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Highland

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  1. For a long time, Lindberg had repeated the White Sox "blame the fan" routine. He is as tone-deaf as Reinsdorf.
  2. Get a winning team first. Then we'll talk.
  3. I believe that JR' s main objective is to get his new stadium as opposed to putting a winning team on the field again. Instead of going down to warm Arizona to see how his team is doing, he's in cold Springfield lobbying for public funds. Sometimes, fans have wondered if JR thinks about any legacy he will leave behind. I don't think it is another World Series. It is the new stadium. Who needs a World Series? Of course, his family will be in a better position to sell the franchise after his passing if there is a new stadium or plans to build one. What new owner wouldn't like to step into a situation like that? If JR wants a new stadium, it would help if he showed a real commitment to putting a winning team together. But that takes real money. Hey, JR, it takes money to make money.
  4. I believe many think JR will still be around for a long time because he is doing well for a man of his age. Yet, some have described him as "shuffling" around Springfield not walking. Maybe he isn't doing as well as we think. After all, he is 88. Think about it. A team suffers through a 101-loss season, and JR's main priority is a new stadium. No doubt he wants his family to be well off after he goes, and a new stadium will help. I have nothing against a man taking care of his family, but that family will just fine financially, stadium or no stadium. Meanwhile, at least in the short run, we fans can't expect much from an on-field performance. Maybe Getz will do a good job in the end, but for now we will see losing. 2025 makes 20 years.
  5. I am willing to be open minded about Getz, but I am not looking forward to another losing season.
  6. I don't want the Sox to leave, but I don't like the idea of being blackmailed. Nothing has happened yet, but we can see how the emotions have been stirred. I think it takes some nerve to ask for a stadium a few months after a 101-loss season. Maybe fans wouldn't think we need a new stadium to "save" the White Sox if the team won something once in a while. Since '08, this team has does nothing but lose. And yet, the same people are making the same decisions. A new stadium won't solve the problems the team has had. We don't need a new stadium. We need new ownership. I have a feeling we will get a new stadium. And any fan who thinks more money will be invested to get better players will happen because of a new stadium is naive.
  7. Tim needed to get away from the Sox, and the Sox needed to get away from him.
  8. Fans who think a new stadium will be good for the franchise are living in a la-la-land. The Sox are not due to win another World Series for another 69 years. By then, they will be on their third publicly financed stadium.
  9. If I were the governor of Illinois, I would tell the Baseball Commissioner that if MLB wants an American League team playing in Chicago, it will have to play in GRF. Otherwise, private money has to fund a new stadium. A new stadium will not help the franchise. It will help JR or any other owner after him. A new stadium alone will not turn the White Sox into winners.
  10. Under no circumstances should JR get public money for a private venture. He would get two stadiums? Absurd. Even the location is absurd. If he wants to take the team to Nashville, he can do that with my blessing.
  11. This team won't be as bad as some think, and it will be good to see baseball again. But it is hard to get truly excited about a team that has no chance of going to the postseason. Getz deserves to have his chance, but he is just starting. One can only get so optimistic.
  12. Since the Blackout game in 2008, this team has had little success. In fact, this stretch of time is the worst since the Reinsdorf-Einhorn group bought the team. Only in major league sports can an organization be run so badly, and yet it wants something like a new stadium built with public money. GRF was built because JR said he couldn't compete in the old crumbling Comiskey. In little over 30 years since GRF was built, the Sox have been in the playoffs six times, and one of those was in the pandemic-60-game season. Turn the team around first, and then maybe we can talk about a new stadium. And I mean maybe.
  13. It appears that Getz does not want to rush young players to the big leagues. And I hope he prefers to have real outfielders play in the outfield. Another losing season is ahead but maybe it won't be as bad. Of course, anything would be an improvement over 2023. The 101 losses does not even begin to describe that nightmare.
  14. For fans living outside the city, there has to be some kind of parking. That also goes for people who have mobility issues, even more so. If the new stadium doesn't have parking to accommodate for people who have physical problems. I will be one fan who won't go. They probably won't miss me, but I won't miss them either.
  15. I think this is important. I am not in favor of the White Sox getting public help without sinking more money into this franchise. I don't care about a new stadium if a fourth-place team is playing in it and the ownership is making a ton of money. I find a great deal of this offensive. The team comes off a 101-loss season, and then it plays the Nashville and new stadium card? Work needs to be done on this team. Do it already and then we can talk about a new stadium.
  16. Any contributions from Eloy and Kopech would be a big bonus. It is not something I expect.
  17. Getz recently said he was not done yet. Is this what he means?
  18. Does this mean the rest of the division will be under .500 too?
  19. The White Sox will get their new stadium, and the ownership (whoever that is) will make money. Doesn't mean the team will get better.
  20. I'm just tired of the speculation. I understand the logic of trading Cease. But one way, it doesn't make sense. The team is short on starting pitching, so you unload your best pitcher?
  21. I don't care what happens with Cease.
  22. All this stadium talk is nothing but a distraction to how bad this team is, and the fact that we don't know when it will get better.
  23. Before the city or state provides any funding for a new stadium, the White Sox should show they are willing to invest in their team. Other words, no more tanking, no more slashing of payroll. Spend on the farm system, spend on free agents. Why should they get a money-making stadium just so we can see guys like Gavin Sheets play right field?
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