JoeC

Depends on your definition of "ballpark."

I see what you did there.

I think it's more believable / useful as a team stat than as an individual stat.

Thanks - figured that was still the case, but wanted to see a more comparable case study myself (without having to go through the effort to Google it... who can be bothered with THAT s%*#?)

Just out of curiosity, do you happen to know if those aforementioned studies were done on broader-scope developments like The 78 (or projects like Truist Park)?

My point is that Colas has been so bad that, even if this guy is somehow “worse,” it’s really hard to have that production be meaningfully worse. Like, the difference between a .600 OPS and a .570 OPS from the corner is not really going to matter.

How is this guy possibly worse than Colas?

There’s a stadium funding transparency joke in there somewhere, too, but I am too braindead right now to think of it.

I should add… other teams are reaping the benefits of developments and neighborhoods centered around the ballpark. The Sox have their parking lot revenue, thanks to Jerry’s 1970’s-modern economic model.

The economics of baseball have changed. Guaranteed Rate would be a great ballpark in its current configuration in the ‘90’s. It’s still a good place to watch baseball. Fact is that modern day ballparks are a full experience, and the inside of the ballpark is just one part of the experience. Say what you will about posters who lament the loss of tailgating possibilities like THAT is going to be the death knell for baseball on the South Side, but it is indicative of the way the modern fan “consumes” baseball. It is this economic and competitive reality that is driving this “need.”

You mean... even more of an albatross.

too soon?

You just defined Soxdom in a nutshell

Or would he be entombed under the dance floor?

Beggars Stadium

St. Jude Park? Is it inappropriate to suggest that Reinsdorf will start resorting to sending nickels and return address stickers to all IL taxpayers to pay for the stadium?

CTU Pension Fund Field at Reinsdorf Park

Wrong answers only.

Seems like a good thread idea ripe for cynical ideas. Wrong answers only.

Pretty sure his departure in general just deserves a giant “FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK!” Seems like a fitting tribute.

Yeah the individual moves haven't been bad, IMO. And on paper, the team is worse... but part of me is thinking that they can't be.

I agree. Imagine the trade deadline haul we could get if he is on pace to hit 40.

That doesn't count as nerve racking, though. With Cease, one funny landing, one hard-hit line drive, one errant pop-up and boneheaded infield defense could be the difference between having a top-10 farm system and having nothing to show for Cease's current value.

To reverse that, yes - about one in a million.

I mean, they just need 3 starting pitchers, 4 bullpen arms, bounce-back and/or breakout performances out of LF, 3B, DH, and upgrades to C, 2B, SS, and RF, and they're right there in the thick of things.