Comments on: The White Sox are in baseball purgatory http://southside.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2016/07/04/the-white-sox-are-in-baseball-purgatory/ Just another Baseball Prospectus Local Sites site Wed, 05 Dec 2018 22:40:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.1 By: Marty34 http://southside.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2016/07/04/the-white-sox-are-in-baseball-purgatory/#comment-1256 Wed, 06 Jul 2016 14:02:24 +0000 http://southside.locals.baseballprospectus.com/?p=3792#comment-1256 Excellent read.

This feeling of hopelessness is reminiscent of the 70’s Veeck era. There isn’t a franchise in pro sports more in need of a new way of doing things than this one.

Reinsdorf has had the playing field tilted in his direction for years with an incredible stadium lease, being baseball’s shadow commissioner, a friendly business arrangement with the Tribune, and a division that is filled with the dregs of the A.L and he still could not get it done. Now that he no longer runs baseball and the Cubs would like nothing better than to bury this group things have gotten a hell of a lot more difficult.

]]> By: Mike Lipkin http://southside.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2016/07/04/the-white-sox-are-in-baseball-purgatory/#comment-1234 Mon, 04 Jul 2016 14:14:00 +0000 http://southside.locals.baseballprospectus.com/?p=3792#comment-1234 Around ’97, Reinsdorf was intrigued by the Reds–a mediocre team leading their division with a record near .500. Cincy was excited; fans were coming out. I think JR saw the future of baseball and modeled the White Sox after that pattern. And it’s a lot easier now with two wildcard slots.

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