JoshPR Posted April 30 Share Posted April 30 (edited) Did anybody see the story on X from barstool about Bryce Harper and the Sox? How Jerry no Showed the second meeting Edited April 30 by JoshPR 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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WhiteSox2023 Posted April 30 Share Posted April 30 (edited) Who needs a 4+ WAR player for $25 million a year? Edited April 30 by WhiteSox2023 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted May 1 Share Posted May 1 While it wouldn’t shock me, this feels awful unsourced and unproven to be presented as fact at this stage. Some dude ran into Harper and he just threw this out there without provoking? Seems too easy. 1 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaleAleSox Posted May 1 Share Posted May 1 9 minutes ago, southsider2k5 said: While it wouldn’t shock me, this feels awful unsourced and unproven to be presented as fact at this stage. Some dude ran into Harper and he just threw this out there without provoking? Seems too easy. Yeah I don't really buy this. It would be incredibly weird for Harper to this forthcoming to some person about this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Sacamano Posted May 1 Share Posted May 1 1 hour ago, WhiteSox2023 said: Who needs a 4+ WAR player for $25 million a year? The contract is a bargain now compared to the contracts that have signed recently and to come Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lip Man 1 Posted May 1 Share Posted May 1 3 hours ago, southsider2k5 said: While it wouldn’t shock me, this feels awful unsourced and unproven to be presented as fact at this stage. Some dude ran into Harper and he just threw this out there without provoking? Seems too easy. While it wouldn't shock me that JR would do something like this, it does smell fishy and I don't know how reliable Barstool is as a media source. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted May 1 Share Posted May 1 (edited) Revenge from Boras Corp for JR's Ohtani comments? They're not his agency. Edited May 1 by caulfield12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshPR Posted May 1 Author Share Posted May 1 I know it's unreliable as you all said, but I posted cause this is something I wouldn't doubt Reinsdorf doing and I remember Harper saying he. Could see himself in Chicago and liked the blue collar feel the Sox had. So yeah It most likely is not all true but I wouldn't put pass Reinsdorf high and mighty arrogance 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted May 1 Share Posted May 1 (edited) Why even pretend to be in the market for the most impressive baseball ... www.reddit.com › whitesox › comments "Because our team is trash. You can't realistically sign a guy like Ohtani out of the blue thinking he'll come in and turn the team around." Whether it's $700 million or $460 million in present day inflation adjusted dollars... Edited May 1 by caulfield12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texsox Posted May 1 Share Posted May 1 12 hours ago, southsider2k5 said: While it wouldn’t shock me, this feels awful unsourced and unproven to be presented as fact at this stage. Some dude ran into Harper and he just threw this out there without provoking? Seems too easy. Agreed. The best lies have to be believable and this is. Most celebrity encounters in my life were very brief and rehearsed. The pro golfers have been the singular exception. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FloydBannister1983 Posted May 1 Share Posted May 1 14 hours ago, JoshPR said: Did anybody see the story on X from barstool about Bryce Harper and the Sox? How Jerry no Showed the second meeting The Harper debacle was the end of this franchise as even pretending to be a serious franchise. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Chappas Posted May 1 Share Posted May 1 I always felt Harper was the best fit for the city, Machado for the team culture they were pushing but the alas the Slater fella is the answer. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quin Posted May 1 Share Posted May 1 13 hours ago, southsider2k5 said: While it wouldn’t shock me, this feels awful unsourced and unproven to be presented as fact at this stage. Some dude ran into Harper and he just threw this out there without provoking? Seems too easy. Yeah, this just feels blah. Still wouldn't shock me if they did give the coolest presentation. After all, they did use the United Center. JR just didn't want to give out an actual competitive contract. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted May 1 Share Posted May 1 40 minutes ago, Quin said: Yeah, this just feels blah. Still wouldn't shock me if they did give the coolest presentation. After all, they did use the United Center. JR just didn't want to give out an actual competitive contract. It is literally just a picture of unsourced and unconfirmed text messages. I know this is where we are as a country for "evidence ", but I want more than this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quin Posted May 1 Share Posted May 1 15 minutes ago, southsider2k5 said: It is literally just a picture of unsourced and unconfirmed text messages. I know this is where we are as a country for "evidence ", but I want more than this. Oh yeah, I pretty much 99% believe this is fake, but also 100% believe the Sox had a cool presentation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colome's Hat Posted May 1 Share Posted May 1 Harper is on record as of saying he really did enjoy his first meeting with the White Sox. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Sacamano Posted May 1 Share Posted May 1 22 minutes ago, Colome's Hat said: Harper is on record as of saying he really did enjoy his first meeting with the White Sox. I do remember an interview he did with Barstool where he said the first meeting was great and then they just stopped communicating with him (or something along those lines) lol 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
46DidIt Posted May 1 Share Posted May 1 1 hour ago, southsider2k5 said: It is literally just a picture of unsourced and unconfirmed text messages. I know this is where we are as a country for "evidence ", but I want more than this. It's not like we're investigating a crime here. I don't know if this legit or not, but it sounds about right. Either way, it's completely inconsequential. One way or another, JR has crashed the Sox into the side of the mountain 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted May 1 Share Posted May 1 9 minutes ago, 46DidIt said: It's not like we're investigating a crime here. I don't know if this legit or not, but it sounds about right. Either way, it's completely inconsequential. One way or another, JR has crashed the Sox into the side of the mountain If true, it isn't inconsequential. We literally let one of the best players of this generation who is playing on a contract less than half of similar players today sign with someone else for some still unknown reason. If we ghosted him to do it, that has ramifications for future player negotiations, but again that is only if it is actually true. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyyle23 Posted May 1 Share Posted May 1 Yea I agree it’s not inconsequential. I think a lot of us forget how JR literally engineered a NBA freeze out of his own team because of how he told MJ to take a walk. The stuff he does reverberates even more with him on the Sox because they don’t have any room for error, and we have seen that play out time and time again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Sacamano Posted May 1 Share Posted May 1 20 minutes ago, southsider2k5 said: If true, it isn't inconsequential. We literally let one of the best players of this generation who is playing on a contract less than half of similar players today sign with someone else for some still unknown reason. If we ghosted him to do it, that has ramifications for future player negotiations, but again that is only if it is actually true. Harper once did confirm that the Sox essentially ghosted him. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colome's Hat Posted May 1 Share Posted May 1 35 minutes ago, Bob Sacamano said: I do remember an interview he did with Barstool where he said the first meeting was great and then they just stopped communicating with him (or something along those lines) lol Yes. He said it was the type of club he was working to play for. It was very important for him to play for a working class fanbase and a team that was young with a lot of talent. He might have been willing to take a bit of a paycut quite frankly if the offer had been respectable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Sacamano Posted May 1 Share Posted May 1 7 minutes ago, Colome's Hat said: Yes. He said it was the type of club he was working to play for. It was very important for him to play for a working class fanbase and a team that was young with a lot of talent. He might have been willing to take a bit of a paycut quite frankly if the offer had been respectable. The deal looks fine now the way salaries are going. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colome's Hat Posted May 1 Share Posted May 1 8 minutes ago, Bob Sacamano said: The deal looks fine now the way salaries are going. It's really a damn shame. Seriously. Feel Harper would have been an amazing fit here. A fan favorite and a real leader. And Harper, especially if you listen to him, is pretty thoughtful about these kind of things. He wasn't just out there chasing the biggest paycheck. He wanted a place where he felt a genuine connection to and he felt that with the Sox. 3 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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