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Wowza. The White Sox bats have let down their arms plenty this season, but maybe never quite as bad as what the Brewers just did.

Burns threw 8 no hit innings. Devin Williams threw a no hit 9th. Abner Uribe threw a no hit 10th.

They don't scratch a run across until the 11th, which is also when they gave up their first hit to force a 12th.

End up getting walked off in 13 after 10.1 no hit innings...15K, 3H for their pitching staff.

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On 9/8/2023 at 4:01 PM, SoxAce said:

Uh oh...

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So many owners plus Manfred are beyond vile and clueless. You make these decisions before making an offer, not after. It's the "stewards of the game" that has led MLB to drop from most popular sport to third behind the NFL and NBA during Jerry's ownership reign, and barely ahead of Caribbean Cricket, the NHL and MLS in terms of revenue per game.

Revenue (in Euros) per game played by league ($3.0M Euro +):

  1. $59.8M National Football League (United States - American Football)
  2. $17.0M English Premier League (England - Football)
  3. $14.7M Indian Premier League (India - Twenty20 Cricket)
  4. $11.8M Bundesliga (German - Football)
  5. $11.7M La Liga (Spain - Football)
  6. $7.2M National Basketball Association (United States & Canada - Basketball)
  7. $6.7M Serie A (Italy - Football)
  8. $6.3M Ligue 1 (France - Football)
  9. $5.2M Australian Football League (Australia - Australian Rules Football)
  10. $4.3M Major League Baseball (United States & Canada - Baseball)
  11. $4.0M Caribbean Premier League (Several Caribbean Nations - Twenty20 Cricket)
  12. $3.9M Chinese Super League (China - Football)
  13. $3.6M National Hockey League (United States & Canada - Ice Hockey)
  14. $3.4M Russian Premier League (Russia - Football)
  15. $3.0M Major League Soccer (United States & Canada Football)
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1 hour ago, South Side Hit Men said:

So many owners plus Manfred are beyond vile and clueless. You make these decisions before making an offer, not after. It's the "stewards of the game" that has led MLB to drop from most popular sport to third behind the NFL and NBA during Jerry's ownership reign, and barely ahead of Caribbean Cricket, the NHL and MLS in terms of revenue per game.

Revenue (in Euros) per game played by league ($3.0M Euro +😞

  1. $59.8M National Football League (United States - American Football)
  2. $17.0M English Premier League (England - Football)
  3. $14.7M Indian Premier League (India - Twenty20 Cricket)
  4. $11.8M Bundesliga (German - Football)
  5. $11.7M La Liga (Spain - Football)
  6. $7.2M National Basketball Association (United States & Canada - Basketball)
  7. $6.7M Serie A (Italy - Football)
  8. $6.3M Ligue 1 (France - Football)
  9. $5.2M Australian Football League (Australia - Australian Rules Football)
  10. $4.3M Major League Baseball (United States & Canada - Baseball)
  11. $4.0M Caribbean Premier League (Several Caribbean Nations - Twenty20 Cricket)
  12. $3.9M Chinese Super League (China - Football)
  13. $3.6M National Hockey League (United States & Canada - Ice Hockey)
  14. $3.4M Russian Premier League (Russia - Football)
  15. $3.0M Major League Soccer (United States & Canada Football)

Well, those numbers make a lot of sense if you consider that hockey  and basketball teams have half as many games.

Poor marketing (of stars), young people choosing other sports or gaming/e-sports...it has lost the national appeal and become increasingly regional in nature.

And the past 10-15 years of getting that huge bump in revenue from the RSNs is going to get squeezed dramatically with so many households going away from cable and satellite TV.

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1 hour ago, caulfield12 said:

Well, those numbers make a lot of sense if you consider that hockey  and basketball teams have half as many games.

Poor marketing (of stars), young people choosing other sports or gaming/e-sports...it has lost the national appeal and become increasingly regional in nature.

And the past 10-15 years of getting that huge bump in revenue from the RSNs is going to get squeezed dramatically with so many households going away from cable and satellite TV.

MLB was a top 3 league worldwide before Jerry took over the Sox and then engineered the coup of Fay Vincent to sever any remaining independence in the commissioner's office. Nearly every decision the past four decades was to maximize short term profit at the expense of long term fan growth and interest.

Nearly every NFL game is televised over the air. They are not losing generations of fan interest. MLB had zero pay per view until Jerry came along.

The NBA Finals weren't aired live, they aired tape delay after the 10PM news, same as the NASL Soccer Bowl the Sting won in 1981. The NHL declined a national television contract or to televise the Stanley Cup in the United States nationally until 1995. 

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2 hours ago, South Side Hit Men said:

MLB was a top 3 league worldwide before Jerry took over the Sox and then engineered the coup of Fay Vincent to sever any remaining independence in the commissioner's office. Nearly every decision the past four decades was to maximize short term profit at the expense of long term fan growth and interest.

Nearly every NFL game is televised over the air. They are not losing generations of fan interest. MLB had zero pay per view until Jerry came along.

The NBA Finals weren't aired live, they aired tape delay after the 10PM news, same as the NASL Soccer Bowl the Sting won in 1981. The NHL declined a national television contract or to televise the Stanley Cup in the United States nationally until 1995. 

The one thing here is the injuries that are almost unavoidable (regardless of the equipment) with the whole increasing speed/force/violent collisions resulting in concussions issue...or the fact that running backs have 3-4 year shelf lives now.

Parents are going to be increasingly wary in terms of opportunity cost associated with a football career vis a vis other sports.

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3 minutes ago, caulfield12 said:

And this is exactly why if you are the Whitesox you should have waited until the end of the year to see who was available and do external interviews to make sure you brought in the best qualified GM 

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6 minutes ago, Vote4Pedro said:

And this is exactly why if you are the Whitesox you should have waited until the end of the year to see who was available and do external interviews to make sure you brought in the best qualified GM 

https://www.nbcsportsboston.com/mlb/boston-red-sox/five-potential-replacements-chaim-bloom-red-sox-general-manager/552909/

 

Reading this list of FIVE guys already starts to make one's blood boil.

The Sox are poised to waste yet another five years before something dramatic is bound to transpire with Reinsdorf's health and the upcoming GRF stadium lease issues.

How could they line Chris Getz up with those names and reach the conclusion he would be a full one year ahead of any of those dudes?

 

And that's not even counting Theo Epstein and now Bloom.  Or Jeffrey Luhnow.

BTW Red Sox ownership already ruling out an Epstein to the rescue scenario.

Seems he's only looking at ownership situations but much long-term than what the Marlins went through with the relatively brief Derek Jeter experiment/experience.

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3 hours ago, caulfield12 said:

https://www.nbcsportsboston.com/mlb/boston-red-sox/five-potential-replacements-chaim-bloom-red-sox-general-manager/552909/

 

Reading this list of FIVE guys already starts to make one's blood boil.

The Sox are poised to waste yet another five years before something dramatic is bound to transpire with Reinsdorf's health and the upcoming GRF stadium lease issues.

How could they line Chris Getz up with those names and reach the conclusion he would be a full one year ahead of any of those dudes?

 

And that's not even counting Theo Epstein and now Bloom.  Or Jeffrey Luhnow.

BTW Red Sox ownership already ruling out an Epstein to the rescue scenario.

Seems he's only looking at ownership situations but much long-term than what the Marlins went through with the relatively brief Derek Jeter experiment/experience.

So Rick and Kenny aren’t candidates?

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