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Non tendering him doesn't seem to make a whole lot of sense to me.

I guess that would go back to the "Is the term 'Corporatist' an insult to someone who is a Corporatist?" debate. So now you like candidates just because I don't? Please tell me again about your progressive values.

It isn't about the money, it is about the roster spot. Avi isn't the future. He has no trade value. He fills a position where we need to evaluate players who might be here in 2020/21/22 etc. Avi is worth nothing to the 2019 White Sox.

I see the Padres fired their hitting coach. Yesterday the Marlins fired 4 coaches. Earlier, Baltimore and the Angels parted with their managers. The White Sox, however, are holding strong with all of their staff. Must be government positions.

July 2, 2019 the White Sox operate under full rights in Latin America again. Also no one can spend "40-50 million" in the under 25 year old Latin American crowd ever again. The rules changed a couple of seasons ago.

Andujar for Rodon? Anyone else feelin' this?

I would say that is generally a bad thing to run deficits on, particularly in times after a long economic expansion. That's a bill that you're going to spend every year. You're paying to educate people because an educated work force will provide long term economic benefits. If that's a bill, you should pay the bill for it, unless you're in a year when the economy around it is collapsing - then a deficit spending batch is ok.

Undue the multiple rounds of Republican tax cuts for the wealthy. Reduce military spending substantially. Both of those would more than pay for the estimated cost of $75/B a year for free undergrad tuition. That's as grounded in reality as constantly inflating our military budget by billions or funneling billions more to billionaires. Those are sustainable programs. We can pay for them. And universal health care. And better transit, etc. etc. etc. It's a matter of political will, not an economic impossibility.

We haven't beaten it to death in a few months. I guess it was time...

Taylor Swift convinced a whole lot of people to register to vote.

Good, this thread again.

That is exactly what is happening in our presidential elections anyways and people from smaller states are already ridiculously over represented in the Senate anyways.

I like that people think you could just go to California and New York to campaign and that's it, you win. As if Ohio, Georgia and Pennsylvania don't have massive populations. Also, California - 55 EC votes - 39,536,653 people Wyoming - 3 EC votes - 579,315 people California should have like 200 EC Votes.

Bad fans.

That would be awesome. Seems like this year might really be the test of the luxury threshold. If all the big boys blast through it after resetting, then it isn’t tough enough of a penalty to promote the parity it is striving for. Can’t wait to see how it all shakes out and I hope you are right. Baseball would be awesome next year

I get that this is news but I can’t believe his velocity will matter until spring training 2020. Take your time Burdi, get healthy and strong.

From his chat today: Dan Szymborski: I think it can also be a bit misleading. Some teams outsource some aspects more than others. For example, the White Sox do.

Technically speaking, the Camry outsold the Model 3. Camry sold 30K units in September vs. 22K from Tesla. What Tesla is though is the undisputed champion of all things EV. Not even close...they are the market. You can take all the other major EV players and combine them together and they still fall short out of Tesla (in the post Model 3 world). The interesting concept will be what will Telsa's go-forward run rate look like since they had a huge order book going into launch. Either way, while I question Tesla's long term ability to be a sustainable car manufacturer...I do not undersell the impact they will have on the auto industry. Tesla, post Model 3 success, represents ~2% of the US marketplace. Prior to the Model 3, they represented roughly .3-.4% of the US marketplace. Additionally, electric vehicle sales represent barely much more than the Tesla market-share. What Tesla has accomplished is astonishing and if EV ultimately becomes fully mainstream, they will be the reason why (or at least a huge driver in why it emerged when it did, etc)...that said, the sheer mass production capabilities of the major auto manufacturers can quickly pivot as the scale/margins evolve. This is not to say that Tesla doesn't have a massive head start...it does...but it also has certain material limitations around production/distribution (including robust worldwide capabilities). At some point Tesla will be acquired...but not for a long time as they are way way too expensive (valuations > than every other auto manufacturer on the planet). Instead companies will continue to reverse engineer and pour more and more into R&D as the EV marketplace continues to emerge. We can look back in 10 years at this post and see how crazy wrong I am haha.

Cue reference to fans not supporting “competitive” teams in 2010, 2012 and 2016. (Note: Adam Dunn’s historically-bad 2011 and the signings of LaRoche/Cabrera/Bonifacio didn’t exactly help restore the faith.)

The trolling comes in the form of the ridiculous and irrelevant responses you routinely come up with to deflect any criticism of Sox ownership and management. Just because you are the board administrator doesn’t mean you aren’t capable of your own brand of trolling.