Everything posted by WBWSF
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Getz speaks at GM meetings...
Getz has said the team has to become more athletic. Isn't Robert Jr the only athletic person on the team?
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Getz speaks at GM meetings...
Trading Luis Robert Jr would be the greatest PR disaster the team has had since the White Flag trade.
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Craig Counsell
I think Its too much money for a manager. Especially one who has never won a pennant or a World Series.
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Craig Counsell
Other than I hope the Cubs lose every game I simply have no interest in what they do. I haven't been to a Cubs game at Wrigley Field since 2002. I could have gone to the 5th game of the 2016 World Series for nothing, I took a pass. You keep mentioning Eddie Einhorn in your posts. He was the one who wanted to move the team to Florida. When that didn't happen he sold most of his White Sox stock to JR and left the scene.
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Craig Counsell
I really don't care what the Cubs do. I do think its crazy to give a manger $40 million dollars.
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Tim Anderson Free Agency Discussion
Grifol must not have wanted Anderson on the team. If Grifol had wanted Anderson they would have picked up his option.
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White Sox on this Day - Things to be Grateful For.
I've always believed that a man must be in love with his work, his wife and the White Sox for total happiness.
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White Sox on this Day - Things to be Grateful For.
I'm grateful I'm a White Sox fan. What more could anybody want in life?
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Reinsdorf considers moving White Sox out of Guaranteed Rate Field or selling team
Go to YOUTUBE and look at the work being done on the Cleveland Stadium. It has to be costing some serious money. The White Sox stadium is 2 different ballparks. The lower level is wonderful and the upper deck is terrible.
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Reinsdorf considers moving White Sox out of Guaranteed Rate Field or selling team
Cleveland recently extended their lease at the present stadium. They are spending some serious money on the present stadium this off season. Their upper deck is being torn down entirely in right field. Nobody wants to sit up there. I can't help but wonder if the White Sox extend the lease on their stadium if the stadium gets redone. If Cleveland can knock down their upper deck I wonder if the upper deck at the White Sox stadium will be knocked down also. The present upper deck has been hated since the stadium opened. Nobody wants to sit up there.
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No Official plans to announce for SoxFest
They had a Soxfest a few months after the White Flag Trade. White Sox GM Ron Schueler didn't show up. Maybe they just don't want to hold another Soxfest in the future.
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41% decrease in viewership
If JR had moved the White Sox to Florida he would have sold the team years ago. The Rays have already had 4 ownerships. I'm surprised that the present Rays ownership agreed to a new stadium in the same location. That tells me that no other city would build the Rays a new stadium.
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MLB Trade Rumors - Chicago White Sox Offseason Outlook - by Tim Dierkes
Wouldn't it be better to sign Texas free agent catcher Mitch Garver?
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41% decrease in viewership
It doesn't make any sense to build the new stadium at the same location. Perhaps no other city (Tampa, Orlando, Montreal and Nashville) would build the Rays a stadium.
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41% decrease in viewership
The team lost 101 games and was difficult to watch. Is anybody surprised at the low TV ratings? In my opinion there are worse situations. The Tampa Bay Rays won more games than the White Sox and the White Sox had better attendance. The Rays played the Rangers today in the playoffs and had thousands of empty seats. They only sold over 19,000 tickets for the playoff game today. I think alot of people were surprised when the Rays announced that their new stadium is going to be in the same location as the present one.
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Bard selects new Sox location
The Orioles just extended their lease at their stadium in Baltimore for another 30 years. I'm hoping JR extends the lease at the White Sox stadium. I don't see any other viable alternative here in Chicago. I was told that JR has business interests in Nashville. I'm assuming the business is real estate. If he gets a good offer for a new stadium in Nashville I wouldn't be surprised if he took it.
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Bard selects new Sox location
If what you say is true the UC is not a possible site for a new baseball stadium. This leaves the following stadium possibilities: 1) Soldier Field. 2) Arlington Heights. 3) Stay at the present location. 4) Some other location in the Chicagoland area. 5) Some out of state location. Looking at these 5 possibilities, I'm starting to worry about them moving out of state.
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Bard selects new Sox location
I don't doubt the 20% number at all. There are thousands of people taking the CTA red line every game. Between the Cta and the Metra there are a ton of people taking public transportation to the games.
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Bard selects new Sox location
I can't see the White Sox moving to the suburbs. 20% of White Sox attendance comes via public transportation. Most suburbs have no or little public transportation.
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Bard selects new Sox location
I don't know where. It was announced in the Chicago papers last month that JR spent $17 million on land around the United Center. I'm not familar with the area.
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Bard selects new Sox location
Keep in mind that JR recently spent $17 million for land by the United Center.
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This Day In Sox History...September 22
The Miley Collection has the actual radio broadcast of the September 22, 1959 game from Cleveland. I bought mine a few years ago on EBAY. This is the actual WCFL broadcast featuring White Sox announcers Bob Elson and Don Wells. The Miley Collection is sold on CD.
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The "Royalization" of the White Sox...
I wouldn't mind if the White Sox acquired Royals shortstop Bobby Witt Jr.
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Reinsdorf considers moving White Sox out of Guaranteed Rate Field or selling team
JR moved the WhiteSox spring training games from Florida to Tucson Arizona. JR owned the land where the stadium was in Tucson.
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Reinsdorf considers moving White Sox out of Guaranteed Rate Field or selling team
I agree with you. I thought the present location by the Trop would be the last place a stadium would be built. This tells me the Rays owner wants to stay in the same area or he couldn't get another city to help him with a new stadium.