Dam8610

Is "field a terrible product" a strategy?

It would be a like-kind exchange, those are typically tax free as long as no money changes hands. Do it Jerry, the Pohlads can sell the White Sox instead.

Go 0-11. Leave no doubt.

I'll be shocked if they go 2-17.

Jerry won't allow that, though.

The Sox are in the midst of an 11 game losing streak with 23 games to go. If they lose 16 more in a row, they'll break the all-time record. A win at any point would prevent them from even tying the modern era record of 23 set by the 1961 Phillies.

Good thing we didn't waste a year with an outside GM, am I right?

No, it's much more important to break the all-time losing streak record. This is the last chance this team has.

If they lose every game between now and then, the White Sox will break the modern era losing streak record on September 17 and the overall losing streak record on September 21. The toughest obstacles the team faces in achieving these milestones are random chance creating a win and right before they would start setting the records, they play 6 games against the 2 worst teams in the AL besides the White Sox, the A's and the Angels. If they lose every game between now and the A's series, they'll have a 19 game losing streak heading into the series.

I am hoping for 1-26 the rest of the way. Break the loss record by 10.

That is a great read, wish someone could force Reinsdorf to confront it.

So free rent, no way are the Sox going to have a nearly 24,000 average game attendance.

You forgot giving Pham to STL and Kopech to LAD for essentially free.

I don't think anyone is "okay with it", I think the perspectives we're seeing reflect an understanding and acceptance that Jerry Reinsdorf is a cheap, miserly bastard that cares far more about putting a few more dollars in his pocket than he does about putting a competitive product on the field. For example, have the White Sox hit the attendance threshold where they have to pay their lease this year, or are they getting free rent on the back of the Illinois taxpayer?

6 away from tying the AL record, 8 away from tying the MLB record, which of course means 5 more losses before the next win.