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Magic Johnson went to the Lakers after they won the coin flip with the Bulls for the #1 draft pick in 1980.

Very true and JR won't allow a thorough search outside of the organization. How many times has he had a chance to do so and never even considered it?

It's both... the tax hit and the idea of having to pay anything (for example his unwillingness to announce he's willing to pay anything out of his own pocket for a new stadium) is still the driving force, and that is ego-centric. "I'm rich...I shouldn't have to pay a damn thing...not taxes not my money for a stadium..." BOTH are involved.

And of course the Sox will sit him for four or five days before deciding he needs to go on the IL for who knows how long. White Sox baseball..."We love to play shorthanded!!!"

In nine games they are averaging 3.5 runs per game and THAT'S WITH a game with nine runs and a game with eight runs. The offense is as horrible as last season.

"The three-game sweep revealed all of the Sox’ flaws. They were outscored 18-9, and their bullpen wasn’t dependable. Entering Sunday, Sox relievers had the 13th-worst ERA in the majors (4.13)." https://chicago.suntimes.com/white-sox/2025/04/06/bullpen-implodes-as-tigers-sweep-white-sox

With respect I seriously doubt JR is going to want to give up a single iota of control as long as he is alive. We'll see how this plays out, I hope I'm around to see how it ends.

From the Sun-Times: DETROIT — White Sox designated hitter Andrew Benintendi exited Sunday’s 4-3 loss against the Tigers with left adductor tightness. He appeared to come up lame when he was running on the bases in the first inning. Losing Benintendi for any stretch of time would be a significant hit to an already thin Sox lineup. Nick Maton replaced Benintendi at the DH spot in the lineup. Benintendi was in a good stretch, batting .290/.333/.484 with a .817 OPS. Last year, the Sox lost former third baseman Yoan Moncada and designated hitter Eloy Jimenez to adductor tightness. How long Benintendi is out depends on the severity of the tightness. Manager Will Venable said he thinks part of Benintendi’s injury happened Saturday when he made a leaping catch into the left-field wall in the first inning. “He felt OK today,” Venable said. “And then that first at-bat, [it] started flaring up on him a little bit, and we just want to do the right thing, get him out of there.”

You mean like Colson Montgomery? 😉 Give the prospects time, something will screw them up...these are the White Sox.

And the offense has now scored three runs or less in six of the nine games played. Seriously I don't see one single, solitary thing to be excited about or optimistic for the future right now with this team and organization.

But again HE DOES NOT WANT TO GIVE UP CONTROL. It's all part of the same issue with selling, he wants what he wants and that's the way it is. It's all about ego and having the final say.

Well...the first blown game with a lead in the 7th inning or later this season. Many, many more to come. 2-7 worst record in the league and far more losses to come. White Sox baseball.

Can we PLEASE still be playing meaningful games after May 1st? 😆

I've been saying that for years and have written about it because of the tax hit if he sells while alive. So again I say to all Sox fans, take care of yourself and hope to still be around when new ownership finally does come into play. He's not selling gang, period. Full stop.

It hasn't bothered JR for one reason, he's making money.

"Entering Charlotte’s game Friday, Montgomery had yet to draw a walk and had struck out 15 times. This comes after a lackluster 2024 season that saw him bat .214/.329/.381."

https://chicago.suntimes.com/white-sox/2025/04/04/he-was-painting-the-zone-tigers-jack-flaherty-quiets-white-sox-in-7-4-win

"That success hasn’t quite carried over to the regular season. Robert finished 0-for-4 with three strikeouts, including the strikeout to end the game against reliever Will Vest, and is 4-for-25 (.160) with one extra-base hit, two walks and nine strikeouts through the first seven games."

Look out below...................................................

My understanding from reading the story is that Comcast's biggest issue is the fact the Sox/Bulls are allowing their games to be seen via over the air (i.e. free) TV which devalues Comcast's product in their opinion. And God knows the state of the Sox/Bulls is devalued big time right now the way things are. Perhaps if the Reinsdorf's and Brooks decide to stop free TV broadcasts Comcast will agree to a deal?

https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/03/tropicana-field-roof-st-petersburg/

https://chicago.suntimes.com/sports-media/2025/04/03/comcast-xfinity-chicago-sports-network-white-sox-bulls-blackhawks-cubs-marquee-sports-network-regional-sports-network-tier And Michael Reinsdorf is not happy about it: https://chicago.suntimes.com/sports-media/2025/04/03/bulls-president-michael-reinsdorf-comcast-chicago-sports-network-white-sox-blackhawks-danny-wirtz

Correct.

Vargas and Vaughn seem to be at best mediocre and are probably worse than that. Robert seems to have one foot out the door already. There's really nothing here that makes a pitcher really have to stop and take notice. If this continues and Benintendi stays relatively hot he won't see any decent pitches to hit in game situations.

It will be interesting when all is said and done if the offense actually is worse than last season. Stone was talking about this towards the end of the game and admitted they are going to have trouble scoring. Already in four of the six games played they've scored three runs or less.