Chicago White Sox 2024

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Roundball Sage
splitter said:
Did not think i needed to use the /S on my last post. Will not use it on this one. Looks like the franchise is going to be rescued by the Navy Seals or they have found a use for Guaranteed Field if the Sox leave.
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Another use for The Rate Field? How about this: Years ago the Canadian Football League expanded into the United States. It only lasted a few years before they gave up on the idea and the teams were disbanded.

Maybe it's time to try again. Give 'The Rate Field' a new CFL team and let them play the likes of the WInnipeg Blue Bombers and the Toronto Argonauts. The South Side has needed a pro team since the Cardinals left. Let's learn to love three-down football and give the Bears some competition for attention.

(This was half s/ and half-not)
 
#327      
splitter
Roundball Sage said:
Another use for The Rate Field? How about this: Years ago the Canadian Football League expanded into the United States. It only lasted a few years before they gave up on the idea and the teams were disbanded.

Maybe it's time to try again. Give 'The Rate Field' a new CFL team and let them play the likes of the WInnipeg Blue Bombers and the Toronto Argonauts. The South Side has needed a pro team since the Cardinals left. Let's learn to love three-down football and give the Bears some competition for attention.

(This was half s/ and half-not)
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Really really like the half s/ comment. Kind of reminds me of the way the Sox season has gone and the way the team was put together. đźš«S
 
#329      
Roundball Sage
splitter said:
Really really like the half s/ comment. Kind of reminds me of the way the Sox season has gone and the way the team was put together. đźš«S
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Were the Sox actually put together or were they what was left when Management tossed everything out on the floor -- gave away their good china -- and kept all the other broken and chipped pieces?

I like watching Canadian football. The three-down game and wider field is a faster style of football as teams have two downs really to get to their next first down. And it's more back and forth since you can stop your opponent on just two downs to get the ball back if they don't go for it on Third Down. You can get back into games faster if you fall behind. I also like the idea of getting a point when your opponent doesn't get the ball out of their end zone.

Chicago loves football and the Bears will always rule. But Chicago is also a large World-class City (even with its many problems) and types of games from 'elsewhere' can take a hold on it with the diverse population. Look at the growth of soccer in the United States (not necessarily the Fire) and see how people are embracing leagues beyond the legacy Big Four sports.

Years ago they tried a soccer league in the USA and a team that played at Comiskey Park. But America was not yet ready to embrace that kind of football. That was also around the time that the White Sox were going into the dumper as a franchise after their many years of having great success.
 
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splitter
Roundball Sage said:
Were the Sox actually put together or were they what was left when Management tossed everything out on the floor -- gave away their good china -- and kept all the other broken and chipped pieces?

I like watching Canadian football. The three-down game and wider field is a faster style of football as teams have two downs really to get to their next first down. And it's more back and forth since you can stop your opponent on just two downs to get the ball back if they don't go for it on Third Down. You can get back into games faster if you fall behind. I also like the idea of getting a point when your opponent doesn't get the ball out of their end zone.

Chicago loves football and the Bears will always rule. But Chicago is also a large World-class City (even with its many problems) and types of games from 'elsewhere' can take a hold on it with the diverse population. Look at the growth of soccer in the United States (not necessarily the Fire) and see how people are embracing leagues beyond the legacy Big Four sports.

Years ago they tried a soccer league in the USA and a team that played at Comiskey Park. But America was not yet ready to embrace that kind of football. That was also around the time that the White Sox were going into the dumper as a franchise after their many years of having great success.
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They have broken most of their fine china or given it away at yard sales. Now are eating off of mismatched paper plates. Fine for a Tuesday night meal in front of the TV, but we are talking about a Major league in a World Class City.

i have liked watching Canadian football when it was regularly on tv. Did not have interest in any one team so it was enjoyable to watch for the sport. A Canadian friend was from Ottawa, but that team had folded (several times i think) so he had lost interest. As for soccer, i could never get interested in playing or watching. Kind of like hockey on grass instead of ice, without any of the action. Stayed at the same hotel as the New York Liberty and met Pele at the continental breakfast. My limited Spanish was thankfully interrupted by a lot of young fans wanting his autograph. i backed away and he smiled and nodded to me. I did buy a Tampa Rowdies tshirt, but only because it said "soccer is a kick in the grass" on the back. Fan of that line but not even Pele could make be a fan of soccer.

Love the pop-up of the baseball field on the 78 site. Jerry needs to pay off what is owed on the Rate property and get the 78-project going. He wants to live to be 100 so there is plenty of time. Might take that long to get the Sox back on track be relevant (mediocre} again.

I think i will start taking my mother's advice. "If you can't say anything nice, don't say anything at all". See you in 2027. /S sorry Mom
 
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