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Absolutely correct. I could see JR getting some help from some community be it Chicago or a suburb, say with the land...but the stadium itself? Let the cheap SOB pay for it himself like Joe Robbie did in Miami and the Giants owner did.

Given the lack of starting pitching unless the Sox are willing to go out and somehow acquire three starting pitchers you have to give consideration to Clevinger returning next year like it or not. He has been solid in this disaster of a season.

Enjoy it next season because after that "he gone..." (and rightfully so)

The Athletic from a few days ago.

August 27, 1910 - Comiskey Park hosted the first night game ever played in a Major League stadium as two Chicago amateur clubs played before 20,000 fans. The teams were Logan Square and Rogers Park. 20 arc lights were strung up along the perimeter of the field to accomplish it delivering 137,000 thousand candlepower of light. The system was the brainchild of inventor George F. Cahill. The first ‘official’ night game in Major League history took place in 1935 at Crosley Field in Cincinnati. August 27, 1911 – “Big” Ed Walsh fired a no-hitter against the Red Sox at Comiskey Park. It was the first time a Sox pitcher threw a no-hitter in that stadium. The final was 5-0. Walsh only allowed one base runner, Clyde Engle in the fourth inning, via a walk. He struck out eight in winning his 24th game of the year. August 27, 2007 - In the midst of a dismal season the Sox produced one highlight. They cranked out four home runs in the seventh inning of a game at U.S. Cellular Field and beat the Devil Rays 5-4. The home runs were hit by A.J. Pierzynski, Jermaine Dye, Juan Uribe and Josh Fields. Pierzynski, Dye and Uribe went back-to-back-to-back. August 27, 2021 – It was one of the wildest games the Sox ever played especially in their series against the Cubs as they came from six runs down to beat them 17-13 at Guaranteed Rate Field. The Sox trailed 6-0 after a half inning as starter Dallas Keuchel got lit up by the North Siders but then the Sox scored nine unanswered runs to grab a lead that they never lost. Catcher Yasmani Grandal, fresh off the injured list that he went on in early July with a torn knee tendon, drove in a franchise tying eight RBI’s on the night. Grandal had a pair of three run home runs and a two run double. He went 4 for 6 with two runs scored. Also of note in the game was the relief work by pitcher Reynaldo Lopez. He came on replacing Keuchel in the second inning and retired 15 straight Cubs striking out seven. He became the first Sox relief pitcher to retire 15 in a row since Ed Cicotte in 1917!

From Sox Machine site today: "Meanwhile, at FanGraphs, Michael Baumann does a good job of informing the general baseball audience about Reinsdorf being the root of all the White Sox’s problems, and how much of a(n AL Central) force they could be without him. That last concept always needs to be appended to any allegations that Reinsdorf wants to win, and assumptions that losing makes Reinsdorf miserable. It’s another form of the famous-to-me Cigar Aficionado quote about Reinsdorf’s m.o. from 1995: “Throughout the fall and winter, he was still driven by the dream: to create a World Series winner in a business climate that made sense to him.” https://blogs.fangraphs.com/the-white-sox-are-getting-a-facelift-they-need-a-new-head/

Merkin no longer has his Michigan grad buddy feeding him inside information.

As of a few years ago CPD figures showed the area around "Wrigleyville" actually had more crime reported than the area around Sox park. And it was just a few years ago a person was murdered right outside of the Wrigley Field area, I remember reading about it in the newspapers.

https://soxmachine.com/2023/08/the-white-soxs-worst-week-isnt-over-yet/

Or someone outside of the stadium, screwing around, pointed the gun in the air at say a 45 degree angle and fired off a few rounds and they came down inside the stadium.

From Keith Law: "A person familiar with Reinsdorf once explained to me the likely reasoning for Reinsdorf’s front-office insularity. It had to do with his relationship with Larry Himes, the former Sox GM. Himes did a fantastic job in the MLB Draft, selecting Jack McDowell, Robin Ventura, Frank Thomas and Alex Fernandez in a four-year span. (He also traded Reinsdorf favorite Harold Baines for a package that included Wilson Álvarez and Sammy Sosa.) But Himes was an outsider. He wasn’t deferential to Reinsdorf. And so he was gone after the 1990 season despite the Sox winning 94 games. (They’ve won 94 or more games just three times since then.) Ron Schueler, a Sox guy, was next up, and then came Kenny Williams and here we are today."

From what I Just read the CPD is now saying the shooting took place outside of the stadium.

If it is maintained properly by the owners, yes...it will be fine.

August 26, 1933 - The Sox honored one of the greatest pitchers in franchise history when Ted Lyons day was celebrated at Comiskey Park. Lyons though didn’t have his best stuff that day as he took the loss in the 10-5 decision to the Philadelphia A’s. He gave up eight runs in a little over seven innings of work. Lyons and Bill Veeck are the only individuals associated with the franchise to have two testimonial days in their honor. Lyons’ second one would come in 1940. August 26, 1971 - It was the kind of thing that could only happen to the White Sox and only in Baltimore’s “House of Horrors,” Memorial Stadium. The Sox trailed 6-0 before mounting a big comeback that saw them take a 9-8 lead in the ninth inning thanks to a home run by Mike Andrews. With two outs, torrential rain hit the area and after a wait of almost an hour and a half, the game was called. Because of rules in place at the time, the score reverted back to the last completed inning, the eighth, which saw Baltimore ahead 8-7. That’s the way the game ended...a seemingly typical result when playing the Orioles in Baltimore where odd and bizarre circumstances seemed to constantly hit the White Sox over the years.

Even Merkin is no longer afraid to speak truth to power: "Fans booed as Tim Anderson struck out to end the contest, and it was understandable after one of the team’s ugliest losses this season."

The Sox sure know how to spoil a birthday don't they? A complete 180 from just three years ago when Giolito threw the no-hitter.

I'm tired too...of Jerry Reinsdorf.

I could care less what happened in Houston. All I care about is if he could take the Sox out of this garbage dump.

I have a feeling guys now at simply going through the motions, they just don't have the drive and I get it, that's human nature when you've had a season like this. Now add in little to no accountability and little to no pride and this is what you get.

Those teams are fine to pattern yourself after too.

And to think Kenny/Rick thought they could get through the season having only Davis Martin in reserve? Just for thinking like that they deserved to get fired.

I guess it depends on your definition of "winning" doesn't it? In the past 10 years 2013-2022 the Yankees have had 10 winning seasons, five years where they won 90 or more games, three years where they won 100 or more games and made the post season six times. As a Sox fan I'd give my right arm to have that kind of recent history.

He said the same thing on his Foul Territory podcast a few days ago.

August 25, 1913 - The Sox purchased the contract of future Hall of Famer, pitcher, Urban “Red” Faber from Des Moines for $3,500 dollars. Faber would go on to win 254 games with four seasons of 20 or more wins with the team. In the 1917 World Series win over the Giants he’d go 3-1, throwing 27 innings with two complete games and an ERA of 2.33 August 25, 1959 - The Sox claimed first baseman Ted Kluszewski off waivers from the Pirates. “Big Klu” helped provide hitting down the stretch for the pennant and would hit three home runs and drive in 10 RBI’s in the six game World Series versus the Dodgers, five of those RBI’s came in the first game, an 11-0 Sox win. August 25, 1967 – After criticizing A’s owner Charlie Finley, power hitter Ken “Hawk” Harrelson was waived by the team. He became a free agent. With the White Sox in the middle of a four-team race for the pennant, later that same day Sox G.M. Ed Short called Harrelson in his Baltimore hotel room and offered him a one-time contract for $100,000. Short said it was a ‘take it or leave it’ offer since he did not want to get into a bidding war. Sox manager Eddie Stanky also got on the phone trying to talk Harrelson into agreeing to join the club. Harrelson turned down the offer saying in his biography he just wanted more time to consider his situation. He would later agree to a deal with the Red Sox for $118,000 and officially signed with them on August 28. Boston would go on to win the pennant and lose the World Series in seven games to the Cardinals. Harrelson eventually did make his way to the White Sox joining their broadcasting team for the 1982 campaign. August 25, 1968 - The tensions surrounding the Democratic National Convention in Chicago spilled over to Comiskey Park. During a game against the Twins, supporters of Alabama Governor George Wallace and Minnesota Senator Eugene McCarthy got into an altercation in the lower left field seats after some of the Wallace supporters were accused of making racial remarks to Sox left fielder Tommy Davis. Security quickly separated the groups and averted a larger brawl. August 25, 1981 - Sox pitcher Dennis Lamp carried a no-hitter into the ninth inning against the Brewers in Milwaukee. Robin Yount led off that inning with a bloop double to left field breaking it up. The Sox won the game though 5-1. Lamp struck out six and walked one in the night game. August 25, 2013 - It was a feat that hadn’t been achieved since 1947: Jordan Danks homered in a game his brother, John, won. John went six innings in a 5-2 win over the Rangers to improve his record to 4-10 on the season. Younger by just 16 months, John cracked his third home run of the season, in the fourth inning of the win. It wasn’t even intended to happen this way. Avisaíl García started the game in right field, but was injured crashing into the wall as he tracked Jeff Baker’s home run in the fourth inning. Jordan entered the game as a defensive sub, and in the bottom half of the same frame, cracked a massive home run to right. In his next at-bat, Jordan singled, and finished the day 2 for 3 with bragging rights, for once, over John. August 25, 2020 - In surreal surroundings, no fans at Guaranteed Rate Field due to the pandemic, Sox pitcher, Lucas Giolito no-hit the Pirates winning 4-0. Giolito allowed only one base runner on a walk in the fourth inning. He struck out 13 hitters on 101 pitches, one of the most dominating performances in baseball no-hitter history. Tim Anderson and Adam Engel made terrific defensive plays to save the no-hitter in the seventh and with two outs in the ninth inning respectively. It was the 19th no-hitter in franchise history making them the all-time American League leader in that category. August 25, 2022 – Over the decades the most incredible, strange, bizarre things seem to happen to the White Sox in Baltimore. Games that are ready to be won, are lost in the most astonishing ways, ways that only seem to happen once in a decade except to the White Sox. Case in point, a night game in Baltimore on this date. The Sox led the Orioles 3-2 with two out, no one on in the last of the ninth inning. Sox closer Liam Hendriks was working on his 20th consecutive save. Baltimore outfielder Kyle Stowers sliced a fly ball that drifted into foul ground in left field. Sox outfielder Adam Engel ran to the area, put his glove up…and dropped the ball. The error gave Stowers a second chance and he promptly hammered a flat curve ball from Hendriks into the seats for the game tying home run. Baltimore would wind up winning the game 4-3 in 11 innings.