The Mighty Mite

The Getz modus operandi hasn’t changed a bit.

There are reports all over Tampa media that the deal could be in jeopardy. https://baynews9.com/fl/tampa/sports/2024/11/16/rays-stadium-deal-could-collapse https://www.tampabay.com/sports/2024/11/16/rays-stadium-deal-bonds-vote-pinellas-st-petersburg-tropicana-field-steinbrenner/ This is unbelievable, we were told this summer that the stadium was a done deal, baseball could very well be returning to Montreal. As someone who has watched this fiasco for years, I thought it was a mistake to build a new stadium again in St. Pete, the Rays fan fast base is in the city of Tampa and the surrounding suburbs. If they can’t work out a deal in Tampa they should look at Orlando which has tons of money or else it’s adios Florida which I think Sternberg has wished for all along, he knew that building a new stadium in St. Pete wasn’t the ideal situation and Tampa was the place but he took what he could get.

I’ve been to Dodger Stadium, the edifice itself is no better than GRF, it’s the setting itself that makes its sort of cool sitting in Chavez Ravine and with the grandstand actually built into the side of a mountain. It’s a nightmare getting out of the parking lot and there is absolutely nothing around the place.

How delusional.

This.

Amen.

Venable should be able to hire his own coaching staff, the days of JR favorite ex players as coaches like Baines and Boston must come to an end along with saying goodbye to TLR.

Just can’t get exited about anything about the White Sox as long as JR owns the team, remember Getz has said that the payroll will be lower in 2025. Hopefully things will change if and when JR sells.

It took awhile but the record for me was the night in 1997 when the Marlins won the World Series, it took forever to get out of the Joe Robbie Stadium parking lot and then we had a 95 mile ride back to Naples on Alligator Alley.

Ricky never should have been fired, this team went south because of the hiring of TLR, the worst move in a long list of bad moves by JR, along with players who never really lived up to expectations like Eloy, Moncada and even Robert, then there was Tim Anderson who completely lost his game, they also rushed Vaughn while never filling gaping holes at second base and right field.

Been there but stayed to the end and it was an 11 inning game back in 2009 when extra inning games were really extra inning games.

Agree but the Sox have always had a bit of a problem drawing at 35th and Shields, the casual fan for whatever reasons will not venture there not to mention out of towners. Since I became a fan in the early 50s I’m pretty sure the only year they have led the American League in attendance was 1960.

Went to a couple hundred games from 1955-1990 and I probably sat up there more than other part of the park along with the right-outfield upper deck. Let’s face it, if fans want great skyline views, they need a new park at 78.

You would have a nice view of the trees in Armour Park. If you sat in the upper deck on the first base side you did have a view of the skyline, not great but a view.

Agree.