Ducksnort

Why'd they dump him?

After Ishbia spoke, it's pretty clear that he's getting a new stadium built. Shouldn't that all but solidify the Sox are inevitably moving away from 35th and shields? The ISFA owns Rate Field, which means Ishbia can't just tear the thing down and build new. Unless He purchases it from ISFA I guess and then proceeds to demolish Rate Field and build new, but that all sounds a lot more expensive than just building on empty land somewhere like the 78.

But why would Jerry want to go out like that? To get every last cent that he possibly can? Idk, just seems off to me.

If they would just win consistently they wouldn't be bottom 5 in attendance consistently. Fans show up when the team is good, which unfortunately is not often and when it is good, it's not for long. If the team would just commit to winning consistently and for longer periods of time, we wouldn't have these attendance conversations nearly as much as we do. Honestly, I like it that fans don't show up when the team sucks. Bad entertainment doesn't deserve paying customers.

Wow. The bears have not played well but their luck late in games definitely seems to be on their side this year.

It's a clock management game now.

He gets rid of the ball too quickly though. There have been times where he escapes and then has time to reset, plant and throw but he like panics and just gets rid of it as soon as he escapes. Sometimes it's warranted but other times he has open receivers he can hit.

Can't wait to have Schwarber, Ohtani, Harper, big dumper on the Sox when they are all 45 years old.

These penalties are ruining football.

It's not an issue with the current state of the org so it's whatever, but damn I wish health wasn't a problem for Luis. I love watching him cover centerfield.

Caleb just looks so erratic.

Idk, fake injury?

It seems like he either doesn't see or just decides not to throw to the guys that are wide open, alot.

This series is exactly what baseball needs

Idk, watching Perez he kinda scares me. Soft tossing lefty, aging, he's bound at some point to just get hammered for like 4 straight starts and then will be fodder for the dfa

That was just an atrocious final drive

These penalties are so bad

So. Many. False. Starts.

The last 2 games there have been garbage calls against us.

The officiating in the nfl is straight garbage. That call derailed the entire drive.

Well we've had a jose Contreras and a mark buehrle reference in this game. Thanks AJ lol.

Sure. I'm not 800 years old so I'm only thinking about during my lifetime lol. Which dates back to the late 90s.

Those are kind of strong words. He's not wrong...

Idk, I could be wrong but I don't think the franchise is in "imminent danger. " I also don't think the fanbase is gone, I do think it's dormant and fed up. It is a fact that in order to get fans to show up the product on the field needs to be competitive. Chicago is big enough to have 2 baseball teams. The Cubs/Ricketts have been proactive about preserving the historical significance of Wrigley, while at the same time spending/ investing in it for renovating without losing that historical feel, and have also put a consistently winning product on the field. All of that leads to success. Jerry has done some good things to the ballpark to make it a better GameDay experience, but nothing has been done to preserve the historical significance of the franchise (of which there is plenty but it's not as publicly known due to no efforts to highlight it), and as we all know, there is clear incompetence when it comes to actually running a baseball team. I genuinely believe Jerry wants to win, I also genuinely believe his ego has gotten the best of him when it comes to decision making. Anyway, I believe the city is big enough to where the Sox and Cubs could have similar high attendance numbers. The problem is only one team knows how to attract and keep it's fans interested. Really the key thing is fielding a competitive team year after year. The Sox have never been able to do that. It's just perpetual rebuilding. The Cubs have figured out how to stay competitive. Historical data will show that the Sox draw big crowds when they play well. Also, look at St Louis this year. Top 10 ballpark, one of the best baseball cities in the country, took a huge hit in attendance with now multiple years in a row with subpar teams.

Those elite starting pitchers are incredibly valuable in the post season.