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I have full season platinum box seats and received an invoice for 6.6% increase, the first increase in the last few years. Also they want a deposit this month (September) as opposed to prior years when you had until about the end of December. I asked my season ticket rep about the changes and all he did was confirm them but no explanation was given Did others see a similar increase? It is the largest increase that I remember; had a similar increase for 2006 but understood the reason at the time. Hopefully the money will be spent on free agent pitching, another catcher and a left handed hitter....

I’m a long time season ticket holder and called my rep to see what he knew about tickets and he said this is an mlb run event and the White Sox will not be selling tickets. He said more details at a later date. I’m guessing with high demand and realistically just several thousand tickets available mlb may do some sort of lottery

Terence Mann: Ray, people will come Ray. They'll come to Iowa for reasons they can't even fathom. They'll turn up your driveway not knowing for sure why they're doing it. They'll arrive at your door as innocent as children, longing for the past. Of course, we won't mind if you look around, you'll say. It's only $20 per person. They'll pass over the money without even thinking about it: for it is money they have and peace they lack. And they'll walk out to the bleachers; sit in shirtsleeves on a perfect afternoon. They'll find they have reserved seats somewhere along one of the baselines, where they sat when they were children and cheered their heroes. And they'll watch the game and it'll be as if they dipped themselves in magic waters. The memories will be so thick they'll have to brush them away from their faces. People will come Ray. The one constant through all the years, Ray, has been baseball. America has rolled by like an army of steamrollers. It has been erased like a blackboard, rebuilt and erased again. But baseball has marked the time. This field, this game: it's a part of our past, Ray. It reminds of us of all that once was good and it could be again. Oh... people will come Ray. People will most definitely come.

"Words are easy. Deeds are hard. Words can be empty, deeds speak loudest, and sometimes they echo forever." Well said. Congratulations Harold for representing White Sox fans so well over the past 40 years.

I have seats for many years behind the visitors dugout. There were no nets when we first moved there. They extended the nets about 2 years ago and I thought it would be terrible but you adjust suprisingly quick, after the first game I didn't even notice the nets anymore I have witnessed a couple of horrible injuries caused by foul balls. One in particular, I saw an older women get smashed in the face by a line drive foul ball, her nose shattered, blood everywhere. It would have been hard for many people paying attention to protect themselves on a ball like that. Players are bigger and stronger and there are more distractions (cell phones, video boards). Its the right thing to do, the risk is too high.

I loved that 2005 team but what a weak bench! Widger, Timo Perez, Geoff Blum, Willie Harris and Pablo Ozuna, I don't think you could win a championship now with such a weak bench. We did have a great bullpen with some career years- Cotts, Politte, Hermanson, etc.

Royce Clayton is a good call I cant believe I forgot him. He was an awful player with a surly attitude. I remember when he would come to bat the entire home crowd would jeer him with chants of "M-V-P!" Sox fans definitely have an edge. The only thing that was funnier was in the late 1970's some fans would hang out a huge bedsheet sign in left field that said "Washington Slept Here" to mock Claudell Washington's lack of interest in the game...

Sorry to be negative but this list came easy to me.. 1. Jamie Navarro (nothing is ever my fault) 2. Albert Belle (poor excuse for a human being) 3. Chic Ghandil (Black Sox Ringleader) 4. Eddie Fisher (As a young boy saw the 1972 White Sox deplane at Midway after a long successful road trip.. asked for his autograph and he told me to "get the f*ck away from my luggage" 5. Ron Santo (enough said)

1. Mark Buerhle 2. Frank Thomas 3. Paul Konerko 4. Harold Baines 5. Billy Pierce (not old enough to have seen him pitch but he was one of the nicest gentlemen I ever met) 5a. Black Jack McDowell

Some times good things happen to good people. I met Harold several times, watched him play hundreds of time, I am estatic and yes, surprised that he got in. DH's are minimized by the writers. And, as Hawk used to say "its not what you do its when you do it". You wanted HB up there in key situations, he was clutch. And I've been fortunate to meet Ron Kittle many times, he is a good man with a keen sense of humor.

Dick Enberg announced the Bears Super Bowl XX victory over the Patrions in January 1986 (along with Merlin Olsen)

sorry title should read anniversary

"Anyone who thinks we can catch Cleveland is crazy" - Jerry Reinsdorf as the Palehose were 3.5 games behind at the trade deadline http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/colum...0729-story.html

Great insightful discussion

Anybody here know if they are planning to unveil a Buehrle statue at the June 24th jersey retirement ceremony? It seems they usually separate the number retirement from the statue dedication but it would be great if they surprised us with the unveiling of a statue too. I have been watching Sox baseball for 45 years and MB is my all time White Sox favorite, really looking forward to the game in 2 weeks!

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Jan 13, 2017 -> 11:30 AM) Some punk blogger who lives in his mom's basement. I can state with absolute authority that's not true. (He has his own bedroom upstairs)

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Nov 12, 2016 -> 07:25 AM) I think they raised the prices on the cheapest of the cheap,a nod maybe some others but not all. Someone here already said his went down. Probably has something downstairs. I have upper deck reserved. This " increase" will cost me about $14 total for 2 seats with my discount. So about 25 cents a game. They also threw in 2 free games with patio party, and 2 other parties. The bastards. when you have seats go from a little over $50 per game per ticket to $54 that's significant. Our invoice went up like $1200. I don't mind paying that when they put out a good product but these last few years have been awful. If I cant make a game and have to sell n Stubhub I usually take a loss. I'm sure if someone did a study of the Cubs or other big market teams the resale value % is much higher, the Sox have to be near the bottom the league in resale value. Of course we could always cancel our plan but we wont, just too loyal to the team and its part of my summers for many years. It just doesn't seem like great timing to raise product prices 7% when you are having quality issues.

I don't post very often but follow this site daily. I have been a season ticket holder since 1991 (I share my 4 full season diamond boxes with 5 other guys). I received my season ticket renewal package last night and the cover letter made no mention of a price increase but I just compared to last years invoice and the tickets went up 7%! This is the largest increase I remember in 25 years. Isnt that strange timing giving the lack of general interest in the team and the potential for a rebuild? We will renew because we have excellent seats by the vistors on deck circle and hey the Sox are a huge part of my life but Im feeling a bit taken advantage of... Did other areas see a large increase or are they just slamming the premium boxes?

I think Darryl Boston needs to go -he is in charge of baserunning and the Sox have shown atrocious fundamentals running the bases. Boston is an old running buddy of KW though

The issue that bothers me is that shouldn't the manager control his clubhouse? Why didn't Robin manage this? Whey didn't the players go to Robin? Seems like it went two levels too high in the organization.

QUOTE (asindc @ Feb 22, 2016 -> 12:42 PM) Yeah! And what's the deal with signing Jeremy Guthrie, Casey Janssen, Clint Barmes, Brian Duensing, Carlos Marmol, Craig Breslow, Hideki Okajima, Fernando Rodney, Brendan Ryan, and Carlos Quentin? It works sometimes too. See Jermaine Dye, Carl Everett, Jim Thome etc. Recent veterans who had a bit of a "bounceback" or success with the Sox... If you want to go back in time how about Jim Kaat Richie Zisk and Eric Solderholm etc

QUOTE (ChicagoHeel @ Jan 12, 2016 -> 10:05 AM) Wow they have no faith in the 2015 champs, they have the Royals at 79-83. I can dig that. I cant see the Royals dropping that much, although I do see them falling back some from 2015

There is almost nobody left that played with the 1959 championship team. Jim Landis is in very poor health. Jim Rivera & Luis Aparicio are still around. So are a couple of backups - Sammy Esposito & John Romano. That's abut it.

QUOTE (raBBit @ Mar 31, 2015 -> 01:31 PM) It's only 49 dollars. This is a no brainer for me. Who is going to end up at games alone this year? Well happy 21st birthday rabbit!!!

QUOTE (Andy the Clown @ Dec 24, 2013 -> 02:40 PM) I agree with you, but I do see them bringing in some like like JR Murphy. I would sign John Buck for a year, probably only cost $3 to $4 million. He is not the long term answer but a definite upgrade over Flowers /Phegley