Can someone tell me if the White Sox are running in the red or black? Doesn't that make all the difference here? They have been able to field competitive teams for the majority of the past 15 or so seasons and I still see some talent coming up despite the constant complaining about how bad the farm system is. As long as that continues to happen, they will probably be at or around 2 mil in fans. If that keeps them in the black, its a lot less risky than moving to a new market, especially one where the economy has had huge negative impacts.

Biggie,do you really think the Sox will leave town or are you just trying to get under the skin of Sox fans?

They have made some money. Last year wasn't one of them.

I HAVE NEVER ONCE SAID THEY WILL LEAVE TOWN! EVER! THAT IS MY OPINION

If you read my previous thread about this, hopefully someone will be able to distinguish what exactly was said.

But, the fact that a writer who I dont know for my life touched on the issue, someone must be talking about something.

So your opinion is they will leave town,but you have never said it?

There is a 2010 article...

http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2010/aug/19/mayor-american-league-baseball-team-looking-las-ve/

"I can tell you this. I can tell you I've been advised that we are designated as an American League city," he said. "So, folks, if we get ourselves a team here, if it's not the Yankees or White Sox or the Red Sox, all of those folks will be able to visit us from those cities and fill the stadium."


If you read the tea leaves, of all the teams to mention with the Red Sox and Yankees...

Hard to believe the sox didn't turn a profit any year. With TV,radio,merchandise and gate/concessions I don't see how.

hell no the white sox aren't moving. they just need vegas to be as palatable of an option as possible in order to get whatever they'll wanna get from teh city/state down the road. leverage: WEEKNIGHTS ON TNT (WE KNOW DRAMA)

Almost every team does this scenario thing with the President and GM.

If you give us X $ to spend we will draw Y. They provide a number of different scenarios with that simple scenario

In the case of the Sox X becomes (X+Z) and Y becomes (Y-W).

So the losses have not been huge and usually paid from capital reserves, but still a loss.

Yet, the point has nothing to do with them losing or making money, because every investor doesnt need the money and if any of the investors ever needed money they could sell their investment in the team for 50 times what that invested.

Still, they aren't moving.

Almost every team does this scenario thing with the President and GM.

If you give us X $ to spend we will draw Y. They provide a number of different scenarios with that simple scenario

In the case of the Sox X becomes (X+Z) and Y becomes (Y-W).

So the losses have not been huge and usually paid from capital reserves, but still a loss.

Yet, the point has nothing to do with them losing or making money, because every investor doesnt need the money and if any of the investors ever needed money they could sell their investment in the team for 50 times what that invested.

Still, they aren't moving.

For the Sox fans here: If the move did happen, would you remain a fan of the team?

I just helped to bury a guy who was a lawyer but Southside Irish through and through. He was a Packers fan because of the Bears roll in the Cardinals leaving Chicago.

"anymore" means you were a Sox fan at some point. What made to change your allegiance to the loveable losers?