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I'm hoping that Burger starts hitting. I would think if Burger produces the rest of the year Moncada won't be on the team in 2024. The White Sox should be able to move Moncada in the off season. Even if they have to eat most of his salary, so be it.
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Can't help but wonder if the team has offered to extend his contract this year. I hope they sign him. Considering the millions of dollars Hahn has wasted on players who weren't any good I can't understand why he wouldn't sign Giolito.
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7/2 Gamethread - TBD vs. Blackburn
WBWSF replied to Chicago White Sox's topic in 2023 Season in Review
If Burger starts hitting again (bringing up his BA) the team can simply keep him the rest of the season at third base. If that happens I'm hoping that Moncada will be off the team, one way or another. -
7/2 Gamethread - TBD vs. Blackburn
WBWSF replied to Chicago White Sox's topic in 2023 Season in Review
I'm hoping that Burger starts hitting again. I would think he would be the starting 3rd baseman if he hits. Hopefully this will be the end of Moncada on the team. -
The problem about moving to the suburbs is the lack of public transportation. 20% of White Sox attendance comes from public transportation. Last year the team drew over 2 million fans. 400,000 came by public transportation. I don't see how those people using public transportation would get to the park if it was in the suburbs. When JR wanted the stadium built in Addison I always thought he would have lost alot of paying fans. There's no public transportation there.
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In the mid 1980s the City of Chicago offered to build a baseball stadium on this site of Block 78. JR turned down the offer. He wanted to build a stadium in Dupage County in Addison. JR just happened to own the land in Addison. When that didn't workout in Addison the Cities offer of the South Loop was off the table. They wound up back in Bridgeport. I've never met anybody who thinks they're better off in Bridgeport as opposed to the South loop. Don't let anybody tell you otherwise, no matter what the City offered JR in the South Loop he wasn't going to go there. He didn't own the land like he did in Addison. Its like a few years ago JR announced they were moving the White Sox out of Sarasota Florida and moving their spring training facilities to Tuscon Arizona. It just so happened that JR owned the land in Arizona where the stadium was being built. Anyways, I hope there next stadium is in the South Loop. It would be a tremendous site. I wouldn't be surprised if the stadium was built near the United Center.
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If this losing keeps happening I would think some changes will be made this off season. There are thousands of unsold tickets for this upcoming homestand. Even the Cubs series later in the month is not soldout. They're on a pace of drawing 1.6 million fans. Last year they drew 2 million. JR will definitely notice the drop in attendance and try to do something to turn this around. In the type of division they're in I don't see them blowing this up. I see a retool.
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I' ve never seen an All Star player so young completely collapse as Anderson has this year. He's only 30 years old and is lost at the plate. The second time he struck out last night he took 3 pitches right done the middle of the plate. His last at bat he swung at a pitch and missed it by 2 feet. If this continues the rest of the year I wouldn't be surprised if the team didn't pickup his option for 2024. I thought there was a possibility he might be traded at the deadline. I don't think that is going to happen. I don't think any other team would want him. He can't produce offensively of defensively anymore.
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A few years ago I went into the upper deck. I hadn't been up there in years. I simply don't like it up there. My season tickets have always been on the lower level. I was just curious to see how it was up there after they took out 7 rows of seats.I went to the highest part of the upper deck, Section 558, Row 21, Seat 12. I was actually scared being up there. I can't believe that anybody would like being up there. And most people don't like it up there.
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The problem still remains. The upper deck is too high. I read a few weeks ago that some woman took her younger brother to a White Sox game and they sat in the upper deck. The boy was a special needs person. He told his sister he was scared sitting in the upper deck. She mentioned it to a couple of the White Sox workers and they were nice enough to move them in the lower level. The upper level has ruined the park. They're giving those tickets away and still not many fans want to sit up there.
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I've met fans who think the team is going to renew the lease after it expires in 2030. I would hope they do something about the upper deck.
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Nobody ever mentions that the upper deck was JRs idea. He wanted the 2nd level of suites which was not in the original design. Even tho some of the rows of seats were taken out the problem remains that the upper deck is too high. Its 2 different parks. The lower level is tremendous. The upper deck is for the birds.
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Looking back at it the $150 million White Sox stadium deal was a good one for everybody. A few years later the Bears Soldier Field deal cost over $660 million. JR has to be relieved that he didn't move the team to St. Pete. It would have been the biggest mistake of his life.
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And That's A Seby Multi-Home Run White Sox Winner
WBWSF replied to South Side Hit Men's topic in Pale Hose Talk
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I can't help but wonder how many MLB GMs are popular with their fans. I would imagine that the fans of the Twins can't possibly be happy with their GM after trading Luis Arraez to Miami. I never understood that trade at the time and I certainly can't understand it now.
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Hahn signing Benintendi was one of his best signings. He is a real good player. Signing Santos and Middleton were also good signings. This team hasn't done well this year because of the complete collapses of Anderson and Moncada and the loss of Hendriks. That being said I don't think Hahn will be fired.
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Money. If JR offered him the most money he might sign here.
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In all modesty I would have been better off being the owner than the GM.
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I remember in the 1990s when JR signed Albert Belle. Most people including White Sox fans were surprised that JR signed him. That being said wouldn't it be something if JR signed Ohtani this off season? The signing of Ohtani would not only change the image of the franchise but it would improve the team tremendously. I would think that alot of the money signing Ohtani would be back loaded which would definitely appeal to JR. It would be the biggest story in MLB if JR signed him. I've mentioned in the past how I've written JR a number of letters requesting an interview for the GM job. He has never responded to me. If I was the GM I would make every effort in signing Ohtani.
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Does anybody think that Hahn will lose his job? I don't.
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The problem was JR and Himes didn't get along. I knew numerous people who worked for the team who liked Himes. Himes and JR didn't see eye to eye and Himes was gone. Many years ago George Weiss was the GM for the Yankees. Nobody liked him, nobody. The Yankees kept him on because he was one of the greatest GMs in MLB history. He is one of the few GMs who went into the MLB HOF. When the Yankees let him go after the 1960 season he was the first person hired to be the new GM with the expansion Mets. If I would have owned the team I would have kept Himes on the job as long as he was productive. Hahn has been the White Sox GM for years only because him and JR are buddies. Can anybody tell me that Hahn has been a better GM than Himes?
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I always thought it was lousy how JR bad mouthed Himes after letting him go. JR went on numerous radio and TV stations and dumped all over Himes.