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I'm guessing the lakefront groups and conservation groups will start to petition for Soldier Field to be torn down after the Bears leave, save for the columns and turned into parks and so forth.

Well so much for that idea. So his knee has now had this issue twice this season if I understand the comment from Fegan.

Defense is a sieve. Fundamentals...an unknown word to this organization.

First eight games: Minnesota, Detroit, Dallas, Las Vegas, Washington, New Orleans, Baltimore, Cincinnati. Looks like at best a 2-6 start to me.

https://chicago.suntimes.com/bears/2025/09/08/bears-coach-ben-johnson-cant-keep-qb-caleb-williams-on-track-loses-27-24-to-vikings-in-debut It ended with fans at Soldier Field booing as time ran out on the Bears’ last-ditch scramble to get downfield with laterals.

Postgame autopsy. Lists basically every single mistake and bone headed play the Bears made: https://chicago.suntimes.com/bears/2025/09/08/bears-vikings-monday-night-football-score-halftime-injury-caleb-williams-ben-johnson-jaylon-nfl

As well they should be.

As long as the McCaskey family runs things you are right.

The Chicago Bears...all you can do is laugh. Once again snatching defeat from the jaws of victory. Penalty, after penalty after penalty after penalty after penalty. Spent money bringing in three new offensive lineman and they still can't run the football. Went for it on 4th down instead of trying a makeable field goal, possible three points lost. Missed a field goal, three points lost. Compete collapse in the second half. Still to early to judge Williams but I've got to tell you that #1 draft pick used on him isn't looking great. NFL.com says the Bears have the second hardest schedule in the NFL this year, my prediction of six wins could be an overstatement. Now 3-16 vs. divisional opponents since 2022, worst in the NFL. Bet hey let's get a brand new four billion dollar stadium says the McCaskey family! 🤡

Get used to it.

Especially in the secondary, Justin Jefferson may be licking his chops.

It probably will but stranger things have happened, let's put it this way I wouldn't bet your house on it. The White Sox may eventually get a new stadium once JR is gone and Ishbia is willing to pay for it...not until then.

I thought this also was impactful: "Nationwide, from 1970 to 2020, taxpayers paid nearly three-quarters of the costs of sports venues that received public funding, according to research done by professors at Kennesaw State University, University of Maryland and West Virginia University. But more than 130 studies have come to the consensus that the economic benefits of new stadiums fall far short of the public investment. Economists are skeptical of team projections of economic benefits, saying much of the spending on sports is simply shifted from what would otherwise be spent on other entertainment."

Latest story on Bears stadium. If you read through it there are some interesting comments and notations: https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/08/nfl-chicago-bears-arlington-heights-stadium/

Taylor wants to start. https://chicago.suntimes.com/white-sox/2025/09/07/white-sox-right-hander-grant-taylor-still-has-starter-aspirations

My comment was based on the overall off season not specific to the two pitchers being discussed. ANYTHING Getz tries to do, regardless of position will be determined by what JR lets him do.

Just an incredible game. To me what is even more incredible is that fact that Baltimore, with all that talent consistently over and over again loses double digit leads in the second half and/or fourth quarter and loses games. Just amazing.

There's only one off season question that matters: With labor uncertainty what does JR allow Getz to do? Everything flows from that decision.

9th time this year the Sox trailed going into the 7th inning or later and won the game.

It may be to much for the man in charge JR.

That I don't know but if I had to guess it would be Jay Mariotti who was working for the Sun-Times.

Folks, my wife and I just watched the Torborg documentary. Jeff was a friend but even I didn't know some of the stories that came out in the production. What a good, honorable man he was and you don't see many of those around anymore. Highly recommend this for all baseball fans and they have a good portion of the film on his days with the White Sox.

Part of the issue which is often overlooked is that in the last 40+ years how often have the Sox pot together streaks of consecutive winning seasons? When they have two-three-four winning seasons in a row that generates fan interest. Check the figures from 1981-1985, from 1990-1994 and from 2000-2006. Coming out of nowhere to be competitive after multiple losing years does little to immediate move the attendance figures. Since 2007 this franchise only has back to back winning years in 2020-2021. All we all know what was going on at that time. This of course also doesn't factor in the backlash over things like the 94-95 labor impasse which JR helped initiate and the infamous White Flag Trade which helped hammer attendance to say nothing of the threat to move the franchise in the late 1980's. The Sox consistently shoot themselves in the foot, White Sox fans have long memories and that absolutely impacts attendance.

They could do so....if they buy tickets of course. 😄

Exactly correct unfortunately.