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That seems like a long time ago.

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Which I can support. I just realized Zach's been in the Sox system that long. That's like 40 years in a quality system.

Giving the writers potentially a four month severance and time to line something else up seems humane and a decent thing to do. Also laying off staff every few months isn't good for moral. Better to rip the band-aid off all at once.

Big push for the post season Which for these guys will be golf, vacations, spending time with their primary and secondary families . . .

Thank you.

The tax hit is significant because the profits are even more significant. No one ever went broke paying taxes on profits.

True. But as many posters point out, a great owner doesn't care about the money, they just want to win championships.

No. I'm blaming the organization for being so horrible, over multiple lifetimes, that fans don't care anymore. Outside of Chicago who the f*** would care about this piece of s%*# franchise? But maybe in a new town he can fool fans in a new city for a few decades. The fans will come back when Jerry finally sells.

Anyone want to offer a TL/DL?

Since you don't seem interested in selling, pack your bags and get a deal in Charlotte. Maybe folks there will engage enough to keep a beat writer. But Chicagoans are tired of your horrible mismanagement. Maybe in a couple years a real team will move in on the Southside or share a new stadium with the Bears in Arlington Heights. You've worn out your welcome. Your threat to move got you a new stadium, this time go. Just when we think this is the low point something comes along to realize it will just keep getting worst.

Sadly with Leury gone there just isn't another option to lead off. /Sarcasm Sigh.

@Pants Rowland I've been thinking exactly that. Plus living outside of Chicago my "teams" based on local fan base support and blackouts are Spurs, Astros, Cowboys, and Stars. Yesterday I got the idea this really is just a reality TV show I follow. I'm not going to a game in person, won't be reading any news articles anymore, this is the easiest time to put them on the back burner. Last year I stopped checking every game. This year I cancelled every paid baseball related subscription. Finally, realistically they will not win another World Series in my lifetime.

And with a weak farm system we're bringing up someone that will struggle and be painful to watch. A quality franchise would have a capable starter coming up. Good luck to him. Maybe he can have a miracle month. More likely he'll check MLB off his bucket list and go coach at some college after this season is over.

High School and college. I may start following Houston or Dallas. It's the path of least resistance. But just saying no more professional might be the ticket. It's all just a reality TV scam.

For our roster it means they should be in Birmingham.

And I cancelled my subscription as well and cited firing the Sox beat writer as the reason. It renewed next month. I may have to renew in the fall for Hawks and Spurs coverage but maybe my daily reading habits will change.

I have so many different points and they changed through out the day. They fired the Sox, but also didn't take the opportunity to reassign Fegan (like they did many others), who by all accounts is a great writer. They could have fired any of the other Central beat writers and had him pick up the extra. So maybe it's a bit more than just the Sox. Salary? So many other top writers from good teams were also let go. East coast media have ignored the Sox and much of the Midwest forever, so this is just a long continuation of East Coast bias. f*** them. I've gotten to the point with this shitty franchise that I'm looking at it like any other reality TV show. I don't care if some actor has a side chick with a baby. I don't care about TA's personal problems. I don't need a reporter to dig up why my favorite show is sucking this year. I don't need him to investigate and ask hard questions of the producers, the casting director, the director. I already know they suck and they hired people who suck and it won't change. So why read the article. Want to talk about engagement numbers? Right here. We are way down. Traffic sucks on the site. Thankfully we had this discussion to gather some posts. This is a ghost town when a couple posters just posts the same stuff. Someone posts a different point of view, asks some questions, and engagement goes up. Why do the happy crap reporters keep their jobs? The more fans learn about this franchise the more they understand it's the worse one in all of baseball. Totally pathetic for over 100 years. So fans stop reading articles that just remind them how bad it is. Because the truth just sends casual fans to the exit and they stop reading and the engagement numbers drop. Sell a vision to the casual fan and they may keep reading. Time for JR to sell or take his crappy ass team elsewhere to fail. Chicagoans don't care enough about his team to keep a beat reporter employed.

Trade him while his value is high.

Wow!

"Engagement"

Aren't they generally happy? Maybe they know something we don't.

Sucks about Billy. I'm a sucker for guys who play. Bonus likes if they have ability.

As an American I'm offended. That which you do not like has been used successfully to break terrorists into revealing key details. It's how we really found out where Bin Laden was hiding.

We'll always have here to tell us how horrible the franchise is. Do we really need the Athletic to remind us how utterly incompetent the entire organization is?