Great irony of Dave Stewart being a A’s legend involved here.
One I saw the thread title, I wondered if this was going on.
Baseball without the White Sox would be like the NHL without the Islanders
For once, we agree.It's been known his kids want to divest from Sox
But selling to a group that's motive appears on surface to move team will destroy his legacy and hopefully the Bulls who his kids want to retain will suffer backlash
If MLB allows White Sox to be relocated, I will stop watching baseball
Dave Dombrowski was in his circle trying to get a team to Nashville. He left and came to the Phillies because he was told it wasn’t going to happen.Stewarts baseball career off the field has been pretty horrible across the board. Don’t have a ton of faith in him being able to move a historic franchise.
That Shelby Miller trade… good god
Surely some group would have the funds and the desire to keep the White Sox in Chicago….right?
The Obama family did come to mind initially, I know Barack is a huge fan. Like you said I could seem them be involved in a minority stake.I'd have to imagine so. I half expected while Rocky was alive that he'd eventually make a play to become a part-owner of the Sox, but I don't think that Danny and Co. are interested.
Lots of billionaires in, around, and from the city. Pritzker's are a big family, there's a Walton in town, more than a few investment bankers and hedge fund managers, Oprah's always worth mentioning, and I think there'd be a huge amount positive PR spun if the Obama's were tapped as very small minority owners as quasi faces of the ownership if they were interested.
Good news: Reinsdorf wants to sell.
bad news: Stewart's group has been pursuing an expansion franchise to put in Nashville for ages now.
Doesn't take much to figure out what the end game is here.