Thad Bosley

Seriously - what could have a presentation by this team currently owned by Jerry Reinsdorf with his reputation have hoped to accomplish? This is yet another example of why this franchise is in so desperate need of a change in ownership after four and a half horrific decades of abject failure. We are a major market team that isn’t taken seriously in situations like this.

Sure, great idea. Then have them offset that huge expense decrease with significant ticket and parking price decreases. Notice how payroll can gets cut willy nilly without corresponding cuts in prices? Oh, don’t get me wrong - nominal cuts in prices occur. But not enough to make this owner’s profit margin equal to or less than almost every other owner in baseball.

They didn’t spend their way when they were in their own perceived window of contention when both Bryce Harper and Manny Machado were available.

So that’s the primary expense line item of the income statement, the projected payroll. What are the primary revenue sides of the statement? Forget attendance for the moment - what is TV/radio revenue? What is advertising revenue? Shared MLB TV revenues? And oh, going back to the expense side of the equation - “Rate Field” rent? What is it these days? You can’t look at one line item on the financials in a vacuum and try to assess its reasonableness. You need to see the whole picture. And with the present owner, the whole picture suggests he’ll continue to show profits next year with his inferior product and likely at a higher profit margin than most of his peers. This, in a major market, and entering his 45th year of ownership. Wow. Just a big, ‘ol wow at this point.

Ah, so you were talking about his legacy as the Bulls owner, not as Sox owner. None of those Bulls’ championships impact his deplorable legacy as Sox owner.

Which part of his four decades of what now looks like one, long list of one franchise-crippling decision after another will somehow look better somewhere down the road? Absent the one hit wonder that was the 2005 championship season, what could any of us possibly later point towards and re-assess as “that wasn’t as bad as we thought back then”? Do you have an example of what you think that could be? I can skim his entire reign of terror starting all the way back in 1981 clear through today and there is nothing to my eye that the simple passage of time will change my view as to the absolute disaster this guy has been as owner since day one.

Don Kessinger resigned.

I’d be happy with a 2-1 White Sox winner at this point.

THIS!!!!

I was not predicting things to end up the way they have the night Tim hit the walk-off homer against the Yanks in the Field of Dreams game. ?

I love most of this idea, but I wouldn’t want an upper deck in the outfield to block the view of the skyline.

I want the Leury Garcia Era back!

Sure, Jim, that’s exactly in the Sox’ offseason plan. First, cancel the annual fan fest. Second, make the most spectacular free agent signing in the team’s history, and then have no forum on which to show him off and take a bow. Reinsdorf showed up at the Soxfest after the Belle signing. Do the math, Jim.

Faint praise. You’re comparing him to Comiskey, Veeck, and the Allyns, the last two with no money to spend and without a sweetheart lease deal. None of those previous owners had near the resources afforded Reinsdorf, and yet with such an advantage, just one trip to the World Series, and ZERO playoff series wins in the other 41 years. PATHETIC.

42 years of one mind-numbing, franchise-crippling decision after another. If you take a step back and have a holistic review of the four plus decades of ownership by Reinsdorf, it’s beyond appalling. He’s really been a horrible owner. It would be a dream come true if Reinsdorf joined his dear pal tomorrow and surprised us all with the announcement he was selling the club and walking away as well. Won’t happen, but it’s fun to dream about.