I don't know anything about the finances of a company, but can anyone explain how his "be in second place" mentality is the best way to make money? I am comparing revenues by teams from 2002-2022 and the White Sox 'carrot on the stick' approach seems to fall behind the growth of other teams around our valuation (looked at Phillies, Padres, and Blue Jays).
In my opinion, if Jerry just hired the right people to help run his franchise, put out a good product year in and year out, and didn't blame the fans for all of their shortcomings, then they would probably be bringing in much higher numbers. Maybe I am missing something. He still x100 his investment from when he bought the franchise so what do i know.
For those interested, I was going over the Forbes valuations list.