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51 minutes ago, southsider2k5 said:

Or when we get a new owner...  :ph34r:

Dude, that deal has been done.  Ishbia free to spend or to not spend, and so far, he has chosen NOT to spend. 

He is laying back like a private equity investor or something. 

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9 minutes ago, tray said:

Dude, that deal has been done.  Ishbia free to spend or to not spend, and so far, he has chosen NOT to spend. 

He is laying back like a private equity investor or something. 

Yes because he hasn't been spending already, but sure.  Stay mad.

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32 minutes ago, tray said:

Dude, that deal has been done.  Ishbia free to spend or to not spend, and so far, he has chosen NOT to spend. 

He is laying back like a private equity investor or something. 

Fake news.  Read the press release again (paragraphs 2 and 3).

https://www.mlb.com/amp/press-release/press-release-white-sox-announce-long-term-ownership-investment-agreement.html

Let’s actually be upset at the future owner of the White Sox for not spending money on the team when he is actually officially the owner.  Meanwhile, Jerry hasn’t spent money on the team for years and yet you always seem to defend him.  Strange…

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18 minutes ago, WhiteSox2023 said:

Fake news.  Read the press release again (paragraphs 2 and 3).

https://www.mlb.com/amp/press-release/press-release-white-sox-announce-long-term-ownership-investment-agreement.html

Let’s actually be upset at the future owner of the White Sox for not spending money on the team when he is actually officially the owner.  Meanwhile, Jerry hasn’t spent money on the team for years and yet you always seem to defend him.  Strange…

Not to mention it is quite literally in there that he is paying off Jerry's debts, and that is what is spending his money on.  That and  (not listed) most likely a stadium.

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5 hours ago, WhiteSox2023 said:

Fake news.  Read the press release again (paragraphs 2 and 3).

https://www.mlb.com/amp/press-release/press-release-white-sox-announce-long-term-ownership-investment-agreement.html

Let’s actually be upset at the future owner of the White Sox for not spending money on the team when he is actually officially the owner.  Meanwhile, Jerry hasn’t spent money on the team for years and yet you always seem to defend him.  Strange…

Strange? That's some real bulshit. My ONLY concern about  overblown allegations of Reinsdorf being "cheap" has been because the continued use of that specific term implies something quite ugly to certain people. The fact is that JR, like any Owner, relies on many people in order to make decisions on acquiring expensive players. He has learned, as have other owners, that spending on player contracts does not always guarantee a championship. 

Maybe stick  to cooking hotdogs for the family. That you are good at my friend. 

 

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22 minutes ago, tray said:

Strange? That's some real bulshit. My ONLY concern about  overblown allegations of Reinsdorf being "cheap" has been because the continued use of that specific term implies something quite ugly to certain people. The fact is that JR, like any Owner, relies on many people in order to make decisions on acquiring expensive players. He has learned, as have other owners, that spending on player contracts does not always guarantee a championship. 

Maybe stick  to cooking hotdogs for the family. That you are good at my friend. 

 

You mean like when he laughed at White Sox fans about the idea that he would approve a contract to sign Shohei Ohtani?

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Read the press release over and again, and then scratch your head. The Ishbia option makes little sense for Sox fans, investors, the ISFA, and the media....way too much uncertainty (see link below) 

Ishbia/Reinsdorf can take that uncertainty out with a sale this year. One idea might be for Ishbia to outright purchase the franchise for a few Billion and give  Reinsdorf  what he stated he wants - the right to remain as Chairman of the Board ... for perhaps 3 years , NOT for as long as he is alive. That's bulshit. 

https://www.forbes.com/sites/jessesilvertown/2025/06/09/chicago-white-sox-transaction-is-a-dispute-in-waiting/

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26 minutes ago, tray said:

Read the press release over and again, and then scratch your head. The Ishbia option makes little sense for Sox fans, investors, the ISFA, and the media....way too much uncertainty (see link below) 

Ishbia/Reinsdorf can take that uncertainty out with a sale this year. One idea might be for Ishbia to outright purchase the franchise for a few Billion and give  Reinsdorf  what he stated he wants - the right to remain as Chairman of the Board ... for perhaps 3 years , NOT for as long as he is alive. That's bulshit. 

https://www.forbes.com/sites/jessesilvertown/2025/06/09/chicago-white-sox-transaction-is-a-dispute-in-waiting/

He doesn't care about chairman.  He wants the team to transfer when he dies.  Hence this structure.  The whole world can see it.  The only uncertainty is when Jerry is going to die.

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1 hour ago, southsider2k5 said:

You mean like when he laughed at White Sox fans about the idea that he would approve a contract to sign Shohei Ohtani?

At the same press conference he also said they wouldn't be signing any pitchers to long term deals. 

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1 hour ago, Lip Man 1 said:

At the same press conference he also said they wouldn't be signing any pitchers to long term deals. 

Are you inferring that Jerry is cheap?  Stop being racist please.  Per Tray, that’s the only deduction that can be made if you question Jerry’s willingness to spend money.

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15 hours ago, WhiteSox2023 said:

Are you inferring that Jerry is cheap?  Stop being racist please.  Per Tray, that’s the only deduction that can be made if you question Jerry’s willingness to spend money.

And apparently you can safely make the same suggestions about Ishbia and it’s not an issue, despite him also being Jewish. Intriguing stuff.

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9 hours ago, Milkman delivers said:

And apparently you can safely make the same suggestions about Ishbia and it’s not an issue, despite him also being Jewish. Intriguing stuff.

Wait? Is this true?  If so, there are some posts that just got a lot more ironic. 

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14 hours ago, southsider2k5 said:

Wait? Is this true?  If so, there are some posts that just got a lot more ironic. 

Yes, it is true per both Ishbia brothers’ Wikipedia pages.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mat_Ishbia

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Ishbia was raised in a Jewish family in Birmingham, Michigan.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justin_Ishbia

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Ishbia was raised in a Jewish family in Birmingham, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit.

Which is definitely ironic because we can now make the accusation that Tray is an anti-semite based on his own comments on the matter.  Ishbia won’t spend money on the Sox because he is apparently cheap per Tray, which also illicits the same ugly connotation as those he says rip Jerry for the exact same thing.  Once again, all Tray’s words.  Does anyone stick their own damn foot in their mouth more than Tray?

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On 7/25/2025 at 4:41 PM, tray said:

Read the press release over and again, and then scratch your head. The Ishbia option makes little sense for Sox fans, investors, the ISFA, and the media....way too much uncertainty (see link below) 

Ishbia/Reinsdorf can take that uncertainty out with a sale this year. One idea might be for Ishbia to outright purchase the franchise for a few Billion and give  Reinsdorf  what he stated he wants - the right to remain as Chairman of the Board ... for perhaps 3 years , NOT for as long as he is alive. That's bulshit. 

https://www.forbes.com/sites/jessesilvertown/2025/06/09/chicago-white-sox-transaction-is-a-dispute-in-waiting/

So now, after all of your bloviating about Ishbia not spending money on the team yet, you are acknowledging that he isn’t actually the owner yet?

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26 minutes ago, WhiteSox2023 said:

Which is definitely ironic because we can now make the accusation that Tray is an anti-semite based on his own comments on the matter.  Ishbia won’t spend money on the Sox because he is apparently cheap per Tray, which also illicits the same ugly connotation as those he says rip Jerry for the exact same thing.  Once again, all Tray’s words.  Does anyone stick their own damn foot in their more than Tray?

Words that would start a bar fight in another setting.  That's what you do.  See how far you can go before someone grounds and pounds you. 

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13 minutes ago, WhiteSox2023 said:

So now, after all of your bloviating about Ishbia not spending money on the team yet, you are acknowledging that he isn’t actually the owner yet?

Please stop. Go make hotdogs for Sunday brunch. 

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12 minutes ago, tray said:

Words that would start a bar fight in another setting.  That's what you do.  See how far you can go before someone grounds and pounds you. 

Your very own words, which makes it more hilarious.  I’m also not worried about a geriatric trying to “ground and pound” me.  Yeah…  I’ll be fine tough guy.

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40 minutes ago, tray said:

Please stop. Go make hotdogs for Sunday brunch. 

I made hot dogs for my kids.  So funny…

Stop making conflicting and hypocritical posts and you won’t be called out for them.  You’re welcome.

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