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When you add in the 729 million a year from Fox and the 450 million a year from Turner that comes out to very close to two billion dollars a season in national TV revenue. That's a lot of broadcast revenue. Now add in national radio deals and these owners are making a pot full of money even before the first ticket is sold.

Vatican security advised guests not to hand any gifts directly to the pope, but when Leo saw Ishbia had brought along a Sox jersey signed by members of the 2005 World Series-winning squad, “he looked at me and he goes, ‘No, no, no, hold on — that stays here with me,’” Ishbia recalled. “He was excited to have this jersey with, I’m guessing, some of his heroes, the Paul Konerkos and Ozzie Guillens of the world. It was really cool that he didn’t want to follow protocol. He wanted to have it near him,” said Ishbia, who lives in Chicago and is building a massive home in Winnetka. “I’ll do my very best to create more wonderful memories for Chicago White Sox fans,” he said. Those were encouraging words for fans patiently waiting for change. The new era at least has a timestamp. And it officially began Wednesday in Rome, which sources say was not built in a day.

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Actually his brother is the majority owner of the Suns but he is involved. And yes, they made the moves to get guys like Beal and Durant to go along with Booker. It didn't work out but they at least tried

Nice to see guys like Gary Peters, Tommy John, Wilbur Wood, Luis Aparicio again.

Actually I think there have been cases where if it is written into their contract they will get paid.

Time will tell. But given his net worth is four billion dollars I suspect writing checks won't bother him like JR, who basically tries to write as few checks as possible. We'll see.

He stated that if he wanted to commute he'd have just bought the Twins, that Chicago is his home and he is keeping the team here.

Don't know how this guy got these or found these but they are sharp and clear from 1968 & 1969:

That was always my assumption but it is nice that someone with his position and financial where with all has publicly said it. And like I posted those three or four people who keep insisting the Sox are moving should give that ludicrous notion a rest now.

I'd love to have Armstrong playing center for the Sox when he is still in his prime myself. Don't care where he came from. 🙂

“I wish it was yesterday. I’d love to be the steward of a wonderful franchise. I’m the biggest baseball fan you’ll find. My goal is to win." --Justin Ishbia. In one conversation he has shown himself to be a complete opposite of Reinsdorf and exactly what this franchise desperately needs. Just hope I'm around to see it when it happens.

I appreciate the fact that he's hit 20+ home runs. On a solid team, good organization he'd be a full time DH because his defense and his baseball stupidity trump hitting 22 home runs or whatever that number was. Maybe if the Sox can cut ties with Beni that is where Sosa will eventually end up.

This should at least limit speculation for the small number (and you know who you are) continually fretting over the "Sox moving to Nashville." Ishbia's going to build a new stadium I suspect most of it with his own money at some location in the Chicago area. Just reading the Sun-Times story, my God already the difference between him and JR is like night and day. I just hope to hell I'm still alive to see this happen.

I'm sure it will break the heart of the posters who continued to insist that he is a "good" pitcher. 😆 And who knows? He may turn out to be in Tampa getting away from the shitshow on the South Side (but I doubt it...)

Before this year, only 14 of the 144 players who had received qualifying offers had accepted.

I'm guessing the upcoming lockout has something to do with this.

Exactly. All we can go on right now is recorded history and that says plenty about how the Sox feel about the international Asian market. Until something actually happens it's all talk and BS.

There's a big story in The Athletic today under the headline: MLB is flying high. Why does it seem to be barreling toward a work stoppage? Read Full Story

Which generated my response, supposedly they were "serious" about guys like Machado and Harper too. I guess it depends on your definition of "serious". To me sending a scout to watch a guy isn't serious. Making a reported legit offer (as opposed to making a low ball one to give you an out to say 'we tried' ) and then actually signing a good Asian player indicates to me that things have changed. Until then, it's all BS, smoke and mirrors.

This gives them an out to say, "we had a seat at the table..." 😆

Talk is cheap. Results matter.

Remember defense is associated with baseball fundamentals. That is an unknown word to this organization and it shows almost daily in games.

I will when this player signs with the Sox. It's been what 20 years since Iguchi? The Sox haven't even tried to get into the Pacific rim baseball market since then. I seriously doubt they are going to start that now.

You know of course that Stone worked for the Cubs for a number of years and was "loyal" to them as well. My sense is that Stone is loyal to two things, JR and his paycheck especially the way he rips the Sox fans on social media who dare question the organization. He is still a top notch analyst but let's be honest and also acknowledge he's in it for the money.