I agree with you that a new stadium was in order, but New Comiskey was not received with much fan fair for good reason. It was a concrete mall and the upper deck was a nightmare. I do give credit to the Sox for making cosmetic changes to the stadium in recent years in an effort to make it look like more of a ballpark.
However, I will disagree with you in regards to the quality of the '94 Sox team. That was a damn good team and the Indians weren't quite ready to make a run. And for some reason Reinsdork could not wait to lock the players out during the season. Why the owners initiated any kind of lockout is beyond me as they are the source for the player's exorbitant contracts. Listen, if Reinsdork is against players commanding so much money then he should tell his pal Steinbrenner to not give A-Rod 200 million dollars.
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lacticsolardust wrote:
I passionately agree with you in regards to Reinsdork threatening to move the Sox to Florida if the state of Illinois wouldn't concede to his demands for a new stadium. I'm not sure if a lot of people have forgotten his threat, but I have never forgiven Reinsdork. And the stadium he did build was atheistically awful when stadiums such as Camden Yards and Jacobs Field were being built during the same period. And I won't even mention his leadership preceding the 1994 lockout when the Sox had an excellent team and the World Series was taken away.
I love a good religous debate, and I remember the threats. But, Comiskey was a dump, the fans weren't supporting the bad product he had on the field, the Sox had none of the luster of the mid/late 80's feelgood that were the Cubbies, and taa daa, it was a for profit business looking to move on to greener pastures and a big windfall whether here or in Fla.. Next.
But really, enough with the bs discussions about stadia (or its kid sister - attendance figures) who still gives a f***. As to the 'excellent' team they had in '94, wrong. It was a good team starting to show serious cracks under the pressure of a better Cleveland Indians team. I have few doubts that Cleveland was setting up to become the '69 Cubs version of the Amazin' Mets, and yes, I admit that I couldn't say that without pain....until 2005.
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