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Originally Posted by left of center
I know the old park was is very bad shape towards the end, but retaining parts/all of the exterior would have been a worthy investment and a great way to tie in the franchise's long and storied history.
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I was only a kid (13 when it closed), but my memories of going to games at old Comiskey do not at all jibe with the notion that it was in very bad shape.
Rough around the edges? Of course.
In need of some reno TLC? Well yeah.
But none of it had gotten to any kind of "beyond saving" level of deterioration. That was all just JR lies (and made worse by very intentional deferred maintenance on his part). He was a myopic anti-visionary who was like a decade or two behind his time. Zero imagination. He couldn't see anything other than "I want a brand new ballpark, and I want it now!!".
Stupid people do stupid things.
It sucks when they're also rich and powerful.
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