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I dont get protecting some of the releivers since there's enough room for them in the bullpen anyways for them to be there. McGough in particular. I guess we shall see though.

Why is this thread 3 pages

Better than Vaughn Edit: please no one take this seriously

Only to report, and then shut down and have TJ

I don't know why half this thread is shitted up by Michael Kopech, who remains the only player in sports history to miss an entire season as a result of breaking up with his girlfriend.

The source of Gridols salary was some auto-AI generated article that came from nowhere and people took it as gospel

Also was Special Assistant to Theo Epstein.

Alright Markins. Take your pick between Albernaz and Venable. We'll take the other one and we'll call it a day.

Seems like a good hire but the fact that we're going through new names on what should be very late in the process is concerning in itself.

What the hell was that pitch

He wasn't even coming at you. Relax

They really are for continuing to charge for a station that doesn't exist.

Media rights hadn't blown up 100x by that point.

Why would a historian know

Chicago Fire looking to build their privately funded stadium at the 78 Mansueto said the team has toured three sites in Chicago: a lakefront site in the Bronzeville neighborhood that was the former home of the Michael Reese Hospital and Medical Center; The 78, a development in South Loop where the Chicago White Sox have proposed building a new stadium; and Lincoln Yards, a development along the north branch of the Chicago River in the Lincoln Park neighborhood on the north side of the city.

Okay so doing some digging I am pretty damn confident that this is a ploy by Reinsdorf for stadium money. Either that or I'm in the cope stage. This Stewart group is an absolute fraud. As a Nashville outlet said a few months ago: "Most media outlets in Nashville never seem to ask this crucial question when reporting on the baseball effort: Where is the money going to come from? Music City Baseball has been looking for a general partner, aka an owner with deep pockets, for five years." I doubt they found one suddenly. They made laughable attempts to buy the both the Marlins and Rays. Seem you may not even call them attempts. Both franchises were happy to leverage their "interest" into other things. From the Stewart perspective, it seems the plan is that this "interest" somehow legitimizes them. Which brings us as to why Dave Stewart? He has no meaningful money. It appears their plan is to wait it out for expansion and be given a franchise on the relatively cheap while hiding behind "minority-led" group by bullying MLB that they need minority ownership. Of course a lot of the people in the group are not minorities so you can't make them the face. I doubt even this plan works but for the potential ROI, I guess it's worth a shot for them. As the above article states, they do have a lot of cool branding and marketing scheme, just no money to their names. Now hopefully this post doesn't age horribly.

This group also tried buying the Rays and Marlins. They failed both times because they don't have the money and no billionaire backer. Almost seems like a scam, but one Jerry can use for leverage I guess.

Reinsdorf found the one person on Earth who'd be a worse owner than himself. Interesting.

Based

Ellis does not seem remotely seasoned enough for this job. If he wants to be in the dugout as it seems, then bring him in as an assistant. Little scary he may seemingly be a finalist. Lombard seems competent. I dont know if excitable "player's coach" if the right hire gor now. There's also the question why he hasnt been the guy yet or why we didnt hire him in 2022 when he was a finalist. Give me Schumaker though.

It works the same lol. I have one of my tvs set up with it. Needle goes into the hole (joke in there somewhere). Just like from an antenna. I understand the concerns both about lack of app and coverage outside Chicagoland. The complaining about the actual process of getting/needing an antenna/having to change the input is just making a mountain of a molehill though.

You can put a paperclip in your tv if you don't want to spend the $5 on an antenna.

At least we're admitting it now.

Are we just gaslighting and pretending it's not now?

You're darn right. The demand to pay for a free product is an interesting social experiment to say the least. I wouldn't mind a non-blacked out app, though. I'm thinking that's not a possibility.