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posted by Isabel Miller
Thursday, Apr 18, 24 @ 7:55 am

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white sox. ugh.

Comment by workingfromhome Thursday, Apr 18, 24 @ 9:08 am
I love how the Mayor’s new spokesperson decided the best way to address a recall petition was to attack reporters instead of saying something that reiterates the Mayor’s achievement. Granted there aren’t many, but any good PR strategist could have written something.

Comment by Just Me 2 Thursday, Apr 18, 24 @ 9:14 am
Yet another morning opening the largest Facebook group for my southeast-Illinois hometown and immediately being greeted by an anonymous post calling LGBT people a work of Satan.

More civil and kind people in rural communities in Illinois need to speak up in these groups. Online is the new public-focused forum, and if your town’s main public forum is constantly full of unrebutted generalization, hatred, and demonization of people who are different, you are going to alienate the same potential new residents that many of these communities need to stay viable economies. And the students deciding whether to come back to their hometown after college are watching.

Comment by Shibboleth Thursday, Apr 18, 24 @ 9:19 am
How low can they go?

Will the White Sox surpass the 1935 Boston Braves (38-115 - .248), the 1916 Philadelphia Athletics (36-117 -.235), or the 1899 Cleveland Spiders (20-134 - .130)

Comment by Gravitas Thursday, Apr 18, 24 @ 9:52 am
Our Regional Board of School Trustees is short too many trustees to fill open seats, and nobody seems to know who has the authority to appoint people to the board in the absence of a quorum. Hopefully it will be solved soon. I wonder if other RBSTs are having similar issues and, if so, maybe some legislative tweaks would be in order.

Comment by yinn Thursday, Apr 18, 24 @ 10:02 am
the Sox won. and that last out in the first game was a garbage call.

Comment by Amalia Thursday, Apr 18, 24 @ 10:03 am
Can anyone remember when the White Sox posted an advertisement opposite the Red Line elevated train tracks near Sheffield and Waveland Avenue taunting the Cubs that read “Real Baseball Seven Miles South.”

How times have changed.

Stay strong sports fans.

Comment by Gravitas Thursday, Apr 18, 24 @ 10:25 am
=Will the White Sox surpass the 1935 Boston Braves (38-115 - .248), the 1916 Philadelphia Athletics (36-117 -.235), or the 1899 Cleveland Spiders (20-134 - .130)=

At this pace, it might be close. they look rough! However, they have played some good teams early so the schedule hasn’t been all that kind. I’d expect them to play a little better down the stretch and finish over .250.

Comment by Just a Random Guy Thursday, Apr 18, 24 @ 11:23 am
Madison County approved. Vote on November 5.

Shall the board of Madison County correspond with the boards of other counties of Illinois, outside of Cook County, about the possibility of separating from Cook County to form a new state and to seek admission to the Union as such, subject to the approval of the people?

Correspond apparently with 101 other counties. It shall be interesting to read the correspondence. I assume all correspondence will be public information.

Comment by H-W Thursday, Apr 18, 24 @ 12:09 pm
Sad thing about sox is they can’t even get a top 10 pick next year thanks to the new rules.

Comment by Jimmy James Thursday, Apr 18, 24 @ 12:19 pm
A long-held sports dream of mine was to go to Arizona during spring training to catch a Cubs Cactus League game and a Blackhawks game versus the Coyotes. With the official sale of the Yotes to the Utah Jazz owner to start playing in Salt Lake City next year, looks like that dream is dead. Oh well.

And the former owner has a five-year window to build an arena and get a team back via expansion, but nobody honestly expects him to do anything more than cash out with a fat payday.

Comment by TJ Thursday, Apr 18, 24 @ 12:21 pm
Last night in the Madison County Democratic Party convention to select leadership, a new leader was selected: former County Clerk Debbie Ming-Mendoza, making her the first woman to lead the party in Madison County.

Comment by Justin Thursday, Apr 18, 24 @ 12:36 pm
Dickey Betts…pound for pound, the best guitarist who ever lived…RIP.

Comment by Dotnonymous x Thursday, Apr 18, 24 @ 2:41 pm
@Just a Random Guy:

The 1935 Boston Braves were bad, but the team did feature leading National League home run hitter (a rookie Wally Berger) and the final games of Babe Ruth’s storied career. Ruth hit his last six home runs as a Brave before retiring on June 1, 1935.

Comment by Gravitas Thursday, Apr 18, 24 @ 3:17 pm