Finally

I tell people on occasion that Jerry Reinsdorf and I are in a game of actuarial chicken. It could be me, but I think Reinsdorf just blinked. The Athletic reported yesterday The Chairman may be ready to sell his interest in the Sad Sox and has been engaged in talks with a group headed by ex-A’s pitcher Dave Stewart. Because the Sox were born under a bad cloud, fans are now reading how Stewart and company have been trying to bring an expansion team to Nashville, also a rumored destination for the Sox. But all that matters right now is the blink; anything else is smoke. Baseball abandoning a major market for a mid-sized market (at best) makes little to no sense, like stories that fail to identify anyone else in Stewart’s group. Unless Stewart made some incredible investments with that $19.9 million baseball-reference.com says he earned during his career, there are some unidentified deep pockets behind him. And Reinsdorf’s other team, the Bulls, are undertaking a joint, multi-billion dollar development project with the Hawks for the area around the United Center. You think that project will get a TIF district from the city—or anything else, for that matter—if the Sox move? And you mean to tell me there are no local investors looking to buy in? Like I said, ignore the smoke, give thanks for the blink.