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    The funnest poll

    in Pale Hose Talk

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    1 hour ago, Dick Allen said:

    I can't wait for the Sox to win a few games later when all the teams are out of it and hear Schriffen go nuts about the momentum they have built for 2025.

    I'm still not sure if his approach is deliberate or oblivious but I can absolutely picture that, yes.

    Like, the fans could pack the stadium for the potential loss #121, and as the game was in the 9th inning there would be a ton of sarcastic/cynical cheering - but I just know that on the broadcast he'd misinterpret it - "SOX! fans....on their FEET!...trying to support their TEAM! Trying to give some HOPE! They haven't given UP!"

    For Attitude-era wrestling fans, his delivery reminds me a lot of when Shane McMahon did color commentary on Sunday Night Heat. We're just missing some "YEAH YEAH BOOYAH YEAH!" calls.

    All that being said, I feel empathy for Schriffen, much in the way that I felt bad when a classmate/co-worker was nice but too earnest/peppy and gradually annoyed everyone around them.

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    Sox looking at building in South Loop

    in Pale Hose Talk

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    I don't quite understand why anyone is concerned about specific parking logistics at this point, but I get the feeling when I read certain comments that people think they will somehow change/stop this project going forward if they "win" an argument here.

    Like, I get it - if one finds something unacceptable about the whole concept, that opinion is a completely valid opinion to hold; it's just not going to make any difference in the end. It's a site development proposal... if the money is there in the end (whether Jerry's or whomever's), the new stadium at The 78 will get built. If it's not there, it won't get built. 

    Parking garages (which take up far less surface area than lots) will be constructed beneath/around many of the other proposed buildings in the development plot to provide a certain amount of parking. As for the rest: 

    • There will be an entire new neighborhood constructed, with housing catering to a younger demographic with disposable income. They will be within a walkable distance to the new stadium. This nearby new population can potentially 1:1 replace a present-day graying, exurban one. In other words, the club doesn't have a problem with parking - certain fans might, and they can be replaced with other fans that won't need parking at all.
    • and of course there will be public transportation nearby, as well as potential ferry access, etc. Lots of ways to get there.

    Sox looking at building in South Loop

    in Pale Hose Talk

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    32 minutes ago, PaleAleSox said:

    He played baseball in college. I think he is asking questions to Stone just to get him to talk.

    In that case, additional years of experience will help him with the nuances of coaxing out the personality of his broadcasting colleague. In any event, he will continue to improve with time.

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    Sox looking at building in South Loop

    in Pale Hose Talk

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    Schriffen is an equal-parts hodgepodge of:

    • nice person
    • ultra-enthusiastic “homer”
    • devoid of historical baseball knowledge, game-related context, and insight; he’s neither an ex-player nor a long-time fan

    It will all improve in time (several seasons’ worth at the least). 

    Sox looking at building in South Loop

    in Pale Hose Talk

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    4 minutes ago, A-Train to 35th said:

    Anyone catch the multiple hugs between Mayor Johnson and Warren.....Does anyone here think The Mayor would hug JR when and if they make their proposal public.  I bet not, and if he did it would be awkward at best.

     

    I would give good money to see a "this guy right here" eight fingers/no thumbs two-handed shoulder slap.

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    4/7 Game thread

    in 2024 Season in Review

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    Well, at least the centerfield camera mystery is officially solved - the wind is gusting like crazy, blowing the fountain's water spray directly into it, as well as occasionally flapping the backdrop cloth in front of it.

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    Sox looking at building in South Loop

    in Pale Hose Talk

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    1 hour ago, Bob Sacamano said:

    Take away opening day (for the teams with the decrease anyway) and I wonder how it looks

    Different, of course - but that's part of what I'm saying; if we concede that Opening Day draws more people and therefore offsets lower attendance during an April timespan, it's irrelevant if that's on 4/1 or 4/16. You have to have an Opening Day; you have to have play other home games in April; attendance is lower in April; why not just try to make the weather potential better wherever possible. Kick the southern teams an extra % or two of the split, etc.

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    Sox looking at building in South Loop

    in Pale Hose Talk

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    3 hours ago, southsider2k5 said:

    NO one wants early April home games after opening day.  It is always the lowest attended type of year, and the southern based teams felt they were getting penalized with more bad attendance games because of it.

    I understand that this is the perception. But in fact, 11 of the 15 stadiums with domes and/or in the warmest cities had their average attendance decrease in the second half of April 2023:

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    Sure, their home opener would skew that first half of the month avg. higher - but that's sort of the point.

    Texas' notable increase in the latter half of the month is quite something, I'll concede - not sure if that has something to do with Dallas-area school schedules for Spring Break or not.

    Sox looking at building in South Loop

    in Pale Hose Talk

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    11 hours ago, Lip Man 1 said:

    Now if you insist on playing in late March/early April then do what was done for a short period of time, play as many games as possible in warm weather or dome sites.

    That was stopped because those teams complained about having to play a lot of home games before school was out and not have as many dates available in the peak summer months.

    I’ve never understood this argument by those teams; just do the first two weeks (April 1-15) in the warmer cities and domed stadiums, and then April 16-30 in the others; no one misses out on summer month home games; the colder areas get two weeks to buy some time for better weather.

    Sox looking at building in South Loop

    in Pale Hose Talk

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    Regarding the size of the land vs. ballpark, something else to keep in mind is that the vast majority of the team’s office space currently crammed into the area behind the third base side of GRF can instead be off-loaded into a neighboring building in the new complex, like how the Cubs did.

    Tim Anderson Free Agency Discussion

    in Pale Hose Talk

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    Anderson seems to perform at his best only when he has absolute confidence in himself and his abilities, while also simultaneously receiving praise/validation both from everyone in his bubble (friends, family, teammates, other teams' players) and also outside the bubble (fans, media). There's a certain duality of narcissism and self-doubt, where it's either one extreme or the other. He's either:
    - performing to the utmost of ability, or
    - things are all crashing down; his confidence wavers and he no longer thinks he's the best, and he performs terribly

    I don't even intend for any of the above to be critical or derisive; I do think he'd greatly benefit from a top-notch sports psychologist, and beyond that also a personal one.

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    It’s official - Getz named SVP & GM

    in Pale Hose Talk

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    3 hours ago, Lip Man 1 said:

    “With :30 seconds left in their selection time on draft day JR would say things like “You know this college right-handed pitcher has the lowest injury risk.”

    I like to consider myself a decently honest person, but I’ll admit that I’d be tempted in that scenario to immediately lie or stall out those 30 seconds. “Yeah, terrible character issues, though”, “he’s very out of shape”, a distracted “yeah, I - hang on, one sec, Jerry - take (player I wanted) - I’m sorry, Jerry, what was that again?”

    Fire Pedro Grifol

    in Pale Hose Talk

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    re: links from the artist formerly known as Twitter; it's probably because various discussion boards don't recognize that new URL yet as something that should embed. I suspect that if you use "twitter.com" in the URL in place of "x.com" it will embed fine.

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    Sox vs Guardians, Sat

    in 2023 Season in Review

    Posted · Edited by Hamhock

    Fun things you can also do when challenged to a fight on a baseball field, instead of fighting or "looking bad/weak for backing down" (not a direct quote of anyone; just summing up):

    • look completely bored/unimpressed with the dumbass yelling at you, then slowly turn your back on him and fold your arms
    • exaggeratedly flick away the imaginary dirt/filth from your arm/wherever the dumbass poked at you
    • make the Razor Ramon/Scott Hall finger-waggling/ooh-I'm-scared gesture, complete with accompanying facial expression
    • if opponent puts fists up, take one step back, go up on your toes and take a comical 19th-century bareknuckle boxing stance with hands pointed inward, draw a line in the dirt with your cleats and dare them to cross it, then draw another one
    • Ali shuffle in circling pattern
    • wait until opponent is being held back by multiple people, then do the pantomime "let me at him/fighting-against-restraint" gesture to indicate they're not really trying to break free
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    Steve Cohen Speaks...

    in Pale Hose Talk

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    Phillies owner John Middleton seems to share the same philosophy as Cohen:

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    The payroll is closing in on the second-tier $253 million luxury-tax threshold, trailing only the Mets, Yankees, and Padres, and jockeying in the deep end with the Dodgers and Blue Jays. But for Middleton, as ever, the bottom line goes beyond the bottom line, which explains why he keeps spending ... and spending ... and spending.

    “How much money did the ‘27 Yankees make? Or the ‘29 A’s? Or the ‘75-76 Big Red Machine?” Middleton said. “Does anybody know? Does anybody care? Nobody knows or cares whether any of them made any money or not. And nobody cares about whether I make money or not. If my legacy is that I didn’t lose any money owning a baseball team on an annual operating basis, that’s a pretty sad legacy. It’s about putting trophies in the cases.

    “If your ambition is to be good, you don’t make those decisions [to sign Turner]. If your ambition is to be great, you make those decisions. It’s about desire, really. I just want to win.”

     

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