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Announced saying there when they mean they're or their. ? Do or die. Sudden death. This is war. Any of those analogies. It's a reality TV show that has manipulated the public into believing it's more important than it actually is.

This is helping me to care less and less about this team. He's basically an actor on a reality TV show I watch. I don't need to know the personal life of the actors, I don't need the show to have a full time reporter.

I hope Fegan moves on to politics or some hard news area. I would enjoy his White House coverage.

It happens when they have to lay off staff to stop losing money. We're the worst big market franchise in baseball. Kansas City and Miami are just more engaging.

I think hundreds of fans will be disappointed in The Athletic's White Sox coverage. About the same number that would click on a link, read White Sox and think s%*#, I thought this was a Boston article. Hopefully someone picks him up or he starts a pay per read blog. It will be interesting how many Chicago subscribers cancel. Will not getting Sox coverage be enough to also give up Bears, Bulls, Hawks, Cubs coverage? I had about ten follows. If they analyzed my engagement Sox coverage was probably only 15% of my total but I read 100% of Sox material. I joined everyone in cancelling.

The team really needs to incorporate a rugby pre game haka to drive engagement numbers. Honestly why do we care some NY media outlet decided to overlook the Sox . . . again and again and again.

The point was if they just looked at which teams (NHL, NFL, NBA, MLB) to cut and didn't look at who the writers were, they would have had no idea what the cost savings would be. Not teams as in the XYZ Project Team (which I agree happens) I'm assuming that they looked at more than just the won lost record. Plus national engagement has always been lower than NY, Boston, LA, type teams.

Seems like there is more than just how well the team is doing.

https://frontofficesports.com/the-athletic-lays-off-20-journalists-in-reorganization/ I haven't seen a complete list. Seems like MLB, NHL, NBA all lost three or four. All business reporters were let go. Some general assignment journalists. Twenty more are getting new assignments possibly in addition to what they are already covering. Cowboys, Cavs, Canadians, Maple Leafs, Pirates, White Sox, I didn't see any coastal teams.

Kenny please retire. Promote Rick. Hire someone from outside the organization. It's the White Sox Way™ Start selling this season. Look for a 2028 playoff appearance. Sorry JR but you may never see another post season win.

@nrockway So much here. 1. Can we bring a sign that reads Fire Hahn for Hiring (fill in player's name) 2. So we shouldn't have closed the Tim has other kids threads? 3. What a dumpster fire this team is.

So they aren't just like the Pirates? I swear that exactly what you just posted.

Exactly. It's all fly over land that the major population centers don't care about. Interest where? Nationally? Didn't happen in 2005, we complained Sox highlights were always after Yankees/Red Sox. And it's not just sports.

No. I'm trying to explain it's not as easy as the Sox suck so we lost national coverage. The Pirates lost their beat writer and they are in first place. Plus I see two issues. A. Sox lose beat writer (that's on the team not being interesting nationally, and historically true) B. A really good writer lost his job when others were reassigned. Part A makes sense. But it goes beyond the standings, look at the Pirates. Part B only makes sense to me if other factors, specifically salary, comes into play. Again, looking at the other writers fired.

And he isn't good enough to be part of the group that was reassigned? I can't believe that. Usually during layoffs there is a target dollar amount they are looking to save. They dumped two of the best and most respected hockey writers of all time. I agree if folks on the coasts cared about Sox baseball he'd be in a better spot, but that's only one part of the equation. Remember during 2005 we complained about national coverage. This isn't new. The Pirates lost their beat writer. I thought they were doing well this year.

They are also reassigning twenty writers as part of this restructuring. He's not one of those either. Are those other reporters just better at adapting? Yes, the poor national draw of the Sox is part of it, but looking at some of the other writers laid off, salaries had a role. If management fired teams instead of looking at names and salaries they are even bigger idiots than the Time Warner group that bought AOL.

Yep, those guys knew when to cash out.

Do you believe he's a good writer? Why not reassign him to other teams? Or is he one of the worst baseball writers on the staff?

Some media outlets have one sports beat writer. Some have a baseball beat writer. Some might have a few more. This is just like we've complained forever that ESPN only cares about East Coast and a couple West Coast teams and ignores the rest of the country. I think we all agree the layoffs were economic. Just like a couple years ago when they fired over 40 writers. To me they are following the same path that Deford and Co. did with The National in the 80s with the same end point. Only a small subset of sports fans will care enough to pay for a subscription for sporting news. I'll short every non porn stock that tries to exist on subscription fees. There is too much free content out there.

Or they cut the most expensive talent while keeping cheaper writers. They could have reassigned him to another team if they appreciated his writing skills. It's not like they will stop writing about all teams. Instead of 30 writers covering MLB there will be less and they will be more spread out. The Pirates, Canadians, and Maple Leafs all lost their beat writers. All were expensive, seasoned, writers.

@TheKidsCanPlay It's all a guess. But if owners buy teams to win championships why did he buy the Bulls if. . . Jerry Reinsdorf has always said that he would have traded away all his Bulls championship rings for one World Series ring.

I hope you're "write". I have a MA in Lit and teach people to appreciated the written word. Editor of my high school and college newspapers. Worked part time at an afternoon newspaper, a weekly, and a monthly outdoor publication. I've watched printed media decline in popularity. Everyone wants to make this about the Sox. This was a business of media decision. Does MLB baseball need thirty writers? Can it be done with 25? 10? When writers aren't chained to one team will coverage improve?

They laid off a bunch. Times trying to make it profitable. https://nypost.com/2023/06/12/new-york-times-reorganizes-the-athletic-with-layoffs/

Treat Williams - actor you'd recognize him.

Exactly. I was just pointing out he, and his co investors, might have much different priorities.