Kyyle23 Posted Monday at 12:19 PM Share Posted Monday at 12:19 PM 9 hours ago, WhiteSox2023 said: Were the Jesse White Tumblers already booked somewhere else? I thought that used to be the Bulls go to performance. When Quick change passed away they just gave up trying to replace him I guess Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyyle23 Posted Monday at 12:20 PM Share Posted Monday at 12:20 PM 7 hours ago, greg775 said: I wish you or somebody could write an essay telling me exactly how the Sox make money. Awful TV ratings, tiny crowds, I'd assume very few jackets and hats and uniform tops sold. How in the bleep can this team make money? Does parking dollars matter that much to the bottom line? Shared TV money? You wouldn’t read the essay to understand the problem that we describe. Nobody needs to be led by the nose here but you, everyone knows the stakes here because we have been talking about them for years Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteSox2023 Posted Monday at 01:11 PM Share Posted Monday at 01:11 PM (edited) 1 hour ago, caulfield12 said: BamTech? https://www.nbcsports.com/mlb/news/each-owner-will-get-at-least-50-million-in-early-2018-from-he-sale-of-bamtech Yes, it was BAMTech, which was sold by the MLB to Disney. Each team received $50 million. But that was still chump change compared to what MLB teams get annually through revenue sharing — ~$200+ million. Just owning a team pays for itself and earns money. There’s reasons why teams maintain such low payrolls and it wasn’t always to tank for draft picks. Edited Monday at 01:13 PM by WhiteSox2023 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greg775 Posted Monday at 07:55 PM Share Posted Monday at 07:55 PM 6 hours ago, WhiteSox2023 said: Yes, it was BAMTech, which was sold by the MLB to Disney. Each team received $50 million. But that was still chump change compared to what MLB teams get annually through revenue sharing — ~$200+ million. Just owning a team pays for itself and earns money. There’s reasons why teams maintain such low payrolls and it wasn’t always to tank for draft picks. With revenue sharing the teams that are trying to win should be mad at the Sox and want them contracted. Cause the Sox's ineptness affected the race. The Sox for instance were solely responsible for the Royals being over .500 during the regular season. The Sox actually were key factors in some teams making the playoffs cause they beat up the Sox so badly. No question Chicago refused to field a big league team this season. That unit was bush league, independent league baseball. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteSox2023 Posted Monday at 08:20 PM Share Posted Monday at 08:20 PM 25 minutes ago, greg775 said: With revenue sharing the teams that are trying to win should be mad at the Sox and want them contracted. Cause the Sox's ineptness affected the race. The Sox for instance were solely responsible for the Royals being over .500 during the regular season. The Sox actually were key factors in some teams making the playoffs cause they beat up the Sox so badly. No question Chicago refused to field a big league team this season. That unit was bush league, independent league baseball. The teams trying to compete make more local money and also get the same revenue sharing money. The Sox and other teams not trying to win are just another easy opponent for the teams trying to win. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lip Man 1 Posted Monday at 08:42 PM Share Posted Monday at 08:42 PM 48 minutes ago, greg775 said: With revenue sharing the teams that are trying to win should be mad at the Sox and want them contracted. Cause the Sox's ineptness affected the race. The Sox for instance were solely responsible for the Royals being over .500 during the regular season. The Sox actually were key factors in some teams making the playoffs cause they beat up the Sox so badly. No question Chicago refused to field a big league team this season. That unit was bush league, independent league baseball. Funny all those years when Tampa Bay was a joke I never saw or read anything about how that was unfair the Yankees and Red Sox were taking advantage of that situation to pad their win totals and make the playoffs every year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Allen Posted Monday at 08:56 PM Share Posted Monday at 08:56 PM 15 minutes ago, Lip Man 1 said: Funny all those years when Tampa Bay was a joke I never saw or read anything about how that was unfair the Yankees and Red Sox were taking advantage of that situation to pad their win totals and make the playoffs every year. The Yankees are getting $15 million to let the Rays play in their spring training facility this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greg775 Posted Monday at 10:00 PM Share Posted Monday at 10:00 PM (edited) 1 hour ago, WhiteSox2023 said: The teams trying to compete make more local money and also get the same revenue sharing money. The Sox and other teams not trying to win are just another easy opponent for the teams trying to win. True dat. ... You can only imagine my frustration that the Royals, located in a city way smaller than Chicago, and a market way smaller than Chicago, actually try to win. They made a trade this week that they think gives them a true leadoff man (we shall see) and some other guy. They have a surplus in pitching so they dealt Singer to the Reds, who similarly appear to be trying to improve their team. Meanwhile the Sox have the nerve to apparently have nothing in mind except signing some guys with the upside of a Pham and 'maybe' dealing Crochet and Robert for guys who won't help the team for 3-4 years. Sad. ... And the Sox in a hiding in the basement way of trying to do business won't even have a Soxfest where fans can vent? Hell in theory getting fans together in one setting 2-3 days 'might' sell some season tickets. What a paper bag organization. Keep losing, White Sox. Edited Monday at 10:00 PM by greg775 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldsox Posted Tuesday at 12:08 AM Share Posted Tuesday at 12:08 AM 4 hours ago, greg775 said: With revenue sharing the teams that are trying to win should be mad at the Sox and want them contracted. Cause the Sox's ineptness affected the race. The Sox for instance were solely responsible for the Royals being over .500 during the regular season. The Sox actually were key factors in some teams making the playoffs cause they beat up the Sox so badly. No question Chicago refused to field a big league team this season. That unit was bush league, independent league baseball. No Independent League team could have won 40 games vs an MLB schedule. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greg775 Posted Tuesday at 02:43 AM Share Posted Tuesday at 02:43 AM 2 hours ago, oldsox said: No Independent League team could have won 40 games vs an MLB schedule. I dunno. Maybe an Indy could nab 25 wins then. I think a AA team could win 40 for sure. I hear you though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted 10 hours ago Share Posted 10 hours ago On 11/26/2024 at 8:08 AM, oldsox said: No Independent League team could have won 40 games vs an MLB schedule. https://www.milb.com/st-paul/news/boushley-baffles-storm-chasers-saints-take-down-minor-leagues-best-team-6-2 Maybe the Saint Paul Saints could have the 2024 White Sox a run for their money... That would have been more interesting to watch than the actual season. Or the Savannah Banana Slugs simply for entertainment/marketing/sideshows. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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