-per-report/

To each his own.

“People think, go in there and flip a table or something like that, what are you going to flip a table for? For effort? They’re giving us everything they’ve got. It’s just not happening for us right now.”-- Pedro Grifol. Kenny Williams says "hello Pedro!"

Just like Yankees/Sox July 1, 1990.

Tonight is more along the lines of what we've seen out of the team this year as opposed to the previous three days. There will be a lot more of this over the next five months.

I've broadcast volleyball, men's and women's basketball, football and softball (never had the chance to do baseball0 and there is a lot of truth in the above post. Different sports have different cycles and rhythms and a play by play broadcaster can only do so much. A good color analyst is worth their weight in gold.

This team isn't competing for anything for the next several years. That changes of course if new ownership comes into play and immediately becomes aggressive in talent acquisition.

Once the new guy has a chance to know and understand the history of this franchise and the passion the fans have he won't be calling anybody out given the incompetence, dysfunction and ineptness from ownership to the front office.

All I wish for is to outlive current ownership.