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Tyler Chatwood is 5-2 this year with a low ERA.

1) Harry Caray would have finished his career with the White Sox, not on the Northside. Both JR and Einhorn hated Caray and Caray hated them. I always thought JR and Einhorn were jealous of how popular Caray was. I would have signed Caray up as soon as I got control of the team. He belonged on the Southside of Chicago. 2) Sportsvision was a flop. It didn't do well because the Chicagoland area wasn't wired for cable at the time. I would have waited until the area was wired for cable. 3) The White Sox would be playing in a stadium in the South Loop at Roosevelt and Clark. When JR was looking for a new stadium the City of Chicago wanted to build a stadium at Roosevelt and Clark. JR declined the offer. He wanted to move the team to Dupage County in a stadium where he owned the land. He would have reaped tax benefits at that location even tho the stadium would have been owned by the State of Illinois. Southside Sox had a very extensive article about the the South Loop stadium in column that was written by RobHart780 on November 9, 2012. Bruce Levine wrote a similar column a few years ago. 4) The new White Sox stadium would have been a stadium that White sox fans would have been proud of. JR changed the original design of the present stadium. He wanted the 2nd level of suites which made the upper deck what it is. The critics savaged the new stadium because of the dreadful upper deck. One of the writers kept calling the upper deck the Reinsdeck. The lower deck is a wonderful place to see a game. The upper deck has ruined the park and it was JRs doing. I would have never approved this stadium with this upper deck, never. JR should have gotten a kick in his rear end for messing with the original design of this stadium. 5) The only positive things you can say about JRs ownership is that the franchise has made him nothing but money. The only other positive thing you can say about his ownership is winning the 2005 World Series. Other than those 2 things,his ownership has been a flop.

I wish I would have had the money to buy the White Sox when Bill Veeck sold the team. The franchise would have been better off with me as the owner instead of JR.

JR and his investors are making too much money now. He's not going to sell a goldmine. I wish he would sell but its not going to happen. I know of three groups of people who want to buy the White Sox but unfortunately the team is not for sale.

I think I'm the only person to be banned there by request. I posted there and made a slight dig against White Sox management. I received a email from them saying I'm banned for 30 days. He started scolding me saying I can't say this and can't say that. He then threatened me and said if I ever post like that again I will be banned forever. I then emailed him back and said I will never participate in WSI again, so go ahead and ban me forever. I ended my email by saying farewell. I thought that would be the end of it, it wasn't. I went thru my sites a few weeks later and I noticed I wasn't banned by them. I then emailed them again and told them to ban me forever which they finally did.

A friend of mine told me that WSI is no longer around. Is that true? Gee, what a loss if its true. I don't know why anybody would possibly post over there.

If Hahn gave a 34 year old Adam LaRoche a 2 year $24 million dollar contract, I would like to think he will give a 32 year old Jose Abreu the same 2year $24 million contract.

Sitting at the game yesterday I couldn't help but remember that Oaklands pitcher Chris Bassitt was once a member of the White Sox organization. He was traded by Hahn with Marcus Semien for jeff Samardzlia. Bassitt would sure look good in the White Sox rotation. This trade was another bad one by Hahn.

Ivan Nova has pitched very good since the All Star break. If he continues to pitch this good the final 2 months of the season. I'm wondering if the Hahn will bring him back in 2020.

The 2019 season would have been a lot better if Kopech and Rodon had been healthy. Hopefully both will be able to pitch successfully in 2020. That being said, I still wish that JR would sell the team.

It came out recently that Henderson Nevada has tried getting the Arizona Diamondbacks to move to Henderson. They offered to build a baseball only stadium for $1 billion dollars. So far the Diamondbacks haven't agreed to anything. The people in Henderson believe that they are going to get a MLB team sooner rather than later. I hope they don't make the same offer to JR.

I try not to pay attention to what Hahn says, but hopefully if being aggressive adds some quality free agents to the team I'm all for it. I go to most of these games and White Sox fans deserve a better team than what we've seen the last 7 years. The White Sox crowds have been good this year. This team should draw more people than last year. I think that White Sox fans should be commended for coming out this season. White Sox fans are starving for some winning baseball. Hopefully it starts in 2020.

Its not only pathetic but it seems like this situation is accepted by JR. I guess if he's making nothing but money, the losing doesn't bother him.

Most White Sox fans were disappointed that Hahn didn't acquire any major stars this past off season. Other than Colome and McCann Hahn didn't acquire anybody who helped the team. Wouldn't it be nice if he acquired somebody in the next few days who can actually help the team for the reminder of this season and next year?

I read a interesting article that was about the Pittsburgh Pirates. The Pirates have been bad since the All Star break . Pirates GM Neal Huntington said that he should be held accountable for the Pirates lack of success. I don't know if he will lose his job but its certainly possible. I don't see anybody in the White Sox front office/ownership being held accountable for this present mess. This so called rebuild appears to me as if the team wins or if the team loses so be it. As long as this franchise is making money hand over fist, that's all that matters to this ownership.

I went to the game last night. It was really a nice night and a decent crowd of 22,000. The Christmas In July promotion was nice. The free T-shirt was wonderful. Hearing the Christmas music before the game and in between innings was nice. They've had this promotion before and I hope they continue to have it in the future. The promotion was better than the game .

Maybe he has become a houseman for JR. At his age, if he loses his job he won't get another job as a announcer. MLB teams would go with a younger person and he knows it. The White Sox are his last stop before he eventually retires.

I also have the ticket stub from the first Comiskey Park night game from August 14, 1939.

1) The 1942 White Sox poster schedule which lists all of the home games from that season, 2) Every White Sox media guide and yearbook since 1933. 3) Every Topps White Sox baseball card from 1959 to the present. The above have been my favorites. My White Sox collection has been featured in Sports Collectors Digest, Sports Collectors daily and the first edition of the White Sox Encyclopedia by Richard Lindberg. My latest collecting sickness are White Sox bobbleheads. I have 130 different White Sox bobbleheads. I'm running out of room in my mancave.

JR could care less about his legacy. His main objective with both of his teams was making money. He's been very very good at making money. Both of his teams are making him richer every year. As far as the White Sox go, the only thing he has to hang his hat on is the 2005 World championship season. Other than that his ownership of the White Sox has been BAD. It continues to be bad but like I said he's making nothing but money with this team.

Stone has changed his act. He basically has become a house man for this White Sox rebuild. He's smart enough to know that if he says something bad about this rebuild/management team he won't be announcing here anymore. And at his age he won't be hired elsewhere.

This worries me. If Hahn trades Abreu at the deadline, he might bring back Alonso to replace Abreu.

I do the same song and dance every year because the team is bad every year. If the team had some degree of success I wouldn't do the same song and dance.

Wouldn't it be something if Robert was called up? I'm not expecting it but I would like to see it.

The White Sox should have obtained some starting pitching this past off season. I t could have made this season a much more successful year.