Franchise Notes

Franchise Notes

Published April 24, 2012

The White Sox yesterday announced that fans can buy specially-priced tickets to the team’s game Thursday against the Red Sox, P Philip Humber's next scheduled start, in honor of Humber’s perfect game last Saturday. Tickets are going for $9 (the number of perfect innings) or $27 (the number of batters retired). The seats are based on availability. All fans in attendance will receive a Humber perfect game poster, featuring photos of Humber during the game and after the final out, and an image of the official team scorecard. Meanwhile, the team has designed a T-shirt to celebrate Humber's perfect game. The T-shirt can be purchased for $26.99 at The Chicago Sports Depot at U.S. Cellular Field and at chicagosportsdepot.com. Humber's jersey by Majestic Athletic also will be available starting Thursday (THE DAILY).

STAYING PUT: In DC, Michael Lee cites sources as saying that Wizards Owner Ted Leonsis and President Ernie Grunfeld have “tentatively agreed to a deal that is believed to be for more than one year” and keeps Grunfeld with the team contractually until at least the end of the ’13-14 season. Although Grunfeld has been “overseeing the worst four-year stretch, winning percentage wise,” in team history, sources said that Leonsis weighed Grunfeld’s “ability to accrue draft picks and salary-cap space” in his decision. Grunfeld, whose deal was set to expire after the season, “has been the Wizards' chief decision-maker” since late owner Abe Pollin hired him in June ’03 (WASHINGTON POST, 4/24).

HOT SEATS: In S.F., Scott Ostler wrote based on e-mails he has recieved, there are a "lot of fans with beefs” about the 49ers' deal for a new stadium in Santa Clara. The “overwhelming message” is that "it’s not so much the geography of the move that rankles, it’s the perceived level of over pricing and under-respecting.” Many fans would be happy with a new stadium with “less marble, crystal and leather” than the one planned. A common "complaint is that seniority is not considered in allocating locations” in the new stadium (S.F. CHRONICLE, 4/23).