Finding a New Market “Inefficiency”

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Teams are always searching for the new market inefficiency. With the A’s in the early 2000’s, it was on-base percentage. With the Royals of yesteryear it was building a team that was perfectly suited to winning in their home ballpark – they focused heavily on defense to improve their pitching staff and favored contact hitters that would thrive in the gaps of Kauffman stadium. The new market inefficiency I propose? Finding an owner that’s willing to invest in his or her own team!

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I don't think excited Sox fans paid for Melky Cabrera

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At this point, picking at the explained logic of some of the White Sox moves in this beloved and lauded off-season is akin to pull the best man aside during the reception to give him "notes" on his speech, but the White Sox continue to support my theory that I would be much less critical of the mythology behind their finances if they just never discussed them at all.

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Not Breaking: Reinsdorf US Cellular Field Boondoggle Lawsuit Dismissed

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Five months ago, while his White Sox were in full June swoon, Jerry Reinsdorf was celebrating victory in the courtroom. Apparently unreported and unnoticed, with the silent efficiency of a mob hit, the lawsuit against the White Sox chairman brought by an ex-government employee was weighted down and left for dead in a river of motions, minutes, and memorandums.

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Despite Solid Effort, Sox Barely Lost Money in 2013 (According to Forbes)

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Despite Solid Effort, Sox Barely Lost Money in 2013 (According to Forbes)

The annual Forbes MLB team valuations came out this week, and for the first time since Jose Canseco’s bulging trapezii were mercilessly fatiguing the seams of a White Sox uniform back in 2001, the business publication has estimated an operating loss for owner Jerry Reinsdorf and Co.; the club was $2.7 million in the red in 2013 they say.

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White Sox pursue new frontiers of culinary absurdity

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White Sox pursue new frontiers of culinary absurdity

Between hot dogs, cotton candy and cracker jacks, baseball games have always been forums for dietary escapism. Fans are stuck in one place for nearly four hours and are financially obligated to convince themselves they're having fun win or lose, so all the more reason to descend into a gluttonous fury. Your team got waxed but you ate two plates of funnel cake. What matters more?

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Sox Take a Step Closer to Playing in Shopping Mall

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Sox Take a Step Closer to Playing in Shopping Mall

Come opening day, there will be a shiny new drinking establishment near Section 112 on the U.S. Cellular Field concourse. It’s called “Xfinity Zone,” which is not trademark infringement because the White Sox partnered with Comcast Corp.’s digital media brand to make this 2,200-square-foot, 12 flat-screen, social media wall, full menu, craft beer and cocktail dream a reality.

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