The Mighty Mite

In the 50s and 60s the UD at Wrigley was closed more than not. It was a joke among Sox fans in those days that the Cubs couldn't draw flies, couldn't catch them either. I will never forget a game in the early 60s at Wrigley, it was the first televised event beamed by the Telstar satellite to Europe and the UD was closed but they wanted the folks in Europe to see a lot of people at the park so they let all the general admission customers sit in the lower deck boxes.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Apr 15, 2014 -> 08:19 PM) Yet the other 3 major sports teams in Chicago keep raising ticket prices and selling out every game. Might be comparing apples and oranges. Bears have only 8 regular season games, Sox have 81. The Hawks and Bulls play indoors so no weather issues except getting to the game, they sell out but the Sox still average more fannies in the seats. Would the Hawks and Bulls sell out a 40,000 seat arena for 81 games?

QUOTE (StRoostifer @ Apr 15, 2014 -> 06:19 PM) Good points Marty. Also like to add high taxes, high cost of living, high health insurance premiums and an Illinois' population has been declining for years. People just don't have the money they once had. Its really no surprise at all that attendance is declining year after year. I'm a Senior Citizen and paid 1.25 for General Admission seats back in the 50s and 60s. It's hard to believe how much it is now to go to a ball game or any sporting event. I think it's reached a point were people are saying I'm not going to pay this kind of money anymore to go to a ball game. 2012 was a defining year as Sox fans with a team that was in first place 117 days but did not even hit the 2 million plateau. I give Sox management kudos for trying to resolve the issues that have kept people away from the park such as dynamic pricing and crazy parking fees. All that being said it still hurts to see the Sox just about last in attendance, 10,000,000 in the metro area and only 14,000 on a Sunday afternoon?

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Apr 15, 2014 -> 09:01 AM) White Sox fans are some of the biggest whiners in the league. Go read WSI and see what they complain about. It's unbelievable. Workers not smiling at them. There even is someone now saying the K-Zone for Chris Sale's starts is destined to be a "marketing disaster". And you get banned at WSI if you talk about attendance

Hoping to catch lightning in a bottle.

QUOTE (elrockinMT @ Apr 13, 2014 -> 08:09 PM) The 64K dollar question for sure. I am guessing Nate Jones but no one has done their job. I'm sure going into Spring Training Hahn was counting on Jones to be the closer. Let's hope he comes back soon.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Apr 13, 2014 -> 08:22 PM) How does one go about accomplishing that, haha? Frustrated would be better, fixed it.

QUOTE (elrockinMT @ Apr 13, 2014 -> 08:07 PM) You ruined a good post with this inane idea of trading Beckham. Semien hasn't proven anything yet Beckham has frustrated us since his nice rookie year of 2009, it's not like we would be trading a Nellie Fox or Ryne Sandberg.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Apr 13, 2014 -> 07:23 PM) If we are in this in July or August... maybe. In April? God no. I know its early but I think with the new attitude with the hitters it would be a shame for the bullpen to keep blowing games. Right now we lead MLB in blowing 3 out of 4 save chances.

Right now I have to go with Nate Jones when he comes back from his injury.

Who can we trade to get some bullpen help and while we are at it, we need another starter, Paulino is horrible. I'm thinking maybe we could get something for Beckham when he's healthy, I think Semien can handle second base.

QUOTE (Bigsoxhurt35 @ Apr 13, 2014 -> 06:54 PM) I liked Peavy a lot. But I hope we bomb him I was a big Peavy fan also, hated it when we traded him.

I don't believe it, I was in the process of slitting my wrists. Way to go Alexei!!!

Congrats to Bubba Watson on his second Masters win in 2 years.

QUOTE (ROC Sox Fan @ Apr 13, 2014 -> 10:59 AM) As far as other stadiums that keep people out of the rest of the stadium, I sat in the bleachers at New Yankee Stadium in 2009 and did not have access to the lower levels or rest of the park. They literally had giant cage like doors denying access from the bleacher section. Would have been cool to see the rest of the park, but whatever. Me and my buddies got kicked out of the park for heckling Rios when he was still a Blue Jay right before Mo came on to pitch the 9th, that kinda sucked. I remember at Wrigley back in the 50s and 60s management denying access to the grandstand area from the bleachers. There was an Andy Frain usher who was seated right by the right field foul pole and he sat under an umbrella. In left field there was an usher that denied you access but unlike right field there was a ramp that went down to field level behind the wall by the foul pole. At old Comiskey if IRRC if you sat in the bleachers that's were you sat the whole game also but I would not bet on it because I only sat in Comiskey's bleachers one time.

27,000 today, that's encouraging.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Apr 12, 2014 -> 03:44 PM) Cooper has done a terrible job with the bullpen. Coop can do so much and when a pitcher has no talent Cooper would have to be a miracle worker to cure him.

We need help in the pitching department. We have 3 starters and not a whole lot more.

Not sure if I've ever seen that kind of DP before with the third sacker in the middle of the play.

I love Adam Eaton, what a player we stole from Arizona.

I can't take this guy anymore, does Sale have any brothers or sisters.

We gotta have someone better than this guy.

QUOTE (SCCWS @ Apr 12, 2014 -> 07:36 AM) I think there is a significant fan problem. Last night the White Sox were by far the lowest draw in baseball. Unfortunately Tampa Bay which usually gets that honor was on the road. Obviously the season ticket sales tanked this year which is the core of most teams attendance. Hopefully the Sox react and offer packages conducive to getting fannies back in the seats. I think today's crowd will give us an idea if we have an attendance issue. Looks like a decent day up there and if we don't break the 20,000 barrier with an exciting young team, there just might be a problem.

QUOTE (Charlie Haeger's Knuckles @ Apr 10, 2014 -> 04:39 PM) Is Viciedo a defensive upgrade in RF? From what we saw of Garcia in the early going, the Tank just might be an upgrade.

QUOTE (hi8is @ Apr 10, 2014 -> 01:35 PM) While this is all true - it still sucks. You're right, no doubt about it. Hate to bring it up but down through the years going back to Monty Stratton the Sox have had some good young talent who suffered some bad injuries, Bill Melton and Carlos May are two that come to mind.